zahniser.net :: software

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— HyperList —

Hierarchical to-do lists

— hsiloP —

Calculator program

— Hexie —

Hex editor

— Mirth —

Read daily comics

— Strange —

Chaotic attractors

 

 

 

contact email:

michael at zahniser dot net

etc :: ilikethatimage

Download: ilikethatimage.applescript (only for Mac OS X).

Often when I see the Picture of the day on Wikipedia (or on the Commons), I say, "Cool! I want a copy of that!". Since all the images on Wikipedia are free, it's perfectly legal for me to copy them to iPhoto.

The only problem is how time-consuming it is to download an image, copy it into iPhoto, delete the downloaded file, etc. This applescript does all that for you. Using a Quicksilver trigger, all I have to do when viewing a cool image in Safari is type "Cmd-Alt-Ctl-I" to import it. Thus my impressive collection of very random images:

 

Part of my iPhoto 'Random' album