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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
An Applescript to Upload Via Transmit

My alpha geek friend, Seth Dillingham, has written another neat Applescript for me. In his relentless quest to remove any obstacle that might prevent me from blogging more regularly, he made it easy for me to upload an image to my web server (um, well, his web server) by simply dropping the file onto the Applescript. Applescript launches my ftp client, Transmit, logs in, uploads the file, copies the url of where the file is to the clipboard, then quits.

Now,if I could only drag the image directly from my web browser onto the script....

Categories: MacOS X, Conversant
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Tis foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. --Publilius Syrus


Sunday, December 15, 2002
Monkinetic is Beautiful!

Steve Ivy's Monkinetic weblog has undergone a facelift. I'm gaga over it. It's a conversant site, too.

Categories: Conversant
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intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. --Ambrose Bierce


Tuesday, December 10, 2002
<!--#siteUrl--> is the Conversant webmasters friend

The <--siteUrl--> macro is the conversant webmasters friend. Use it, and no matter where you move your conversant site, everything works. Ignore it, and thine links shall be broken if thou shouldest move thy site.

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To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. --George Santayana