Calling all Macheads
April 4, 2016 8:26 PM Subscribe
So, this is a longshot. Back in the late 90s/early 2000s, I had a (very minor) part in the Mac OS modding scene via the long-departed ResExcellence and Kaleidoscope scheme community. As part of that, I worked with someone who called themselves Phydeaux. I'd like to see if they're still around somewhere.
Together, we worked out the re-skinning of Internet Explorer 5 (wait, really?) via ResEdit to tweak an Aqua-style theme and let others re-skin it - as was the style at the time, we called it Lecter. With resexcellence.com sold & gone and the Internet Archive's search engine a year or so away, I'm coming up blank even on mentions of the tool (aside from a throwaway mention in a Mat Honan piece about skinning SoundJam & IE).
I also (very briefly) had a position with ResExcellence as the AppleScript editor/columnist but I was a depressed, flaky late/post-teen and was terminated after my first paycheck for missing deadlines. Sadly, I didn't bother to keep any email archives, making this trip down memory lane doubly difficult.
I'm not expecting much, but I figured there's no better place to ask. Bonus points for anyone who remembers the Bad Moon Hotline server/icons.
Together, we worked out the re-skinning of Internet Explorer 5 (wait, really?) via ResEdit to tweak an Aqua-style theme and let others re-skin it - as was the style at the time, we called it Lecter. With resexcellence.com sold & gone and the Internet Archive's search engine a year or so away, I'm coming up blank even on mentions of the tool (aside from a throwaway mention in a Mat Honan piece about skinning SoundJam & IE).
I also (very briefly) had a position with ResExcellence as the AppleScript editor/columnist but I was a depressed, flaky late/post-teen and was terminated after my first paycheck for missing deadlines. Sadly, I didn't bother to keep any email archives, making this trip down memory lane doubly difficult.
I'm not expecting much, but I figured there's no better place to ask. Bonus points for anyone who remembers the Bad Moon Hotline server/icons.
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Wow! I remember Phydeaux! I will see if I am dig anything up for you.
posted by annathea at 7:51 AM on April 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by annathea at 7:51 AM on April 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
Have you tried Google Groups? There's a lot of hits for "Phydeaux", but I narrowed it down with Resedit and came up with this one message. The useful clue there is it was posted via columbia.edu, which means he was probably a student or employee at Columbia University in New York in 1992.
posted by Nelson at 8:15 AM on April 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Nelson at 8:15 AM on April 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
This thread at macstack.net has a reply from someone called Phydeaux who says 'I'm likely the best Tetris player in TN'. Is it the same person? I don't know, but it is another data point.
posted by mnfn at 8:46 AM on April 5, 2016
posted by mnfn at 8:46 AM on April 5, 2016
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