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

[Russell McGaha]

Jerry;
	I've never used Lingon.  I just use a standard cron job, with the  
output of my Bash script piped to an e-mail message to myself.  This  
way I 'see' when the job has launched and any error messages [one of  
the lines in the script outputs 'Starting xxx'] .

Russell

On Jul 9, 2007, at 2:46 PM, K. Jerry Smith wrote:

>
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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