Archive for the 'Black Ink' Category

Black Ink 1.1

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I’ve just updated my Black Ink crossword solving app to version 1.1, bringing a dramatically improved printout quality, and a host of other small improvements:

Black Ink 1.1

Dramatically improved puzzle printing quality
Improved highlighting of active clue in clue list
Fix for crashing scenario when migrating preferences to a new Mac
Improved reliability of puzzle downloads
Fix some bugs with [...]

One Year Later

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

One year ago today I signed the paperwork and handed over the check for my purchase of MacXword, the amazing crossword application that I renovated and released as Black Ink about two months later.

(Semi-interesting trivia: the transaction took place on the premises of the Leopard Tech Talk in Boston (Dedham, actually). Since the seller, Stephan [...]

Dream Week?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

In my previous post, I expressed excitement over the recent review of MarsEdit 2 in Macworld magazine.

Well, this week is just getting better and better. Today, I learned that Macworld has awarded MarsEdit the prestigious Eddy Award, their annual award to products chosen for their excellence by the editorial staff.

Look at that statue closely, he’s [...]

Black Ink 1.0.7

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Since I acquired and renovated Black Ink, it’s been cranking along steadily winning the hearts of Mac-loving crossword solvers. Thankfully I have a group of really dedicated solvers who seem to find the strangest bugs. Black Ink 1.0.7 fixes an issue where puzzles that contain multi-character answers (like “CAT” all crammed into a single square) [...]