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Controlify – a floating Spotify toolbar controller

SM — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:38:19 +0000

Since Spotify doesn't work with most media keyboards and setting up global keys for menu items doesn't seem to be possible either, here's a little floating toolbar you can use to access Previous, Next tracks as well as Play/Pause. ... I rally don't think the need for it will last long, as the service gets more popular -they'll eventually make it more user friendly I'm sure. So I likely won't bother to make any improvements - but if I do, I'll update here. To use Controlify: Download this file .

Music is dead – and only one person can revive it!

SM — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:08:53 +0000

So there is a new album out, a compilation of 76 artists covering Bob Dylan called Chimes of Freedom - The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International) , for Amnesty International. We're talking about every major track he's done, as well as some more subtle stuff. ... And others… These are the top reviews of it - thank the Gods for Miley Cyrus covering Dylan - maybe now he'll get some recognition.

See you in about twenty years

SM — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:55:34 +0000

Repost from a couple years ago…I still love this video.

Control iTunes with your Logitech mouse (Mac app)

SM — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:45:28 +0000

So, a lot of my work involves clicking back and forth, and it's a pain to reach for the Remote or keyboard when I want to skip a track in iTunes. ... Sadly, that's not an option in the Logitech software, but launching an application is; so I put together a quick little app to do nothing but play the next track. ... If you want to build your own, open Applescript Editor and paste the following in, then save it as an application. tell application "iTunes" next track end tell Or you can simply download my version, here .

iTunes to iRate to Last.FM to Twitter

SM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:37:14 +0000

-- web: scottmcdaniel.org tell application "iTunes" set rating of current track to 100 end tell tell application "System Events" -- Get the frontmost process set active_proc to name of the first process whose frontmost is true -- Open Last.fm window activate application "Dock" tell process "Dock" click UI element "Last.fm" of list 1 end tell delay 0.5 -- Click on the relevant menu item and close the window tell process "Last.fm" click menu item "Love" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Tools" of menu bar 1 end tell -- Restore frontmost process set frontmost of process active_proc to true end tell tell application "System Events" set isRunning to (count of (every process whose bundle identifier is "com.... GrowlHelperApp")) > 0 end tell if isRunning then tell application id "com.... GrowlHelperApp" set the allNotificationsList to ¬ {"iRate"} set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬ {"iRate"} register as application ¬ "iRate" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬ default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬ icon of application "iTunes" notify with name ¬ "iRate" title ¬ "iRate" description ¬ "This track has been iRated as 5 star & sent to Twitter!"

iTunes and QuickSilver make me iRate

SM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:48:09 +0000

BUT - if you use QuickSilver or some other quick launch type app, even Spotlight (and again, you *should* be if you are at all productivity oriented), then here's an easy little solution for you. Basically I've created 5 small applications that you can use to rate the currently playing track with minimal keystrokes: Open your launcher (cmd-space - for example) type 'i5' to rate the current track as 5 star.

...GrowlHelperApp" set the allNotificationsList to ¬ {"iRate"} set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬ {"iRate"} register as application ¬ "iRate" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬ default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬ icon of application "iTunes" notify with name ¬ "iRate" title ¬ "iRate" description ¬ "This track has been iRated as 5 star" application name "iRate" end tell end if

Whoever sent this to me from my Amazon wishlist

SM — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:28:38 +0000

I love you!

The view from my window

SM — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:13:02 +0000

So…I started a new job down in Buckhead (Atlanta) and it has the best view ever. I’m not 100% office bound, but when I am there, this is the view…gorgeous!

Common People – Star Trek version

SM — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:34:00 +0000

(Reposted from way back in 2008) On William Shatners recent album, Has Been, he did a cover of Pulps “Common People” with Joe Jackson – I love this version and in particular Jacksons vocals in the chorus. Anyway, here’s a mashup someone did of the song with the old Star Trek cartoon. It’s quite brilliant. [...]

Herman Cain – I mean what I say

SM — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:29:09 +0000