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I was on a mailing list and the topic of AppleScript came up. I forget why, but I posted one of my "Terminal AppleScripts" (usig osascript) like those I mentioned in iTunes Remote via SSH. The end result? A better script. See the full entry for the source. Kudos to Lu Lewis Butler for cobbling […]

How many browsers have we got now, anyway? Internet Explorer Mozilla Firebird Camino iCab Safari lynx OmniWeb Opera AOL links dillo Your mom Konqueror Seems we're doing okay. I routinely use about three of those. Guess which three?

I installed MSN today thinking I might be able to sneak a peek at the next version of IE. Unfortunately, I don't feel like signing up for the two month free subscription, so I won't be doing that. What I will be doing, however, is restoring my old versions of these fonts: Installed Gaia:Library:Fonts:Andale Mono […]

Says David Hyatt: Erik Barzeski has done a redesign of his blog. I'm pointing it out because I think the fadeout effect at the top of the page is so cool. I'm assuming it's a fixed positioned block with a transparent PNG background? He is correct. I left a comment there - the first one […]

My recent Perly Gates entry made mention of a tcsh alias that I use: lsf. I thought I'd share - with commentary - some of my other favorite tcsh shortcuts (aliases). If you're using Mac OS X, pop these into ~/.tcshrc if you'd like.

Look what I've discovered (no, I don't think I'm the first by a long shot). Cover art appears in the iTunes visualizer next to the track name, artist, and CD. Nifty neat-o! I'm going through the process, as I re-encode my CDs into 192 AAC, of grabbing CD cover art off of CDNow.com (now part […]

From a MacInTouch discussion on the iPods: Just a note to those people (like me) who are frustrated that the original iPods do not support the new software features of the current iPods. While reader reports like this one on MacInTouch are very useful, if you want a chance of Apple actually developing the 2.0 […]

Y'know, seeing screenshots of the recently released NisusWriter Express reminded me of something: I Dislike Drawers. Those slide-out never-wide-enough drawers in Mac OS X. In fact, aside from Preview, I can't think of a single app in which I even like to tolerate drawers. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being "yay" and 1 being […]

My friend Jason couldn't authorize iTunes to play some songs he'd purchased (on the same machine he'd purchased them on), and he found the answer on a discussion board: % sudo mkdir -p /Users/Shared % sudo chmod 777 /Users/Shared Doing some investigating of my own, I found a hidden "SC Info" folder that directly links […]

It seems that iTunes 4 has a myserious hidden menu. To get it: Click "Window" menu Press right arrow key There is no step three! The appearance of this mysterious menu is intriguing. Quite obviously it provides the old cmd-Y keyboard shortcut for those that may want it. It also provides the lovely shortcut for […]

Anyone else think it's interesting that the iTunes 4 icon features green notes? Green is the "color of money" (in the US). Apple gives us some green and expects users will give some back. The original iTunes icon - someone correct me if I'm wrong - had blue, pink, and purple icons. iTunes 2 had […]

A lot of people's near-instantaneous reaction to the iTunes Music Store may be somewhat negative - a list of things they want, should be improved, etc. Give people something awesome and within five minutes you can be convinced it's shit. Not many really think that - the iTunes Music Store is effectively a 1.0 release, […]

From a MacInTouch post comes this: Another major shortcoming is that there is no affiliate program for the iTunes store -- I haven't found it yet, if there should be one at all... Many web sites are created using Macs and if there would be an easy (Mac) way for webmasters to tap into the […]

I wonder if, when/if In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is ever available for download, if it will be $0.99. Cuz, y'know, that's like six cents per minute. More thoughts on the latest version of the Music-Playin' iApp tomorrow in this space (or not - that'd be really lame of me). I'm too grumpy right now to say much else […]

They say that the devil is in the details, and fortunately for Apple watchers, it's the details that we don't know yet. This is one of the least exciting "big" Apple announcements of all time, perhaps. What don't we know? What do we know? Everyone's saying that the announcement is: Music download via new version […]