Here’s a fantastic tutorial from MacZealots to get you started on automating your Mac using Ruby (instead of, say, AppleScript). If AppleScript is too hinky and irregular for you programmer types, this might be just the ticket.
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inik: RT @alexismadrigal: Yup, @Salon cut the number of stories they post, increased their quality, and got a 40% traffic boost. http://t.co/X ...
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inik: RT @mikememoli: "The NFL: We're working on that whole brain injury thing."
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inik: I am a sucker for dog ads. Add Ponda Baba and it's like bliss.
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inik: Live stream only available to Verizon customers. Wonder how much that cost them. Anyone know? #superbowl
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inik: #superbowl
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Griping about OS X Lion? Here's two nifty tools that replace a variety of poorly supported third party tools: Command-line and Automator access to video and audio conversion. Super easy to use, and very flexible and supports any format that Quicktime can encode/decode. (So Perian is a must-install if you want to handle DivX/3viX, etc.)
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Fix Google Reader's horrible new interface with this user script! Now it fits nicely on my MacBook's small screen.
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Happy 11/11/11 11:11:11!
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What makes this ad awesome is not the true-to-life irony, because the idea is hardly innovative, but rather the excellent execution. Reminds me a bit of that excellent Nutri-Grain spec commercial. Quick delivery, good actors, hit all the high notes. Love it.
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