[X4U] Need suggestions for short-term el-cheapo ISP

[K. Jerry Smith]

On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Russell McGaha wrote:

> Jerry;
> 	If the App.'s have exited by a certain time each day; why not  
> right an applescript to launch them, and then but the Applescripts  
> into cron jobs?
> Russell

Hi, Russell.

I'm thinking that's what I'm going to have to do. I have experimented  
with this:
http://lingon.sourceforge.net/

I think I'll create the script, as you suggest, and use Lingon to  
monitor and launch. What do you think?

Thanks,
Jerry


>
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:35 AM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Linda wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/9/07 10:41 AM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rural NC mountains.
>>>
>>> When I was looking for Internet services for my in-laws to use at  
>>> their
>>> Minnesota lake cabin, I called the chamber of commerce in the  
>>> closest nearby
>>> town to their place and asked them about internet access. They  
>>> sent me a
>>> nice list of local ISPs, that were on average less expensive ($9- 
>>> $15/mo)
>>> than my Earthlink account ($23 with taxes and fees) -- and also  
>>> offered
>>> local access rather than the long-distance number Earthlink offered.
>>
>> By the way, what prompts the need (beyond the usual addiction to  
>> checking e-mail etc.) is due to a problem I've had with USB  
>> Webcams. Maybe someone on this list has also had the problems I've  
>> had and can suggest a solution.
>>
>> Long story, short . . . I have two USB Webcams connected to two  
>> Macs, 24/7. One is a TiBook G4, and the other is a G5 iMac. I'm  
>> using a different software app for each. Both regularly quit each  
>> day, and nothing I've tried to fix this has worked. So, I access  
>> each of the Macs, via VNC, several times each day to relaunch the  
>> apps. What a pain!
>>
>> Considering the differences in the computers, Webcams, and  
>> applications, I'm stumped - but open to suggestions. By the way,  
>> both are running 10.4.10, though the problem has persisted through  
>> several system upgrades.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jerry
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> X4U mailing list
>> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u
>>
>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random  
>> stuff:
>>         http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984
>
> _______________________________________________
> X4U mailing list
> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u
>
> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random  
> stuff:
>         http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984