Rather than me having to switch applications and tab over to QuickTime, then hit pause/play repeatedly… I could let these scripts do all the work. And by associating these scripts with a Quicksilver trigger, this let me stay in one application while controlling QuickTime with a few keystrokes.
Over the weekend, I came across a fun post on MetaFilter about how to make a mesmerizing paper toy. Check it out (jump to 0:58 if you want to see it in action). Over my lunch break yesterday, I sat down to give this a go. The video, while incredibly helpful, zips along at a…
I spent a lot of time in Illustrator (way more than I ever have before), and got some serious practice in. Ultimately, I ended up going with a more text-based approach. Liz wanted something scripty, and I came across Feel Script… which had a formal feel, but didn’t look like all the other horrible scripty fonts I’d seen around.