This is just a cheap hack until I can get something better working with the Remember the Milk API.

You’ll need to get your own web hosting that supports PHP, and set up an email alias for your Remember the Milk inbox.

Save this php script onto your server, and give it a name that’s not easily guessable (to avoid abuse).

<?php
$task = $_GET["task"];
mail("your-secret-email@rmilk.com", $task, "", "From: rtmscript@yourwebsite.com");
echo "Posted task: '$task' ";
?>

Put this command into rtm.bat, and save somewhere in your PATH:

start "rtm" "http://yourwebsite.com/your_rtm_script.php?task=%*"

Add a task by running

rtm <your task name>

Just stumbled across this great utility.  Thanks Ralf!

http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/

suspend (.exe)- put your PC into standby mode

rtm (.exe) - launch the Remember the Milk “add task” webpage

Well, it’s not my own hack, but the blackra1n jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.2 just came out. Now I can run apps in the background (Spotify being the main reason I wanted this!)

Simple app to reduce the number of clicks needed to pause Spotify.  It finds the Spotify window and sends a Space keystroke to pause/play the current track.  I have it pinned to my taskbar:

download: pause-spotify (exe)

AutoHotKey source:

DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, {SPACE}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow

I was inspired by hackpact to create something new every day during November and upload it here. Ideas so far: Supercollider, sonification, Fluxus, iPhone “Hello World” app, new music, useful hacks / utilities…

Just a simple egg timer for your taskbar.  Enter the number of minutes to count down, and it’ll flash when time’s up.

Designed around the larger taskbar icons in Win7, so your mileage may vary (a lot) with other versions of Windows.

Download: Standalone .exe | Source (C# Visual Studio 2008 Express project)

Reinstalling my desktop PC after hard drive failure (nothing lost thankfully) and here are the first things I reinstall… Worth checking out if you haven’t come across them before!

1. Chrome
2. Spotify
3. Dropbox
4. Volumouse
5. Freemind
6. 7zip
7. Vim
8. Putty
9. VLC

Was amused to see a short shot of Elephant and Castle in the first episode of Psychoville although they captioned it as Wood Green!

Not actually Wood Green