I picked up on MacZot within a couple days of them going live, but there hasn’t been much that I’ve wanted (or needed) until this past week.

Last week it was EarthDesk to finalize my desktop (partially I needed a really good reason to keep it clean but it also gives me an idea of the time and the weather).

Yesterday, they had their second BlogZOT in which the more bloggers post about that day’s MacZot, the more the price goes down (eventually to $0). This time it was SubEthaEdit, a great collaborative text editor with software developers in mind.

I picked up a copy mid-afternoon, so it was heavily discounted, but I held off posting it here and on Barkings for two reasons:

1. It was already down quite low so I knew it was going to make it to $0.
2. Shame.

Shame? Yes, definitely shame. You see, I started using SubEthaEdit back in college (it was called “Hydra” at the time) and it had, until the latest version, been free for students. It’s an excellent application and so it’s always been brought with me from one computer to the next, occasionally getting upgraded along the way. However, when I took over the IT Manager position at Small Dog Electronics in the Fall of last year, I never purchased a license.

I had never used it commercially before then, but I’ve been meaning to buy a license for months. I’d say that it was too easy to forget since it was already registered, and I am quite forgetful about things like that, but that’s just an excuse.

So, I finally bought it. Unfortunately, at to low a discount for my conscience to let me post the about it one one, let alone two, blogs to drop the price faster. However, I would love to see more people using it (partially because it means we can be more collaborative), so I was going to post this anyway.

Today is a good day though, atleast for my conscience, they’re offering everybody a second chance at SubEthaEdit! So, please go pick up a copy. It’s still discounted, although not as heavily as yesterday.

(If you’re not already a MacZOT member, please reference me when you join. I don’t know what it gets me, but maybe it’ll help their stats.)