http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/ News and updates for the widgets I have built for Mac OS X Dashboard. en-us Copyright (c) 2005 - 2008, Andrew Hedges. All rights reserved. andrew@hedges.name (Andrew Hedges) Dashboard My fingers on my keyboard http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#makeapass http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#makeapass Make-A-Pass generates secure, random passwords with the click of a button! This widget is highly configurable, similar to the online utility at WinGuides, but also including FIPS 181 capabilities. Note: most of the configuration options are on the back!

New in Version 2.5:

- Updated for Mac OS X Lion compatibility

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New in Version 1.0:

- Initial public release

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New in Version 1.0:

- Initial public release

]]> Widgets Sat, 4 July 2010 09:09:09 -700 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/download.php?widget=iplocator Ever check your web logs and wonder where in the world is 84.112.1.125? (Answer: Vienna, Austria) How about 118.90.122.47? (Answer: Kerikeri, New Zealand) Wonder no more! Through the magic of geolocation, IP Locator takes that mysterious IP address and tells you where that hit to your web site (or intruder on your network!) resides.

New in Version 1.6.2:

- Fixed a bug where latitude and longitude were sent to Google Maps in the wrong order for HostIP requests
- Added IPGP.net as a geolocation provider

]]> Widgets Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:11:11 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#phpfr http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#phpfr Fast lookup of information about the PHP web programming language. Features include:

- Offline access to the same documentation found on PHP.net
- Extensive cheat sheet of common PHP language syntax
- Interactive date string formatter
- Favorites list
- 1-click installation of documentation in different languages
- Localized in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Romanian

New in Version 1.0.1:

- Updated default (English) documentation to the most recent version on PHP.net (22 May, 2009).
- Fixed a bug that was causing the topics select list to be not selectable
- A couple of minor cosmetic fixes

]]> Widgets Mon, 25 May 2009 17:17:17 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#getdilbert http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#getdilbert Feed your addiction! GetDilbert simply grabs and displays the latest Dilbert comic from Dilbert.com. Refreshes “automagically” with the spiffy, new “Refresh” button!

New in Version 1.8.1:

- Subtle, under-the-hood improvements. Move along. Nothing to see here.

- Downloads are now handled by Amazon's S3 service.

]]> Widgets Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:55:55 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/download.php?widget=hurler Makes long URLs short using Hurl.ws

New in Version 1.1:

- Added Growl support. Now, if you exit Dashboard before the URL shortening completes and you have Growl enabled, tr.im.it sends a Growl notification.

]]> Widgets Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:00:00 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/download.php?widget=trimit Makes long URLs short using tr.im

New in Version 1.2:

- Added Growl support. Now, if you exit Dashboard before the URL shortening completes and you have Growl enabled, tr.im.it sends a Growl notification.

]]> Widgets Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:00:00 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/download.php?widget=heheboy I built this bobblehead widget as a thank you to @heheboy for being my 1000th follower on Twitter.

