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Updates to Now Playing Perl Script

September 6, 2009 at 09.56

I recently updated my Now Playing script to work with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It seems as though MacPerl and Mac::Processes do not work in Snow Leopard’s 64-bit environment. As a result, I went back to calling osascript directly in order to run the necessary AppleScript. You can look at the change history on … (Continue reading →)

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Yahoo! Weather Feeds With Python

April 22, 2008 at 09.52

Download the weather script from GitHub. UPDATE: Chris Lasher updated my script. It now utilizes optparse and docstrings. Some of the options have been changed, too, and I have licensed the code under a by-nc-sa CC license. I have updated this post to reflect these changes. Thanks, Chris! I believe that everyone likes to know … (Continue reading →)

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Geek Tool Redux

April 1, 2008 at 00.11

I last wrote about GeekTool when I had an iTunes script and some process management output on my desktop. I have a few new scripts that I’ll highlight here. tail -25 /var/log/system.log The first script displays the last 25 lines of the system log. In Mac OS X 10.5, the system log rolls over at … (Continue reading →)

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WordPress 403 Forbidden Posting Error

March 30, 2008 at 00.35

In trying to post about my modified Twitter stats script, I ran into a 403 Forbidden error every time I tried to publish. I could write and publish test posts with minimal text, but I could not post what I had written about my scripts. At first I thought it was an outdated version of … (Continue reading →)

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PandoraJam

August 23, 2007 at 01.24

PandoraJam is, at first glance, an application that allows a user to listen to her Pandora radio stations without using a browser window. Delve a little deeper, however, and one will find a well designed, impeccably implemented, and easy to use application chock full of useful features. Interface PandoraJam provides a wrapper to the Pandora.com … (Continue reading →)

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