Category Archives: Code

Favourite Leopard Hacks

Execute these in the Terminal to enable extra useful features… Safari developer tools: defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1 Classic 2D style dock: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES killall Dock Add a recent applications folder on the dock: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = [...]

Programming Ideas

Here are some open-source projects and personal ideas that I think deserve attention, work and/or contribution. This is sort of a personal scratch pad and wish list for now anyways… Tag an AAC/MP3/MP4/etc media meta-tag editor but no where as good as mp3tag. Address Book update contact pictures/details/profile links from Facebook iTunes plug-in for writing [...]

Fast Image Resizing

Quick and dirty batch image resizing…

Pygame Input Testing

Here is a quick script to test input events from your connected keyboard, mouse and/or joysticks. It is built on similar scripts found already, but I’ve added handlers here for hats and axes, plus displayed the names of all inputs, so I could easily read what my wireless Xbox 360 controller was doing. Hopefully this [...]

Baby Python Steps

This is the very first script I ever wrote in Python. I just felt the need to share it.

Mother Data Base

The following is a formal outline for my proposed Media Meta Mother Data Base (hereafter referred to as MDB) project. In essence it aims to be a web-based catalog of the admin’s collection of any type of media. It aims to be a Web 2.0 application. On most basic level, MDB should be separated into [...]

Batch Window Render MEL

Ever have inconsistencies between rendering with MR in Maya’s render window, and UI or commandline batch rendering? Well I have. After racking my brain over my scene and trying to fix it that way I just gave up and decided to write an uber-simple batch render window script! In the end it worked perfectly for [...]