Automation Adventures

It has happened to everyone: you are composing this message, and say something like “as you can see in the attached Excel sheet” or talk about the cute picture you’ve attached, and then you forget to attach the file…
Have no fear, Outlook Attachment Reminder is here! A small but effective script will scan your message [...]

The Technix Update blog has a handy little tip on how to change the default save format from the dreaded DOCX to the Word 2003 standard of DOC.
In case the blog gets swamped or the tip disappears, here are the steps in a nutshell:

Open Microsoft Word, and click the Office icon at the top left.
Click [...]

For a week or two now, I’ve been using Enso Launcher. Enso Launcher is a product from Humanized, a company focused on making the computer and its usage more humane.
Enso Launcher installs itself, displays a welcome message, and then immediately disappears out of sight. It patiently waits for you to press its hotkey (Caps Lock [...]

The Spread Firefox website has a forum post announcing the official start of the Firefox 3 download day as 10 a.m. PDT on June 17th. The local times are listed here.
This means I can’t start downloading Firefox 3.0 until 1PM… the tension is unbearable!

The Mozilla developer center announced yesterday that Firefox 3 is expected to release on Tuesday June 17th. It is accompanied by a large amount of compatible Add-Ons, and is expected to break a record of number of downloads in one day.