Archive for the 'OS X' Category

27 Random Observations on Mac OS 10.5 “Leopard”

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Although I’d never dream of writing a complete review of Leopard—that job is taken—I always get a kick out of looking for those tiny changes that don’t show up on feature lists. Since Leopard seems to be all about these little details, much of this topic seems to have been covered elsewhere. That said, […]

I’m Feeling Lucky

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

The script now uses Google’s “Browse By Name” feature, which automatically defaults to a standard Google search if there’s no obvious “lucky” match.

Here’s a little script I find useful. Pretty simple—takes a string and runs a Google I’m Feeling Lucky search on it. It’s especially useful if you assign it a global shortcut using FastScripts […]

Google Calculator Service

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Google changed the (wretched) HTML they send, so the previous version of the script no longer works. I’ve updated it in place, so just download it again and replace your old copy. It sure would be swell if they provided an API for this.

I’ve long held the opinion that the Google Calculator is the most […]