Yet another bunch of random stuff.

[arasirsul]

My current project involves tearing up (at least) one wall of my basement office, adding insulation, replacing vapor barriers, and upgrading everything below-grade (or at least most of it) to stuff that doesn't rot when it's wet. I'm mostly done with the demolition, and have plans to make a Home Depot run this weekend to get the rest of the parts

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[xantha]

one of my good friends has been at LISA all week. I've watched a couple of the streamed talks -- very good! (not really in my area of work specifically these days but still useful because I still think about and deal with these things).

AppleScript

[zeekar]

Applescript terminology is defined largely by the applications you talk to. If you have a 'tell application "iTunes"' block, then between that and the 'end tell' the iTunes keywords are available. The terminology is provided in the form of a "dictionary" which you can browse from Script Editor via the Open Dictionary command. (Warning: the human-legible dictionary is frequently not well-documented enough to be that useful.) Each of the human-readable terms like "composer" compiles to a four-byte apple event code (which Script Editor won't actually show you, but other tools will

Re: AppleScript

[plutosonium]

LISA 2010: San Jose
LISA 2011: Boston
LISA 2012: San Diego
LISA 2013: DC

Also of interest is the 2010 USENIX Security Symposium in DC Aug 9-13, but that's a nasty time of year to be wandering around DC.

Re: AppleScript

[zeekar]

Why is August nasty?

Re: AppleScript

[plutosonium]

Hot, sticky, poor air quality.

[mieper]

winter is neat!

if you go out in the morning, when no one else is up, the snow on the ground sounds fantastic... you hear *nothing*

and there's snowman-building, boot-skating, snowball-throwing, turkey-bowling, northern-lights-viewing, big-fat-sweater-wearing, hot-chocolate-drinking, fondue-eating, spouse-snuggling...

i hate spring, when everything is melty and wet and gross.