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Kill Images in NetNewsWire via CSS and Applescript

I asked Newsgator to include the ability to toggle images on and off in NetNewsWire or at least include it as a thing I could get at via Applescript. A look at NNW’s scripting dictionary this morning seemed to indicate that no such ability is in there. There’s also no direct way […]

Season’s Greetings Mk II

If we know you and you live in Portland, you probably got a jar of homemade marshmallows.

I started with a recipe from Readymade, but after the first batch didn’t strike me so much, I started looking around for variations. I also added food coloring to the peppermint and pumpkin spice ones so […]

Season’s Greetings

Peter Jackson to Produce Ben’s Geek Gateway Drug

The Hobbit: The Official Movie Blog:

Peter Jackson and Newline have announced:

“* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, “The Hobbit” and a sequel to “The Hobbit.” “* Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films based on “The Hobbit.” […]

MovableType Goes Open Source

Movable Type is now Open Source:

“As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose.”

Well, good for Movable Type.

I haven’t seen much of MT4 outside the confines of an unprivileged user account, but I’ve […]

This Week’s Running Playlist

In the Street — Big Star Reena — Sonic Youth Staying Alive — Wyclef Jean Baba O’Riley — The Who Frente! - Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sun Shine In (From The Flintstones) Dry the Rain — The Beta Band Chinatown — Luna Groovy Times — The Clash Temptation Inside Your Heart — The Velvet Underground

I’ve been meaning to post these […]

But No Gay Stuff

Houston and Craigslist totally rock. (NSFW) (via)

New “The Wire” Shorts

Before the show’s fifth and final season begins next month, Amazon has a trio of shorts from “The Wire:”

Young Prop Joe, 1962 Young Omar, 1985 Bunk and McNulty first meet, 2000

They’re free and streaming.

If you aren’t already a fan, they won’t do anything to in-fanize you, but they do offer a sense of the texture of the […]

They Just Don’t Make These Weekends Long Enough

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This Is Dumb

Almost 17 months to the day after I first bestirred myself to complain about ScriptEditor showing multiple dictionary entries then ask for help getting rid of them, I notice that dictionaries are beginning to multiply again.

The fix last time was “do backups to a disk image, then unmount the disk image so the […]