Two Cool AppleScripts

I recently became aware of a project on the Broken City Lab website that used one of my AppleScripts as a reference: This post about Using AppleScript With Arduino, LCDs, and PHP documents Justin Langlois’s efforts to use AppleScript to drive an external hardware project. Not only do we share the same first name but, since his last name is the same as my Canadian grandfather’s, it has set me off on a wild theory about having a distant AppleScripting cousin north of the border.

And in another weird confluence, I discovered yet other AppleScripting Justin (how many of us are there, anyways?) — Justin Blanton. He recently served up this cool bit of code on his site: An AppleScript-driven “kitchen timer” that works with Launchbar. Some of his use-case examples are:

• Remembering to leave in 10 minutes to pick up the takeout order I just made.
• Remembering to get the coffee out of the french press in four minutes.
• Remembering to call someone back in 20 minutes.
• Remembering to take the pizza out of the oven in 15 minutes (when I’m not within earshot of the oven alarm).

Looks pretty handy…. well done!
(Via Broken City Lab and justinblanton.com )

MacHeist ~ Stay tuned…
After a brief delay, the latest MacHeist nanoBundle 2 is live and there’s lots of goodies to be had: MacJournal, RipIt, Clips, CoverScout, Flow, RapidWeaver, and (after 50,000 bundles are sold) Tales of Monkey Island….All for $20! That’s over $240 off of the total list prices and, even better, 25% of your purchase goes to charity!
(Via www.macheist.com )

SCOTTEVEST – Travel Clothing
In case you’ve never heard of Scottevest, they’re the Idaho-based purveyors of tech-friendly Travelwear. During their 40% Off Sale last week, I picked up a couple of jackets (for an upcoming review and “Travel Tech” series) which arrived today. I thought I’d try the Quantum Jacket while running errands here in chilly NYC today and, I have to say, I’m impressed. Combined with my also-newly-purchased Tavo Gloves (which let you operate your iPhone without suffering frostbitten fingers), I was well-equipped to withstand a Category 5 Geek-alanche!¹ — or at least to win a few Nerd Merit Badges!
(Via www.scottevest.com )

Petition to make “Hella” the prefix for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 – Boing Boing
C’mon — the California Academy of Science totally has to be behind this effort, right? (Wassup Kevin!)
(Via www.boingboing.net )

Schneier on Security: More on the Al-Mabhouh Assassination
Bruce Schneier is like a bearded, truth-seeking missile — here he is, deconstructing some recent events you may have heard about in Dubai:

The truth is that Mr. Mabhouh’s assassination was conducted according to the book — a military operation in which the environment is completely controlled by the assassins. At least 25 people are needed to carry off something like this. You need “eyes on” the target 24 hours a day to ensure that when the time comes he is alone. You need coverage of the police — assassinations go very wrong when the police stumble into the middle of one. You need coverage of the hotel security staff, the maids, the outside of the hotel. You even need people in back-up accommodations in the event the team needs a place to hide.

(Via www.schneier.com )

1. Yes, I realize that I am mixing a couple of weather-related things together in an awkward, unfortunate way

Now There Are **TWO** Evernote-to-MacJournal AppleScripts…

There are now two Evernote-to-MacJournal Exporter scripts included in the downloadable ZIP archive: One that attempts to preserve the formatting of the Evernote item by importing it into MacJournal as a Read-Only Web Archive formatted file, and another that will create an Editable RTF file that may not retain as much of the original formatting and/or embedded images.

I wrote the original script to convert the HTML files that Evernote exports into a slightly different format called a “Web Archive” which bundles in all of the embedded images and information so that the note will look the same inside of MacJournal. The only problem is that MacJournal doesn’t edit that format (yet). Dan Schimpf (the developer behind MacJournal) and I have been trading some emails about it and he is looking into some options to enable Web Archive editing within MacJournal. Until then (or until I can figure out a better way of doing it), you’ll have to use two different scripts depending upon if you want to edit the contents of the note inside of MacJournal right away.

Macworld Reviews MacJournal 5

In his review for Macworld, William Porter gives MacJournal 5 a ranking of Four-And-A-Half Mice (Out Of Five).

MacHeist?

The teaser page for the MacHeist bundle is now live a few days before it goes on sale… and even though there’s been no official announcement, I couldn’t help but notice an icon on one of the boxes being loaded out of the truck!

Anyone who has been waiting to pick up a copy of MacJournal should get their credit cards ready!

“What would be nice, also, is a script to do the contrary: Export a notebook from Evernote to MacJournal, if possible with tags, annotations…”

It was followed by three exclamation points (!!!) so, unless he’s a fan of the band of the same name, the guy would really like a script.

Okay Lem — here you go. (!!!)

Features **UPDATED**

• **NEW** There are now two scripts included in the downloadable ZIP archive: One that attempts to preserve the formatting of the Evernote item by importing it into MacJournal as a Read-Only Web Archive formatted file, and another that will create an Editable RTF file that may not retain as much of the original formatting and/or embedded images. (See “Current Limitations” Below For More…)
• Each script exports a copy of all the selected entries in an Evernote notebook and saves them into MacJournal.
• Automatic Growl detection has also been enabled which will save you a trip to the Script Editor to enable/disable it.

Current Limitations and Open Issues

(Otherwise known as “Places Where You Could Help Out!”)

• Editing Your Notes: I wrote the original script to convert the HTML files that Evernote exports into a slightly different format called a “Web Archive” which bundles in all of the embedded images and information so that the note will look the same inside of MacJournal. The only problem is that MacJournal doesn’t edit that format (yet). Dan Schimpf (the developer behind MacJournal) and I have been trading some emails about it and he is looking into some options to enable Web Archive editing within MacJournal. Until then (or until I can figure out a better way of doing it), you’ll have to use two different scripts depending upon if you want to edit the contents of the note inside of MacJournal right away.
• Errors that will undoubtedly arise when you do something that I didn’t think of or test for!

How to Install and Use

Just run the appropriate script and select the notes that you want to send to MacJournal!

Source code and download link on the next page!

Features

• This script exports a copy of all the entries in a selected MacJournal and saves them into Evernote.
• Automatic Growl detection has also been enabled which will save you a trip to the Script Editor to enable/disable it.

Current Limitations and Open Issues

(Otherwise known as “Places Where You Could Help Out!”)

• If you’re importing a lot of items, I’d recommend that you change a few settings inside Evernote before beginning the import. In the “Clipping” tab of the Preferences menu, uncheck the boxes in the section called “After a clip:”
  
  If the boxes are checked while importing a large number of items, Evernote will fill your screen with open windows and sound like it is repeatedly shooting you with a laser from a 70’s Sci-Fi movie. Trust me — uncheck the boxes first and you’ll be much happier!
• Although MacJournal uses tagging, it isn’t currently possible to read those tags via AppleScript. Therefore, you’ll need to tag your items once they’ve been imported into Evernote.
• Errors that will undoubtedly arise when you do something that I didn’t think of or test for!

How to Install and Use

Just run the script and select the Journal that you want to send to Evernote!

Source code and download link on the next page!

Latest Update: 8 February, 2010

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Evernote Scripts / API Applications:

Veritrope.com Scripts

• **NEW** RTF/TXT File Imported (To Improve Formatting Over Native Import)
• Safari URLs to Evernote (To Generate A Quick List Of Bookmarks from Your Open Tabs)
• Yojimbo to Evernote Exporter
• Evernote to Yojimbo Exporter
• NetNewsWire to Evernote: Batch Sending (For when you need to do some heavier lifting — slower, but brings over multiple items)
• TWO Scripts Connecting DEVONthink and Evernote!
• Evernote to MacJournal Exporter
• MacJournal to Evernote Batch Exporter
• Apple Mail to Evernote
• Export Evernote Notes to HTML (Legacy Script)
• Export Notes From Evernote to an RTF text file
• Export a List of Titles for Notes In Evernote to a text file
• Microsoft Entourage to Evernote
• NetNewsWire to Evernote: Single Headline or Tab (For the quickest way to get an item into Evernote)

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Other Scripts/Extensions/Projects

• **NEW** Import Delicious Bookmarks into Evernote.
  
• **NEW** An Applescript to push all of your LittleSnapper snaps into Evernote, including tags/ratings/title/date!
• **NEW** Toodledo-to-Evernote Workflow
• Automator Actions for Evernote
• Livescribe/Evernote AppleScript
• Import Amazon Kindle clippings into Evernote
• AppleScript to Export entire Evernote notebook in PDF format
• PHP code to send a WordPress post to Evernote
• Ruby Script to import Twitter favorites to Evernote
• Ruby Script to improve import of Delicious bookmarks into Evernote
• Using a Greasemonkey script to speed up import from Google Notebooks to Evernote
• Greasemonkey script to force https: on Evernote websites
• Use the Evernote Bookmarklet via Ubiquity
• AutoHotKey Script for Evernote
• Ubuntu Evernote Clipping Script
• Camino Browser Toolbar Script
• Journler to Evernote AppleScript
• Clip to Evernote via Quicksilver and AppleScript
• Copy title and URL in the front most window of Safari to Evernote with link
• Creating a daily log in Evernote from Quicksilver
• Import Yojimbo items into Evernote
• A Ruby/AppleScript solution to post NetNewsWire Items to Evernote
• Import Evernote ENEX Files into DevonThink as HTML
• A MacFUSE-based file system for accessing the Evernote service. (Under Development — Use with caution!)

Written (or know of) an Evernote Script not listed here? Post it in the comments below and I’ll add it to the list!

Evernote Accessories + Services:

• Pixily is a service that Evernote users can ship their paper documents to — they scan, categorize and upload the documents to a customer’s web account, where they can be transferred into an Evernote account with the push of a button. For a limited time, Pixily is offering Evernote users a $10 discount. To take advantage of the discount, follow this link and type EVERNOTE into the coupon code field during checkout.
  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srR1RUt0U5w&feature=player_embedded
• The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 Deluxe Bundle Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner — available for the Mac and also for Windows users — is Fujitsu’s latest, greatest version of their sheet-fed Document Scanner. With the push of a button, you can create a PDF file of up to 50 pages at a time. Just drop those PDFs into Evernote and, voila, you’re paperless. You can even scan your documents directly into Evernote. I own the previous model and have whole-heartedly recommended it to clients who are trying to digitize big piles of paper quickly (BTW — they also love it!):
  
• The Griffin Clarifi with EasyDock(Black) is a case for your iPhone 3G or 3GS that allows you to sharpen the iPhone’s close-up photos of business cards, receipts, or any small portion of text. Once your picture is in Evernote, text inside the image is recognized and available for searching (and easy cut-and-pasting into your favorite contact manager / word processor / etc.)
  Pretty spiffy! Check out this video from the Evernote blog of the Clarifi in action!:
  httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vduAAtinBG0
• Don’t have an iPhone? Maybe you need to capture larger amounts of text (like a whiteboard)? How about the name and location of a store or a restaurant while you’re sight-seeing? Eye-Fi makes a whole series of SD cards aimed at both PC and Mac users, professional photographers, and even video enthusiasts! It works with most digital cameras and even allows you to send geo-tagged photos directly to your Evernote account over its own Wi-Fi connection. Not only is the text in any digital photo automatically recognized and indexed, but the *LOCATION* as well. It’s a perfect way to keep a “virtual travel scrapbook”! I use this one myself — and I couldn’t be more pleased with how easy and well it works.

And again, check out this video from Evernote to see how it works:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFpQbV5In8&feature=player_embedded

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