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Create new files from templates

This AppleScript creates new files in the currently Finder folder, based on file templates you create. These templates are just documents of any sort that you put into the "New File Templates" folder in your documents folder. (This folder name can be edited as a script property.) This is basically equivalent to the "New..." contextual menu item in Windows.

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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.)

Yes, ffmpeg, Handbrake and...
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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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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. >