Surgical Diversions

O’Reilly: An Introduction to AppleScript on Mac OS X. “AppleScript has been one of the most overlooked, cool technologies lurking in the Mac OS since 7.1, but it’s usually hidden in your Apple Extras folder waiting to be discovered. Now with Mac OS X, it has a new home in the Applications folder, indicating that…

Mac OS X Hints: An AppleScript workaround for login items bug. [mac.scripting.com]

I’ve been getting used to the new folder structure in Mac OS X and I’ve been trying to reorg my hard disk. It’s funny the habits that one gets into. I’ve finally moved all my MP3s into the Music folder. I ended up splitting up my old Documents folder. Pictures in the right place. Documents…

Sophie is getting to be a regular night owl. It gets harder and harder to put her to bed. She wants to be up because everything is interesting and new. How great is it to be one.

My oh my. At times it gets more and more difficult to run an office and have people work for you. There’s too much petty bickering. TOO MUCH ABSENTIEEISM And too much being in other people’s business. The worst part is it’s hard to simply fire someone for incompetence. Why do they have more rights…

It’s been a bad couple of weeks. The score is Cancer 3, Cure 0 for some of the really bad ones.