Tivo and Netflix Together at Last

I've been waiting for this day for a long time. I even wrote Tivo and asked them to stop adding ridiculous features and implement something useful like Netflix download support. Finally I can sleep peacefully at night knowing I'll be able to watch Netflix movies on my TV where they belong. I don't know what the hell took so long but finally Netflix and Tivo are together at last.

Second Life

I'm in it now and it is cool.

This is a pic of my girl and I just chillin' in virtual Harlem. She has no respect for telescopes.

Batch Change File Extensions With Applescript

I remember a day when Mac OS and every application running in it didn't give a rat's ass about file extensions. iPhoto has issues importing files that don't have extensions on them. It looks like the finder knows what the file types are but iPhoto just chokes on them (at least for avi's). Here is a simple Applescript to add or change file extensions of all files in a directory:

set thePath to choose folder with prompt "Select folder to rename files in:"
set ext to text returned of (display dialog "Extension to Replace:" default answer "")
set extNew to text returned of (display dialog "Replace With:" default answer "")

tell application "Finder" to set name extension of (files of thePath whose name extension is ext) to extNew

Cut and paste in script editor and hit run. Who needs terminal.app anyways?

Just kidding!

Katie Couric Messes With Palin Again

God I love Katie Couric. She's found a ratings gold mine in messing with Palin's head. Funnier than most things on television.



Unfortunately the threat of Palin becoming our President wipes the smile off my face, sobers me up, and leaves me with a horrible hangover. At least McCain seems more capable than Bush. Palin is a step down.