Kip DeGraaf's Radio Weblog

TrackBack for Radio, yeah!

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:08:34 GMT

People keep telling me that Userland doesn't listen to the community and that it is stagnating, but new features keep coming out for both Radio and Frontier. Here's the latest one and I heartily welcome it. Thanks Jake and the rest at Userland! TrackBack for Radio is released. The TrackBack feature for Radio UserLand has been released.

Trackback in Radio soon?

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:09:15 GMT

Not that I'm doing much with this weblog, but I'm delighted to see Trackback in Radio. Soon I guess.

system.verbs.apps.trackback changed on Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:43:38 GMT: TrackBack core implementation. [Radio.root Updates]

TheMacMind: Make an Encrypted Sparse Disk Image

Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:27:52 GMT

Hmm, gotta check this out later.

Using the example command given in the article, here's a simple way to wrap it in AppleScript:

set newDiskName to "SecureSparse"
set newDiskSize to "1g"

set shellCommand to "cd ~/Desktop; hdiutil create "& newDiskName &" -size "& newDiskSize &" -encryption -type SPARSE -fs HFS+ -volname "& newDiskName

do shell script shellCommand

Note: The example creates a 1GB disk image on the desktop.

Thanks to [AppleScript Info]

TEKKA: What's the big deal?

Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:09:20 GMT

Rob and Scott are writing about how great TEKKA is. So it's a new Web magazine "about enjoying new media and creating beautiful software." What exactly does that mean? The TEKKA website certainly doesn't answer it to my satisfaction. Just one or two paragraphs each from a dozen stories with the promise that for $50/year I'll be head over heels in love with the future content. Could there please just be a little more content up for those of us not in the inner circle? I'll admit phrases like "You want to know what to build, not what to buy. And, most of all, you want to know what makes software beautiful" are piquing my curiosity, but so far the only thing keeping me interested is Aaron Swartz's upcoming 'Small is Beautiful' serialization. Would anyone care to clue me in please?

Hmm, need to check out Earphoria

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:47:30 GMT

A new app called Earphoria allows you to share your iTunes library over Rendezvous. It automatically discovers all the Earphoria users on your network and allows you to stream their MP3 collections.

NetNewsWire script: Subscribing to a site from within Safari

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:42:57 GMT

Brent does it again. He posts a little two-line script that lets you subscribe in NetNewsWire to the frontmost window in Safari.

Gotta see if I change that for use with Mozilla and Chimera. Yes, I still can't decide. Anyway, thanks to [AppleScript Info]

Colorize remote connection windows

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:10:59 GMT

Need to check this one out and see if it can be adapted for GLterm. PS, I also need to see if this post hopefully doesn't make it to the homepage, I just wanted it on the TIDCORA page. [Mac OS X Hints]

Writing scripts for Mail rules

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:34:57 GMT

I still use Outlook at work because we have an Exchange server, but I'm using the Mac OS X Mail.app for my personal email addresses. I really enjoy the IMAP support, but I miss the Outlook Rules. Now yes, I could and actually do use Procmail on some of my personal accounts, but that's not available to my @mac.com address. This message, sent to the applescript-users mailing list, includes a couple of examples and some instructions from one of Mail's developers. There's also a reference to the help file being updated to include better instructions on how to use this feature.

Thanks to: [AppleScript Info]

What OS are you?

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:40:03 GMT

I'm not a big fan of BBSpot quizzes, but this OS quiz mentioned at Sam Ruby's place caught my eye. I was happy to see my result be Debian, especially since I run it at home and have several servers at work running Debian as well.

[Sam Ruby]

Quick Tip: What is flash sending your cfcs?

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 04:47:38 GMT

Todd posted some stuff for seeing what Flash Remoting sends back to your Cold Fusion[Todd Rafferty's CFMX Blog]