July 2007

Photobooth in Baltimore

Through a completely random scan, I found a site which has a user-contributed list of photobooths by state. Apparently there's one in the basement of the American Visionary Arts Museum, which I would like to visit sometime soon.

Posted on July 29, 2007 12:11 PM | link to this entry

Abandoned Places

!!! Holy CRAP, I want to buy this place and live in it! (via)

update: I had no idea these were in Waldorf! Apparently, though, the gubmint wants someone to come and tear them down.

Posted on July 26, 2007 5:35 PM | link to this entry

Pandora

What rock have I been living under that I missed Pandora? I mean, seriously, where the fuck have I been? Enter a couple of artists you like, start the playlist, and edit to your heart's content. I've already found three albums I want to buy based on my love of drum & bass/trip hop/DJ mix, and other suggested artists I already like have come up in the mix. Plus, it works with a Squeezebox, another electronic gadget I lust after.

Or, maybe I should finally just subscribe to XM Radio.

Posted on July 17, 2007 11:45 PM | link to this entry

Office Time

From TidBITS this week: a review of OfficeTime, another time tracking app for OS X (Windows version in beta). From what the review says, it has more features than our current tracking app, On The Job, including iCal integration, report generation, expense tracking, and flexible category pricing (handy when doing tasks with different hourly rates.) The review was good, so I'm going to try it out for a while.

Posted on July 16, 2007 9:45 PM | link to this entry

Order of the Phoenix

We went to see the new Harry Potter movie this weekend, and everybody in our party enjoyed it very much. I'm going to have to read all those books after all.

Posted on July 16, 2007 9:10 AM | link to this entry

Carbibles.com

Carbibles.com, a site written by a non-expert in a normal (and UK-based) tone about, well, car stuff. Interesting reading. (via)

Posted on July 12, 2007 9:30 AM | link to this entry

Applescript and Automator

I'm doing some research on automating workflows for a client, and I figured I'd need to brush up on my Applescript. Here's a link to the Applescript Sourcebook, a fantastic collection of tips, tricks, and lists of scriptable applications. Through this page I realized I might be able to use the Automator to build my workflow—something I hadn't even considered. Automatorworld has a pile of workflows and actions, although it's weighted towards the Apple-authored applications.

Update: FontDoctor, the app I'm trying to automate, crashes with a -609 error (connection is invalid), even when I use the included scripts.

Update: This error simply means the Applescript can't run because the application crashes.

Posted on July 11, 2007 10:07 AM | link to this entry

The Learn List

The Learn List, a beginning compilation of tutorial resources for apps like Flash, Illustrator, CSS, etc.