Talking Moose still chatty in OS X Lion
What makes one think about a Talking Moose on a windy, chilly Sunday in November? Whatever led me there brings us here and that can only mean (you young kids might wanna back away slowly) an outburst of gratuitous sentimentality.
The original Talking Moose arrived on the Mac back in 1986 and fell out of use in the ’90s. Uli Kusterer revived the loose lipped ruminant in the noughties.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion — Wisdom of the Talking Moose.
Whereas Uli’s Moose page hasn’t been updated since 2006, the app itself got a bump in 2008 — love’s labor continued.
Thereupon, the Talking Moose is a Universal Binary that’s OS X Lion compatible and you can download it here. Further, Uli offers versions for Classic (7.1 ~ 9.1) and early OS X (10.1) on his site, as well.
Any Moose memories or memorabilia to share?
Moose, is set to start with the mac at home.
My wife is blind and he is her constant companion while I am at work.
When I run video renders overnight some times he will stop. The first thing I hear from my wife is Moose is not talking. A restart and all is right with the world.
Thank you Uli Kusterer, I know there are other families where Moose is a companion for a sightless member.
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I remember the talking moose from Auckland University circa 1988. It was brilliant back then and still makes me laugh. I might try the Win XP version and see if it’ll run on my Win8 laptop.
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