]]> Widgets Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:00:00 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#getdilbert News Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:11:12 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/blog/2008/03/30/new-version-of-phpfr-in-the-works http://andrew.hedges.name/blog/2008/03/30/new-version-of-phpfr-in-the-works PHP Function Reference 1.0 (and it’s about time!). PHPfr has been stuck at version 0.9.6.2b for over a year now, but the project is fast approaching this important milestone. There are some great new features and it’s localized in English, German and Romanian so far, with more to come. Watch this space for the big announcement sometime (hopefully) in the next week!]]> News Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:45:56 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/ IP Locator users, have written to let me know that the widget is not working. IP Locator gets its geolocation information from DNSStuff.com. It appears that DNSStuff.com has moved to a subscription model for most of its services. I have written to R. Scott Perry, the owner of the site and asked him what is to become of IP Locator in light of this change. Scott and I have enjoyed a good working relationship since I approached him 2 years ago and asked if he would like to collaborate on the widget. I will post an update here as soon as I know more. Thanks for your understanding. –Andrew]]> News Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:20:30 +1300 http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/enwidget-ten-useful-apple-dashboard-widgets/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/07/enwidget-ten-useful-apple-dashboard-widgets/ PHP Function Reference was mentioned today on Engadget. Cool! (Thanks to Rob Scriva, author of Dashalytics, for pointing this out.)]]> News Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:22:33 +1300 http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/geord/outthere/Widget.html http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/geord/outthere/Widget.html GetDilbert might want to check out Out There. Out There is a Far Side-like comic written by George Webster. Good stuff!]]> News Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:17:17 +1300 http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/IP-Locator-for-use-with-Safari-3-beta.wdgt.zip http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/IP-Locator-for-use-with-Safari-3-beta.wdgt.zip Safari 3 beta breaks widgets that use the search history feature of search input field types. I have put together a version of IP Locator with that feature disabled for anyone who wants to continue using it with the broken version of Safari. You can download it here. A bug has been filed with Apple and I suspect this will be a fairly high priority fix considering how many Dashboard widgets are affected.]]> News Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:10:11 +1300 http://code.google.com/p/phpfr/ http://code.google.com/p/phpfr/ I am excited to announce that PHP Function Reference is now open source, under the the New BSD License. The project is being hosted on Google Code and I have a discussion forum set up here for it as well. So far, three individuals have stepped forward to contribute to the project: Kelly Patrick Robinson was first in line at the opening of the Albuquerque Apple Store and adds to his list of conquests as first to join PHPfr; Nelson Darkwah Oppong, creator of the Fire ftp widget, is a programmer and graphic designer from Germany; and Barbara Napholtz, a longtime, paid user of PHPfr has agreed to do quality assurance testing on the widget. I am hopeful that with this infusion of talent we will finally be able to push PHPfr to a stable, 1.0 release. Thanks Kelly, Nelson, and Barbara for joining!]]> News Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:10:11 MST http://newfangledtelegraph.com/?ref=wdgt_rss Newfangled Telegraph. If you need a widget developed, now is the time to contact me!]]> News Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:00:00 MST http://www.clearwired.com/sundial/ Sundial 1.1 is now available. This version adds support for a truckload of languages and fixes a few minor outstanding issues. Download it now!]]> News Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:34:56 MST http://entropy.myvnc.com/ Entropy. It’s like Make-A-Pass for wireless.]]> News Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:10:10 MST http://www.clearwired.com/loop/archives/29-Widget.html clearwired.com, I have posted the first in a series of blog entries about What Sundial Taught Me. The first one is on Widget Localization. It’s a pretty thorough overview, if I do say so myself. If you’re a widget developer who wants to get started with localization, it’s worth a look!]]> News Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:02:03 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#getdilbert News Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:02:03 MST http://clearwired.com/sundial/ announce easily my most sophisticated widget ever, Sundial. In the past I have sort of hacked my widgets together. This project was for work, so I was really thorough and did things according to the Apple guidelines (imagine that!). What is Sundial, you ask? Sundial makes it easy to track time on projects through Basecamp. Check it out!]]> News Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#getdilbert
Sorry about the recent kaputsnik status of the widget. I’ve recently changed my server set up and the script I was using to scrape the image URL no longer works (if you’re interested in the technical details, email me). I am working on a new method for scraping the URL and hope to have an update posted within a week of today (25 Jul, 2006). Thanks for your patience!

–Andrew]]> News Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:20:30 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/ Others have written in more depth about the evils of (or, at least, the lack of necessity of using) Stuffit Expander. I suggest just trashing the stupid thing, but if you can't bring yourself to part with this vestige of the bad old days; at least, please, don't use it to unzip my widgets!

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]]> News Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:11:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/dev/debugging.html Amnesty Widget Browser, I have posted the contents of the WidgetResources directory for download. Just unzip it and drop it in /System/Library/ and you will have access to widgets that are not “backwards compatible.”

]]> News Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:40:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/dev/debugging.html a technique I use to debug the JavaScript in my widgets.

]]> News Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/ For kicks and grins, I threw together a little widget that counts down to the inuaguration of the next POTUSA. It's called Duhbya's Days Are Numbered. Enjoy!

]]> News Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:00:00 MST http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28989 I made a widget for painter Duane Keiser. It's called A Painting A Day. Check it out!

