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Jesper's ThisService will take any OSA-style script as well as shell scripts which handle STDIN and STDOUT and turn it into a service. You can even configure a keyboard shortcut. I recently (yesterday) re-did my services menu with Service Scrubber, which freed up enough space to add a few nifty little one-trick ponies via ThisService.

The disc-burning application Disco has been in the news quite a bit lately. Though I've been dealing with this blog's conversion to WordPress, I did have time this weekend to burn a few discs. Disco is, if nothing else, already a success in terms of marketing. The team's cleverly crafted blog and tremendous attention to […]

For months now, across a G5 and a Mac Pro, I've had problems with my dock failing to respond to the keyboard shortcut cmd-opt-D to toggle the "Auto-Hide" feature. I'd press the keys. The dock (which I almost always leave visible) would start to duck down (it's at the bottom of my screen). Then it […]

As I sit here and edit countless WordPress post after countless WordPress post, it occurs to me that it would be awfully nice if the "enter" key did the same thing in a textarea as the "return" and enter keys do in a text field. In other words, submit the form (which, in WordPress, would […]

Like many, I've not cared about the "beats per minute" thing in iTunes largely because I didn't want to go back and enter all the crap in myself. A new app, Tangerine, will do this for you. It will also allow you to create mixes of tracks with similar beats. I've downloaded it and am […]

TUAW displays some new Leopard screenshots, a few of which detail Safari 3.0's new anti-phishing features. These reportedly tie into Google's blacklist of known fraudulent sites. As commenter #27 puts it: The only downside of the anti-phishing / anti-fraude is that every URL you browse gets relayed to Google, to check if it is blocked. […]

I use Preview to view and read PDFs. Lately they've been texts like Agile Web Development with Rails and Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby. Though Preview will happily remember the last page I was viewing, it cannot remember the zoom level. I prefer 140-150%, which I can view comfortably on my 23" display, yet Preview […]

For some reason, while installing Final Cut Pro Studio 5.1 (I finally got it today), my Finder began deleting files on my main boot disk (the one I was using) as soon as I'd throw them out. It even deleted two podcasts I deleted from within iTunes immediately. In fact, it behaved essentially the same […]

Funny. To say I'm "missing" my G5 would be a bit of an understatement. I'm really loving this Mac Pro. I've put off my "what I think" post, but will likely post my thoughts on it tomorrow. I should have my copy of Final Cut Pro Studio 5.1 within the week. It was delayed by […]

I have a copy of Final Cut Pro 4 for sale. I'm looking to get at least $225 for it, which, considering the fact that you have until December 31 December 20, 2006 to trade it in for Final Cut Studio 5.1 Universal for $199, is a pretty good deal - I'm effectively selling you […]

I'll argue right alongside nearly everyone that .Mac is far from being worth $99 annually. Except for syncing. In my opinion, and for me, syncing my bookmarks, my address book, my keychain, etc. is worth $99/year all by itself. Barely worth it, mind you, but on the proper side of the "renew or not" divide. […]

You know, I have enough stories for about ten seasons of "Genius Bar, The TV Show," but they wouldn't be family suitable, if you know what I mean. I was fairly certain Apple had a trademark or something on "Genius Bar." Perhaps not. Still, this isn't news. It's a sit-com set in a mall. Instead […]

I'm not sure if this "rapid zoom" feature is new or if it snuck into 10.4.8, but I like it! Holding the control key down while using the scroll wheel on my mouse is fun fun fun! It's like playing with a clicky pen in those nervous moments when your hands aren't otherwise occupied doing […]

A few days ago I was mulling over names for my new Mac Pro's hard drives. Most Mac users I know take this job freakishly seriously, and I'm no exception. I've finally settled on a name, and it's got a "bunny" theme. Why? Well, mainly because I like the bunny icons I originally found at […]

Short story: it doesn't work. It's not Intel compatible (I downloaded the version from Mike Bombich). Can't load '/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/MacOSX/File/Copy/Copy.bundle' for module MacOSX::File::Copy: dlopen(/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/MacOSX/File/Copy/Copy.bundle, 1): no suitable image found. Did find:        /Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/MacOSX/File/Copy/Copy.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DynaLoader.pm line 230.  at /usr/local/bin/psync line 16 Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/bin/psync line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at […]