The Kolonel's Journal

Over the years, there have been some pretty funny computer science jokes (at least they’re funny to computer scientists). This one is pretty well known: “There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.” Then there’s the list of ways to shoot yourself in the foot with various programming languages. This one, however, has always been a favourite of mine (because it combines base conversion and 10 holidays): “Why do computer programmers celebrate Christmas on Hallowe’en? Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.”

Anyway, happy whatever–you–celebrate–this–time–of–year. Be excellent to one another.

—Kol. Panic

If you’re a developer or sysadmin, you probably spend a lot of time in Terminal. But getting it launched, then getting to the right place can be a chore. Sure, you can type “cd <space>”, then drag the folder from the Finder, then hit the return key, but that gets old fast.

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Good news, everyone! Mojotones 2.0 now easily creates iPhone ringtones. While it was possible with previous versions, this new release makes it easier than ever. Find your track, set the range and click the button. That creates the ringtone and adds it to iTunes, ready for your next sync.

There are a lot of under–the–hood changes too, slimming the application a bit down while adding features and fixing a few bugs. I also changed and rearranged some of the menu items, and changed the short–cuts for the ringtone creation items under the File menu (I couldn’t think of another easy–to–type modification of ⌘S). There’s also a new Select Search Field item under the Control menu to put the keyboard focus in the search box at the bottom of the window, saving a bit of mousing. Finally, since iPhone ringtones are limited in length, the range duration is now displayed in the player.

If there’s anything you want to see added, changed or fixed, you can always choose the Send Feedback Message item under the Help menu or just click here.

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, my main ringtone is the opening tintinnabulation of YYZ, by Rush.