I program my home computer, beam myself into the future

Me on LinkedIn

Posted: August 24th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

rel="me".

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Polymaps

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

"Polymaps is a free JavaScript library for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers."

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Polymaps

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

"Polymaps is a free JavaScript library for making dynamic, interactive maps in modern web browsers."

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Apple Remote Control Support for Spotify!

Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Control Spotify from the comfort of your armchair with your Apple Remote and this plugin.

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Apple Remote Control Support for Spotify!

Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Control Spotify from the comfort of your armchair with your Apple Remote and this plugin.

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xkcd: Python

Posted: August 10th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

I JUST TYPED import antigravity.

lulz.

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Call AppleScript from Python with HEREDOC

Posted: July 26th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

e.g.

import os

#An example of the HEREDOC method
cmd = """osascript<<END
tell application "iTunes"
play playlist "Party Shuffle"
end tell
END"""

def play_iTunes():
os.system(cmd)

play_iTunes()

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Control the Spotify player via AppleScript

Posted: July 26th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Could be useful for extending @nmstereo's vocabulary, to include "stop" and "skip" commands.

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Extract shapes from a photograph using Preview (OS X)

Posted: July 21st, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

An incredibly simple method of extracting shapes from a photograph using Preview's Extract Shape and Instant Alpha tools.

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VIsions of the Future, from Tim O’Reilly

Posted: July 16th, 2010 | Author: stevie | Filed under: Delicious, Lifestream, Links | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

VIsions of the Future, from Tim O'Reilly speaking at the MySQL CE 2010 conference.

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