]]> News Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:30:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#colorsafe Are you a web designer stuck using the 216 colors of the "web safe" palette? This little widget will help keep you safe! Ha ha ... get it? "Safe," like, the icon is a safe and these are the web safe colors. Oh, nevermind.

New in Version 1.0.1:

- Fixed trailing newline issue when copying data to the clipboard (thanks Ben Kazez!)

]]> Widgets Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:30:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#theobfuscator Studies say 97% of spam (no, not Spam) happens because you posted your email address to a web page somewhere...The Obfuscator to the rescue! The Obfuscator converts your email address into an encoded string that spambots can't read, but web browsers and email programs can! For convenience, your obfuscated string is automagically copied to the clipboard.

New in Version 1.0.1:

- Fixed trailing newline issue when copying data to the clipboard (thanks Ben Kazez!)

]]> Widgets Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:30:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#snippetcomposer SnippetComposer is for folks who know some HTML and want a way to quickly compose HTML snippets, for example, for posting to online forums.

Type or paste HTML in the top input box and SnippetComposer will show the rendered HTML in the bottom box. When you are ready, click the C button to copy your HTML to the pasteboard. Click X to clear the input fields.

New in Version 1.0.1:

- Fixed trailing newline issue when copying data to the clipboard (thanks Ben Kazez!)

]]> Widgets Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:30:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/preview.php "super-short" survey regarding the next release of IP Locator. Please take 5 minutes to help me make it the best geolocation widget out there. Thanks!

]]> News Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:15:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#johndyer Widget Exhibition - The Art of John Dyer
An exciting new Widget, developed by Andrew Hedges, for the acclaimed artist John Dyer. Now you can have 40 of John Dyer's amazing paintings on your dashboard. Arrange them across your screen to hang your very own exhibition. The Widget contains paintings of Alan Titchmarsh's and Kim Wilde's gardens, many from the iconic Eden Project in the UK, including John's latest painting for Live 8, as well as paintings from Costa Rica, the Philippines, France, Italy and the UK. The widget can be flipped over to reveal links to the fascinating ethno-botanical stories behind John's work.

]]> Widgets Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:34:56 MST mailto:andrew@hedges.name?Subject=Localization%20volunteer! Email me! Your reward will be a mention and link on my widgets web page.

]]> News Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/dev/ tutorial!

This tutorial contains the basics, but it also covers some "advanced" topics including:

- Accessing the command line (including PHP, shell scripts, and more)
- Saving and retreiving preferences
- Asynchronous HTTP requests (like those used in most RSS widgets)
- Tapping the power of Quartz drawing methods

]]> News Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#slideshow SlideShow displays a series of images along with links to related web pages.

You no longer need to be a widget hacker to make your own SlideShow! Control-click on SlideShow.wdgt (located in Library/Widgets) to find instructions for adding your own photos and captions. All I ask is you retain a link back to this page on the back side of the widget. Thanks!

Are you an artist or photographer wanting a custom widget like this one? Contact me about some kind of creative exchange!

New in Version 2.1.1:

- Clarified instructions for creating a custom SlideShow

]]> Widgets Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#myresolution MyResolution is pretty simple. It displays your monitor’s resolution. It also contains a simple script to open up the Displays preference pane. This script works with the default setting for showing/hiding Dashboard (F12). MyResolution contains instructions for changing this setting if you have remapped that function. Just control-click on the widget and choose "Show Package Contents" to find the instructions.

New in Version 1.1:

- Changed the AppleScript for opening the Displays preference pane to a shell script. This speeds things up a touch, reduces the file size a smidge, and makes changing the assigned keyboard shortcut easier.

]]> Widgets Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#todayinnm Today in NM brings you arts- and culture-related events from around New Mexico to your desktop by tapping New Mexico CultureNet's RSS feed of the same name. Events load automatically and refresh once a day without intervention. Click on the arrows to see event descriptions. Click on the title of an event to see more detail about it on the New Mexico CultureNet web site.

]]> Widgets Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:00:00 MST http://andrew.hedges.name/widgets/#tictactoe This is a simple implementation of the childhood favorite of the same name. The object is get three in a row. Can you beat the CPU?

New in Version 1.1:

- Updated the algorithm so the computer (almost) always makes the "correct" first move. (Thanks, Chad, for the tip!)

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