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December 8, 2001
Something came over me this morning, somewhere between my first tall latte and my second cup of regular brew. I went ahead and installed the Mac OS 9.2.2 update. One of the component revisions in this update is the bumping of AppleScript to version 1.7, and true to Apple’s form of late, it’s very thinly … More
December 7, 2001
I’m looking for a piece of software that will let me batch downsample a wide variety of MP3s to 56 kbps mono. Mac only, of course. Any suggestions?
December 7, 2001
Brilliant. Enhance the functionality and usability of online forms using a few extra tags and attributes to the various form elements. A mildly aged tidbit over at Gazingus shows us how. These simple additions are so obviously useful, that there is really no excuse for not doing it on every site you work on. It … More
December 7, 2001
Following up on my post about using proper ligatures on web pages, eagle-eyed blog scout Jerry Kindall brought up a couple of very good points. Points which had been completely obscured by my own typographically-induced fog of discovery: “[Using ligatures makes] it nigh-impossible to search for words like “aesthetic”on your site, should one want [or] … More
December 6, 2001
And now class, let’s visit the Microsoft Crash Gallery, which is currently exhibiting some of the advances in the user experience afforded by Mac OS X. Expect nothing less from your software. Via myapplemenu
December 6, 2001
A fluke? A strange burp in the log file data? An inexplicable traffic spike? No, nothing like that. It’s completely explicable after all. The available domain name of the week ended up being politely metafiltered yesterday. Now, back to your desks everyone.
December 6, 2001
On a related note, perhaps it’s time to refresh your colloquialisms.
December 6, 2001
Are your ears ringing, or is it just me? There’s nothing quite like spending the morning on a cross-town field trip with a bus load of fourth and fifth graders to make you stand up and state your appreciation for your quiet home and a hot cup of coffee. On the bright side, the poor … More
December 4, 2001
Instead of grabbing onto the first dorky new acronym that Dave happens to mention on the Scripting News site, I have a much better one for you to perpetuate. DWAT. And just to make sure that it’s perfectly clear, it’s DWAT as in “disappear without a trace”, not this or this or this. DWAT. Could … More
December 3, 2001
What’s in your clipboard right now?