Today’s indietits.com puts us right back on schedule re: being shocked by the simplest things. And in the spirit of the month, no less.
(For John. Definitely for John.)
And no, I’m not participating. But that’s because I’m still neck-deep in my “serious” project that I unfortunately started before 01-Nov.
currently playing: Lush “De-Luxe”
A while back, when first exploring launchd, I mentioned the launchd editor from over at codepoetry. Today, however, I saw Lingon featured on TUAW. This is just something that they should have bundled with X.4 in the first place.
Well, I’m excited.
It seems to be pretty full featured w/ a UI that makes sense, too. The main window is tabbed off to let you know what super-set of launchd processes you are working with. (E.g., “My Agents” vs. “System Daemons”.) From there, you can just double-click the agent you wish to edit - - bringing you into one of those handy OS X “sheets” which are themselves clearly tabbed off to let you know what aspect of the agent you are editing. And each has helpful hints right there so you know what it is you’re editing. And if you’re really surly, you can dive into the plist itself in the “Expert” tab. And luckily, it’s smart enough to require an administrator password for any system-wide changes.
One little thing… The buttons along the top are grey so they don’t look active. But they are.
currently playing: Breeder “Rock Stone”
Prompted by this post on TUAW:
WordPress migration (more/less) complete. Some minor tweaking here and there to get things “just right” but I think this one will stick long-term. We’d just out-grown what Blogger could do for us around here. Needed something more powerful, more flexible, and less prone to flaking out.
currently playing: Depeche Mode “Dream On”
The Fuck Off Method
(Match all: Last Played is in the last 7 days; Limit to 10 songs selected by random)
I’m inside this giant warehouse that feel straight out of a Doom level. (It’s all surface and no interior. You can get on but not in something or else in it but not on it.) I keep missing calls on my cell but it never rings or vibrates or anything. It just shows up: 3 MISSED CALLS - - I’m trying to call folks back as quick as I can. There’s a sense that I’m being pursued though I neither hear nor see anything. The most missed calls seem to be from my dad. For whatever reason, the phone lists him as the caller but lists the number as PRIVATE - - and for whatever reason the address book function won’t let me just dial the number that I do have from the green dialing button. I have to punch the number in manually but the numbers don’t work. If I dial 207 it goes in as 564. If I dial 564 it goes in as 298. Meanwhile, it keeps telling me that I’ve missed 3 more calls. 6 more calls. 2 more calls. I start to notice a pattern in the way it reads in the numbers. Maybe I can puzzle this out and get it to go in straight (assuming the network isn’t going to then encrypt the digits one more time) when the phone snaps shut and refuses to open.
