http://voodooergonomics.com/blog Hot air and hooey from Kol. Panic Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:26:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/12/feliz-nabiblah/ 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 ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/12/automator-pack/ 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 ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/12/its-mojotones-20/ There are no major changes in Mojotones 1.3 (29). The big things are the three new items under the File menu. One lets you reload the library after you've made changes in iTunes (note that you have to quit iTunes before the changes are registered). The other two let you ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/11/another-mojotones-release/ I'm a co–founder — with my colleague David — of the Toronto Area Cocoa and WebObjects Developer Group, aka tacow. We're also the first international chapter of CocoaHeads. Our next quarterly meeting, which we postponed a month so we could legally discuss Leopard (among other things), will be held on ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/10/tacow/ Today's big news is Mojotones 1.3. The main new feature in this release is the ability to open files outside of your iTunes library. Under the file menu, there's a new item: "Open Other Track…". Select that item, navigate through your disks and folders, and open the track you want. ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/10/mojotones-13/ Fresh off the assembly line, with that new car smell, I'm proud to announce Mojotones 1.2. Besides the usual bug fixes, the big thing in this release is support for MP3 ringtones. To use it, you'll first have to download and install a Quicktime MP3 encoder component. Details and instructions ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/09/mojotones-12-with-mp3-support/ With all the recent hubbub, I've gotten a few questions about Mojotones and iPhone ringtones. The short answer, is that, Mojotones doesn't directly support them. However, I've helped a customer find a workaround. First, set your Mojotones preferences to use AAC as the export format. Then, find the track you ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/09/mojotones-and-iphone/ Tiger's Address Book is out of date as far as .Mac functionality is concerned. Sure, you can click on the label next to a @mac.com email address and get a couple of menu items to visit the person's .Mac HomePage or open their iDisk. But what about iWeb or iPhoto's ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/08/mac-address-book-plug-ins/ I flew in from C4[1] last night, and boy are my arms tired!David went to the first edition last fall and was so enthusiastic, I new I couldn't miss this one. It didn't disappoint. Highlights for me were Will Shipley's hype, Tim Burks' presentation on Ruby–Cocoa bridges and Nu, and ... http://voodooergonomics.com/blog/2007/08/c41/