Welcome

Welcome to Pond's Place, which offers:

Hundreds of images from around the world in the gallery and panorama sections, all in high resolution
Software for RISC OS, Mac OS, Ruby On Rails and more
Electronic music
A chat forum
Various other odds and ends.

Recent updates

11-Oct-2024: All quiet

There had been no need to update software for a fair while as, mercifully, it continued to work on newer operating systems. Bus Panda runs fine on iOS 18 too, but Apple's continued addition of bugs in macOS means that macOS 15 "Sequoia" does not fare well. Newly-added icons are now corrupted in the Finder, even though previously added icons are fine, using the exact same application on the same computer. If I find time to investigate a work around I shall as I use the software myself so have motivation, but it might be that macOS is now just too full of bugs for Add Folder Icons to properly function.

30-Jun-2022: Bus Panda 2.8

Bus Panda is now available for macOS via a simple Catalyst build for moments when you might find it easier to quickly check on your desktop or laptop than via a phone or tablet.

A gap in updates mostly reflects the pressure arising from the global issues of the last couple of years or so, but I've tried to keep on top of maintenance updates to the app throughout even if I haven't been updating things here.

16-Nov-2019: Bus Panda 2.4

Now that MetService have taken their overhauled web site out of beta, Bus Panda needed a small update to remove the "MetService Beta" weather option and update the display rules to make sure things look as good as possible.

21-Sep-2019: Bus Panda, now with Dark Mode

Version 2.3 of Bus Panda has been released. It includes support for the new iOS 13 Dark Mode along with a couple of new weather providers - MetService Beta and Windfinder. To choose between them, go to the iOS Settings app and scroll down to the Bus Panda entry.

15-Jan-2019: New year, new job

I'm now working for RIP Global - check them out!

10-Apr-2018: Add Folder Icons update for High Sierra

It took a while, but I managed to work around High Sierra bugs to produce version 3.0.4 of Add Folder Icons. This is available now on the Mac App Store. For more information and Finder toolbar droplets, see the main Add Folder Icons page.