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August 29, 2006
Using the Horde Framework
Today I was looking up information about a couple of my favorite mail applications. One of them is the IMP web-mail application from The Horde Project. I learned that to install IMP, one must install the Horde framework first. Being always on the lookout for good frameworks to help with application development, I wondered if this one was documented for use outside of the Project's family of applications.
At first, I didn't find any easily approachable documentation that explained how to get started. Then I found a web-based slide presentation entitled "FOSDEM 2005: Building a Web Application with the Horde Application Framework". It is a good step-by-step introduction to the Horde framework, perfect for an impatient person like me to see if the framework will fit in with the way I work.
Posted by lsloan at 05:09 PM | Comments (0)
AppleScript for Text-to-Speech file
Erich Weiss posted this nifty AppleScript to the U-M Mac SIG mailing list recently. you can run to save a plain text document as an audio file.
Simply create a new applescript and paste the text below. Compile and save. When run,
the script asks for a source document and a name for the audio file. (be sure to name
the file with a .aif so that it opens properly in iTunes, iMovie, etc.)
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set theDocument to choose file with prompt "Select the source (Plain Text) file."
set outputFileName to choose file name with prompt "Name the output file."
try
open for access theDocument
set theText to read theDocument
close access theDocument
on error err
close access theDocument
say err
end try
say theText saving to outputFileName
Posted by lsloan at 08:53 AM | Comments (0)
August 25, 2006
Interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee
developerWorks Interviews: Tim Berners-Lee
Posted by lsloan at 09:48 AM | Comments (0)