These babies are freeware. I grant you permission to use any damned way you please, provided it's ethical. Starting wars or hurting dolphins with these resources is expressly forbidden.
I do not grant permission to distribute this set "broken." It must be distributed in its original .sit format with this Readme file. It may not be distributed on CD ROM without my written permission. Violators will be slain by my pet dragon.
How does it turn? Um... How does it work?
I'm not sure. I've never had the courage to watch my dragon slay anybody. I'm sure it's awful.
No, no, no. I mean how do I get your Scheme do-hickeys to do, well, whatever it is they do?
Follow the instructions that came with Kaleidoscope 1.5. To use the Folder Icon Maker resources (.FIM) follow the instructions that come with Folder Icon Maker. To use the Desktop Patterns, you'll need MacOS 7.5 or greater. The Desktop Patterns look best in 16 bit color or greater. These schemes do not have 4-bit or B&W support, nor will they ever. (Unless you pay me.)
Kaleidoscope? Folder Icon Maker? MacOS?
Oh, never mind.
Why did you go to all the trouble of making new icons?
Two reasons: First, I wanted this scheme to have a complete look.
Second, the original Copland folder (as seen in MacUser, MacWorld, MacWeek, the original Aaron extension and various places on the Web) was scrapped. I liked this version of the folder better than the one that is to ship with System 8. (What was Arlo Rose thinking when he changed it?) So my goal was to protest by replacing the new, unimproved System 8 folder with something else.
Are you mad at Arlo Rose? Are you going to sic your dragon on him?
No. I can't blame Arlo. You see, corporations these days have really big bureaucracies. Mean, beady eyed managers run around making impossible demands that conflict with the demands of other managers and pretty soon everybody is confused and drinking too much. This is how Rome fell.
What do you think will happen to Kaleidoscope when Apple finally ships an appearance manager?
My dragon will eat it.
About "Cecil," the dragon, the color scheme
Excerpt from "Interview with a Dragon" by Pam Rice
How old were you when Geoff (Hamilton) found you?
Truth be told, I found him. I was three at the time. I had just learned how to fly. Geoffrey was stumbling out of a bar around two in the morning when I decided to try a low flyby. Instead of running in terror, like most folks would, he just fell over and went to sleep.
Was this when he decided to adopt you?
Oh, no. In fact, this sleeping bit he pulled infuriated me. I was determined to terrorize him. I would wait until he was tired and at his weakest-- always under cover of darkness-- and roar past, often at mach two or faster. His biggest reaction was to rub his eyes and curse. Soon I became frustrated and embarked upon a study of this man instead.
How did you get to be friends?
He was sitting by a river, drinking beer after beer after beer. He started talking. How he knew I was there is totally beyond me. I had been so stealthy in my approach. After a few more beers he hugged me and I flew him home. The next day we hiked back to get his truck.
When did the two of you start collaborating on Color Schemes?
It must have been back in the Spring of '97. He was experimenting with a couple schemes-- one I felt was too weird for anyone to take seriously and the other looked too conservative for the GOP. (The "conservative" Scheme is "EB Greyscale" and is now distributed with "Cecil." --ed.) I tried to give him some constructive criticism, but he wasn't responsive. An argument ensued when I told him his schemes looked like poop. He ran out screaming, "Let's see you do better." I think I did. But that just led to more dissent.
Really? Do tell.
Well, my claws made a mess of his keyboard. He demanded I pay for it. I don't know if you read employment statistics, but it is a fact that not one dragon is employed in the US. I pointed this out to him, explained that without a job I couldn't pay for the keyboard and apologized. We then tried to find a job for me, but my only real skills are scaring people and eating.
I'm dying to know, what is it you eat?
I eat children, mostly. I also like eating Arlo Roses, but I can't seem to find any right now. Maybe they're extinct. Do you know where I can find an Arlo Rose?
Um, no. No, why?
If I didn't know you better, I'd swear you were hiding something.
What do you think will happen to Kaleidoscope when Apple finally ships an appearance manager?
I'll eat it. (laughs, burns hole in floor) That's dragon humor.
Credit where credit is due:
First, I'd like to apologize to Anne Rice.
Second, my apologies to Cecil. (Your scheme is terrific and the keyboard, although textured, still works.)
No apologies to the big wigs at Apple Computer, Inc. (I think they owe us a few.)
Finally, Cecil (the scheme, not the dragon) was created using a texture resource by FLUX. This texture is free for non-commercial, non-profit use provided FLUX is credited. You can find this and many other interesting textures at the website:
