The Lucas Eckels Blog » software http://blog.lucaseckels.com Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:16:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Fuzzy Freddy http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2007/01/06/fuzzy-freddy/ http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2007/01/06/fuzzy-freddy/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:31:00 +0000 Lucas http://blog.lucaseckels.com/?p=11 Fuzzy FreddyIt has recently come to my attention that I failed to post here about my entry for Iron Coder 2, Fuzzy Freddy.

The API that time around was CoreGraphics, and the theme was Time.

Fuzzy Freddy is an action-packed game of adventure, romance, and hygiene. It is a Universal binary and is best viewed in at least 1280×1024.

I’m pretty happy about how it turned out.

Download Fuzzy Freddy (includes source)

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Here’s the description from the readme:

Close is an intense psychological thriller of a game, where the player must avoid getting their personal space invaded by coworkers in a highly detailed workplace environment.

Use your mental and physical abilities to your fullest to defend yourself against these intrusions.

Using Apple’s Core Image technology, Close provides a level of visual quality never before seen in a game of its kind.

Download Close 1.0

Edit: Okay, I’ve been caught. It’s a clone of Daleks. Enjoy the bonus level.

]]> http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/10/29/close/feed/ 3 Embedding a file in VoodooPad http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/03/29/embedding-file-in-voodoopad/ http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/03/29/embedding-file-in-voodoopad/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:51:00 +0000 Lucas http://blog.lucaseckels.com/?p=6 [Update: This is probably pretty useless now, since this feature has been built-in to VoodooPad for two major releases now. It's not in the free version, but neither is the scripting. If for some reason, you're still using VoodooPad 2, please enjoy!]

I was musing the other day about the apparent lack of a way to embed a file directly into VoodooPad. So I turned to the semi-experimental plugin interface.

Now you can enjoy the fruits of my labor. Just look at the file embedding menu off of the plugin menu. A file takes up an entire page and links up like anything else in VoodooPad. Just click on the link and it opens up.

Double click EmbedFile.vcplugin and VoodooPad will install it for you.

Download EmbedFile 1.0b1 (21k)

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Address Book Exporter is simple to use — just select a group, hit export, and choose a file to export it to. ABE exports to a CSV file ready for use in Excel or other spreadsheet applications. It pays attention to distribution lists — so set up which addresses you want to go with the list in Address Book — go to Edit/Edit Distribution List

Download Address Book Exporter 1.0.1 (35k)

[edit: updated to 1.0.1, which places first and last names in separate columns]

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Symphony is a useless little app that makes a lot of noise, Mardi Gras style. It abuses the secret ingredient API to determine when things happen on your computer — you start an application, move a window, type something. For each event, a sound is played. They all wash together and form a soundscape.

Since judging, I’ve fixed a few bugs, added a feature or two. Symphony now requires 10.3.9 with Quicktime 7 or Tiger. It is built universal.

Download Symphony 1.0 (3.27 meg)
Download Symphony 1.0 source (3.22 meg, BSD license)

[Update: Corrected link to source]

]]> http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/03/07/symphony/feed/ 2 Automatically find zip codes in Address Book http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/02/21/automatically-find-zip-codes-in/ http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/02/21/automatically-find-zip-codes-in/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:31:00 +0000 Lucas http://blog.lucaseckels.com/?p=3 [Updated for 10.7 Lion]

[This plugin uses Yahoo's maps API, which was shut down in September 2011.  I don't know if I'll find time to switch to another data provider, so it's broken for the time being]

Anne was putting together wedding invitations and asked me if Address Book could look up zip codes. Now it can. She likes it — maybe you will, too.

This is just a small Address Book plugin. It adds a menu item so that when you click on an address, you can find a ZIP code (including ZIP+4 for most addresses) and set it automatically.

To install, copy FindZip.bundle inside of ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins or /Library/Address Book Plug-Ins — creating the folder if it’s not already there. You’ll need to restart Address Book to get the menu to appear.

FindZip now requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and is tested on 10.6 and 10.7.

FindZip comes with no warranty. While I have made every effort to make it as bug-free as possible, it may trash your address book, computer, and your car — though most likely the zip code. Let me know if you have any problems.

Download FindZip 1.0b3 (16k)

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