Yearly Archives: 2007

Run Python Script: Amazon S3 Uploader

Posted on December 14, 2007 by schwa

To help illustrate the usefulness of the “Run Python Script” Automator Action I blogged about in my previous post, here’s an action that will upload files to the Amazon S3 Web Service. The script is pure Python and uses the … Continue reading →

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Run Python Script

Posted on December 14, 2007 by schwa

Important see updates at end of post I’ve written an Automator action that allows you to write python scripts directly inside your Automator workflow. “Run Python Script” Automator action (catchy title) is written using Python and PyObjC (now built-in to … Continue reading →

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A Special Kind Of Idiot

Posted on November 22, 2007 by schwa

This Thanksgiving I truly have something to be thankful for. It isn’t my Wife, my home, my family, my friends, my health or my business. Although I am thankful for all those things. What I’m most thankful for this Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on November 22, 2007 by schwa

You’d think that a rather uncommon last name like “Wight” would be a relatively easy name for others to spell correctly. It is uncommon enough that I’ve never met any other Wights outside of “my family“. And yet people seem … Continue reading →

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R.I.P Toxic Progress Indicator

Posted on October 30, 2007 by schwa

Thanks to Matt Gemmell for pointing out that Apple has finally provided a pie chart style NSProgressIndicator for the circular/determinate modes. This style is new to Leopard. This means my Toxic Progress Indicator class can be retired, at least for … Continue reading →

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Ironcoder NEEDS You!

Posted on October 16, 2007 by schwa

Ask not what Ironcoder can do for you…

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SpaceNavigator controlled Lego Mindstorms NXT

Posted on September 26, 2007 by schwa

It’s my second year of coaching a First Lego League team. The experience has been fantastic, I’m teaching 4th and 5th grade children about robots and computers, and teaching them to build and program their own robots. This year the … Continue reading →

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The Intersection of Cool and Awesome

Posted on September 25, 2007 by schwa

3Dconnexion (a division of Logitech) produces the coolest named device ever: The 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator . This is a 3D input device with 6 degrees of freedom, meaning you can move and rotate it through the X, Y and Z planes. … Continue reading →

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I am not spamming you!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by schwa

It looks like spammers are using fake email addresses at the toxicsoftware.com domain as a return address for their vile spam. Toxicsoftware is not spamming you, we’re just as much a victim of this as the recipients of the spam. … Continue reading →

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Subversion Moved

Posted on August 4, 2007 by schwa

I’ve had a lot of emails asking where the subversion repository has gone. The simple answer is I’ve stopped hosting my public subversion repository on DreamHost and have now created a Google Project for it. The project URL is: http://code.google.com/p/toxic-public/ … Continue reading →

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