Oct 18
2010

A quick script in response to Donald’s query on my TextExpander Experiments post. He wanted to know if I could make the bit​.ly script—which expands to a bit.ly-shortened version of a url in the clipboard—work with an authenticated account, presumably for click tracking. Well, sure! Just adjust the script below to contain your bit​.ly username and your API key (in lines 6 &…

Aug 14
2010

I was sifting through my previous blog after Jeffery Zeldman kindly sent a lot of visitors in that direction for some TextMate starter tips. Whilst milling around, I stumbled upon an old trick I used to use in Quicksilver (before I gave up on it[^quicksilver]), but had forgotten about since.

Apr 28
2010

I’m fascinated by http://to. It’s a url shortener with no TLD. Some browsers, and apparently some DNS setups, don’t like the urls it creates (they want a .com or .org or anything at the end), so it’s not exactly in heavy usage. Still, I wish they had an API. In lieu of that, here’s a quick Ruby script that will run on a stock OS X install as a System Service. It’s so…