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I’ve jumped on the latest bandwagon and written a Greasemonkey script for everyone’s favorite addiction web-based game, Kingdom of Loathing. In the initial release, I’ve injected support for access keys, so that you can play more of KOL using the keyboard. If you’ve every been suck in the Orc Chasm, you know how repetitive it can be to click “Use Item” over and over—just to read the dictionary!!!

It’s not as keyboard-friendly as NetHack, but it’s a start.

Visit the project page for more information and the download.

This is the main page for my Kingdom of Loathing Grease Monkey script.

• Adds keyboard navigation to the adventure and combat pages

• Add Keyboard Shortcut “panel”
• Display more information (e.g. effects of current moon phases, etc.)

¹ All commands are Access Keys, so you will need to press ALT+key or Ctrl+key

Download: kol.user.js

<pre><code>
widget.system("/usr/bin/python main.py",null);
</code>

<pre><code>
            myXMLHTTPRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            myXMLHTTPRequest.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;

            widget.system(
                "/usr/bin/curl -o output.xml http://www.example.com/script.php");
            myXMLHTTPRequest.open("GET","output.xml",true);
            myXMLHTTPRequest.send(null);
            data = myXMLHTTPRequest.responseXML;
</code>

My copy of Tiger arrived this evening. I backed everything up to my FireWire drive and did a Clean Install. Wow.

I must say: the Dashboard effects - especially the ripple-load effect - are very cool. I also love the Dictionary: both the widget and the utility app are gorgeous. Spotlight seems interesting… I was surprised to find that there doesn’t (yet) seem to be an iChat plugin!

Though I’m loathe to sully my pristine installation, I need to get my apps installed. Oh, also, the RSS screensaver is wicked cool.

My parents photographed this metal AVP sculpture outside of Phoenix, AZ.

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I know this is Old News, but I finally got around to listening to Paul Graham on “Great Hackers”. I don’t think one could find a more lucid, succinct expression of so many things that programmers face.

• Great Hackers transcript.
• Audio from OSCON 2004.

The way Madonna need the Kabbalah / The way Skee-Lo needed more royalties from “I wish I was a li’l bit talla” / That the way I need Allah.

via McSweeney’s

Looks like Java5 aka Tiger will not be released initially with the other Tiger, OS X 10.4. Oh well, I guess I can live a little longer without printf.

Though, in all fairness, this alternative works pretty well.

One of my favorite Broken Social Scene songs, “Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl”, has a video.

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