Tag Archives: examples

A few random AppleScript snippets

I was just writing an AppleScript to look up words on the excellent NinjaWords and decided to post it in case someone else needs something similar. Since one snippet of AppleScript is not a very meaty post, I’ll throw in a couple extra. Look up word on NinjaWords Select a word and copy it to [...]

Set up your own lifestream using FriendFeed and… Dirty hacks

When Iceland went bust and started selling .is domains I grabbed martin.is. Of course I did. That’s the kind of guy I am. Even as I swiped that credit card (and by “swipe” I mean “typed in all my info into the appropriate boxes.”) I knew I had no idea what I was going to [...]

New blog!

No no. I’m not about to start a kerfuffle about changing the location and / or name of my blog again. I just wanted to make sure you’ve heard about the new ria.creuna.com site. Basically me and the other RIA-developers broke out and started our own blog. If you like the code, geek and tech [...]

Capture key sequences in ActionScript 3. AKA The Konami Comeback.

Lately the internet has had a wave of sites using the cherished Konami Cheatcode to reveal easter eggs or similar functionality in the site or app. I wrote a (crappy but working) class to implement such functionality in ActionScript about a year ago here. I decided to polish it up a bit for the benefit [...]