Call AppleScript from Python with HEREDOC

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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All About launchd Items (and How To Make One Yourself)

A tutorial covering the basics of how to create launchd items in OS X, from Mac Geekery.

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All About launchd Items (and How To Make One Yourself)

A tutorial covering the basics of how to create launchd items in OS X, from Mac Geekery.

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Enable Google Calendar in Apple’s iCal

How to set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in Apple's iCal

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Howto: Passwordless SSH authentication with Putty (via Daily Iteration)

Essentially, just:

$ ssh-keygen -i -f key.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys #key.pub generated with PuTTYgen

:)

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The Beginner’s Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox (via Lifehacker)

"Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try or use a separate OS without messing with your hard drive."

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The Beginner’s Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox (via Lifehacker)

"Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try or use a separate OS without messing with your hard drive."

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Getting Started with Git and GitHub on Windows - Kyle Cordes

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Getting Started with Git and GitHub on Windows - Kyle Cordes

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phpa interactive command line shell

phpa is an interactive command line shell for PHP.

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