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Category: Technology
Open DNS and Site Blocking
Open DNS is a free service with a number of cool features for making your web surfing easier and/or safer. The options can be turned on individually. Some of these are especially useful for people who want to protect their children from stumbling onto bad stuff.
Highrise Task Quicksilver Scripts
Update:The latest scripts are available here.
I've been waiting for some time for an API for Highrise from 37 Signals so that I could integrate it with Quicksilver better than using emails to create tasks.
Facebook Status vs. Twitter
I've been using both the status feature on Facebook and Twitter for posting little status tidbits online. They each have advantages and disadvantages for me.
Better 30 Boxes Event Creation from Quicksilver
While I was on a roll creating AppleScripts for APIs, I decided to work on deciphering the 30 Boxes API. The 30 Boxes calendar lets you send it an email to post an event, and the format for creating a 30 Boxes event is a bit more flexible than the Backpack calendar, especially since it allows you to specify the reminder time while entering the event. So you could type something like:
