Computers

Scripts & Utilities

Little scraps of functionality for your Mac.

Pascal's Triangle and Binomial Expansion: A mathematical visualization widget.
Yojimbo Tag Companions: Apply one tag to all items that already have another.
Select Grep: Select files whose contents match grep patterns.
strpdf: Create PDF pages populated with simple text strings.
iTunes Library Item Transfer: Move songs and videos between libraries with less fuss.
Resize Pages Graphics by Percent: Use relative percentages to adjust object dimensions.
Tcl:: Language Module: Minor improvements for TextWrangler’s Tcl editing abilities.
Export with Comment Tags: Export Yojimbo items with their tags as Spotlight comments.
Open As: Create and open named duplicates of files with the Finder.
Archive Yojimbo Bookmarks: Retrieve web archives of selected Yojimbo bookmarks.
Posterizer: Make stylized reduced-color versions of your images.
Expanded Yojimbo Comment Fields: See more of your item comments.
Save Selection Service: Save the selected text directly from any application.
Backdate Yojimbo Import: Automatically restore original creation and modification dates of imported items.
Backdate Yojimbo Items: Modify item creation and modification dates.
Global GraphicConverter Information Window: Consult image information from other applications.
Import Yojimbo Note Service: Create a new note entry from selected text.
Man oh Man: Display UNIX man pages in Preview or your browser.
Yojimbo Tag List: Display and copy concatenated lists of Yojimbo tags.
Load Tab in New Window: Liberate Safari tabs.
BlogBlank: A modified version of BlogThis that doesn’t initialize your post.
Bookmark in Yojimbo: Bookmark web pages from Safari or Firefox directly to Yojimbo.
lselect: Make complex Finder selections using ls syntax.
Geocode Service: Convert US street addresses to latitude and longitude.

LDraw

LDraw is a hobby CAD system for LEGO models.

Part Search Services: Look up information about selected part numbers or descriptions.
Instruction Step Fading: Tricks with PreL3P.
PreL3P: Preprocess LDraw files for color compatibility with L3P.
LDMerge: Merge and unmerge multiple LDraw libraries.
Brickshelver: Early version of an upload client for Brickshelf.
LDLink: Merge and unmerge multiple LDraw directories using symbolic links.
ldinline prototype: Reduce models to primitives.
Isecalc online: An interface to Philippe Hurbain’s Isecalc program for computing part intersections.
RSOPlayer: Desktop interface for rsoplay.
LSynth Service: Run LSynth on almost any editable text.
TextWrangler LDraw Kit: Wrangle LDraw files with aplomb.
Bitsticker: Convert bitmap images to virtual “stickers” for your LDraw models.
txt2dat online: An interface to Ross Crawford’s txt2dat program for making text stickers.
Macintosh compatible LDraw software: An inventory on the LDraw Wiki.

Guides & Information

Chipmunk Basic: documentation, example code, and syntax highlighting.
Building NEdit 5.5 on an Intel Mac
Building XV 3.10a on an Intel Mac
Embedding Flickr Slideshows
Linking to Flickr Photos by Date
Secure remote screen access with Vine Server
YouTube Comment Blocker: YouTube is cool. Dumb comments aren’t.
Tcl starting points for ThisService
Script Runners: An introduction to running AppleScripts.
Starkits and Starpacks: An introduction to my favorite Tcl/Tk packaging system.
Tcl/Tk Mac Application Packages: How to package Tcl/Tk programs as Mac OS X applications.
File Comparison with FileMerge: An introduction to visual diff.
News Feeds: An overview of RSS.
Scalable Images with CSS: Resizing images along with text.
Msgcat and Mac OS X: Tcl localization works well with the Mac.

Old Games

Simple games for vintage Macs.