Over the weekend I wrote an extension for Alfred to solve the problem of not being able to create new files easily from the Mac OS Finder.

After I had written what was a very rudementary script to solve the problem, I posted it to my blog (the one you’re reading now). Within a couple of hours I had over 500 views to the post, and a few comments. Thanks to everyone who took the time to find me on twitter or post a comment. (more…)

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I am constantly bothered by the lack of a “new file” option in the Mac OS Finder. None of the scripts I found on the web were that great, and they were often quite slow. So I whipped up this little Alfred extension. It creates a new file in the most recent or currently active finder window, and selects it ready to be renamed.

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I wanted a quick way to check if domains were available, so I wrote this little (13kb) extension for Alfred.

It checks for most TLD’s and provides a Growl notification to show availability. Feel free to share it with friends.

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