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Remember The Milk For Launchy Adds Tasks In A Flash
5:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Remember the Milk for Launchy adds tasks to RTM in a flash, complete with due dates, tags, and even notes. More »
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Email Yourself Reminders From Launchy
4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Reader Ryan writes in with his ubergeeky method for sending emails to himself directly from Launchy—a very useful trick to quickly send yourself reminders. To accomplish this hack, Ryan assembled a visual basic script (VBS) file that sends the email using Gmail’s SMTP server—the email addresses are hard-coded but the subject line can be entered directly in Launchy. More »
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Add More Functionality To Launchy With NirCmd
6:00AM Adam Pash | Weblog SimpleHelp details how to NirCmd —a command-line app that can turn off your monitor, empty your Recycle Bin, change the system volume, and more—in conjunction with Launchy to put more functionality at your fingertips. In a nutshell, the post details how to create simple batch files with NirCmd functions and then index those commands with Launchy. That way all of the cool functionality built into NirCmd is accessible with a few keystrokes. While the post focuses on integrating NirCmd with Launchy, the idea could be extended to any application launcher of your choosing. While you’re at it, check out how to integrate Launchy with Wget. How to integrate NirCmd with Launchy to enhance productivity [SimpleHelp] More »
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Integrate Launchy With Wget
8:00AM Adam Pash | Reader Justin writes in with a clever idea for quickly launching downloads with the popular command-line download manager, wget. His method: Make wget available to Launchy, then pass the URL of the file you want to download to wget through Launchy. Here’s how it works: More »
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iTuny Adds iTunes Controls To Launchy
5:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: iTuny is a free plug-in for popular application launcher Launchy that controls music playback and so much more. Once installed, iTuny adds several actions to Launchy that allow you to play, pause, stop, or advance playback, which alone is a nice start. iTuny doesn’t stop there, though; you can also rate songs, show track info, set the volume, search your library, create new playlists, display album art, post to Twitter, and more. iTuny also integrates with previously mentioned Snarl to display notifications when you invoke iTuny commands via Launchy. The installation and setup are a little confusing, so keep reading for a closer look at how it works. More »
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Make Firefox 3’s Bookmarks Available to Launchy and Quicksilver
10:00PM Gina Trapani | Firefox 3 doesn’t store your bookmarks in the plain old HTML file that Firefox 2 did, so desktop launchers like Quicksilver and Launchy can’t index them properly. But the HackCollege blog has a solution: a Firefox 3 about:config tweak that makes Firefox automatically export your bookmarks to a file. Change the browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML value from false to true to get a bookmarks.html file saved to your Firefox profile directory each time you shut down your browser. More »
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Launchy for Linux Works Just Like Windows Version
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Linux: Application launcher Launchy quietly added a new “feature” with its 2.1.1 update—Linux compatibility, for both GNOME and KDE-based desktops. From what I’ve tested so far, the interface, operation, and options are remarkably similar to what you’ve seen in Windows, with the obvious tweaks for Linux file types and commands. The built-in plugins work, it’s super-easy to change Launchy’s appearance and hotkey activation, and the majority of functions that make it our readers’ favourite application launcher are there. In other words, looks like GNOME Do has some serious competition. Launchy is a free download for Linux (in Ubuntu-friendly, self-installing package and source forms) and Windows. Thanks, prattmic! Launchy [SourceForge.Net] More »
Quickly Update Personal Organiser Sandy from Launchy
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Email-based digital personal assistant Sandy can be a really helpful manager for to-do lists and calendar appointments, but only if you don’t mind composing new messages for every change. Reader Wyatt writes in with a quicker way to get Sandy’s attention, using Outlook, Windows keystroke launcher Launchy, and a custom line for its built-in Runner plugin. Create a new Runner command named “Sandy” or something similar and point it to the location of Outlook’s executable file, but add the following switches at the end (substituting your Sandy username): /c ipm.note /m sandybox@yourname.iwantsandy.com Want to customise the resulting instant email further? Here’s a guide to more Outlook switches. Gmail fans can also piece together a similar quick-launch Sandy through a Gmail script for Launchy. (Original Sandy post). More »
