Just Dropped In

Posted by Morten Just Wed, 17 May 2006 11:06:00 GMT

(Can’t see the clip?)

Yep, it’s the Just Dropped In Script 2.0 that prepares a Keynote slideshow just for you, and just because it’s good to see you(r Bluetooth phone). Nice, eh?

What your Mac does seconds after you enter your home

  • Displays a bright splash image to make monitor act as lamp
  • Gives you a random compliment
  • Plays a random song from an iTunes playlist
  • Asks a music quiz question while it
  • Prepares a Keynote slideshow that
  • Comments on the actual weather outside and
  • Gives a forecast for tomorrow
  • Checks your GMail
  • Synchronizes your mobile phone over Bluetooth
  • And your iCal calendar
  • Opens Gmail, movie listings, tv listings, feed reader
Digg it

To do

  • Display and say iCal appointments for the rest of the day
  • First slide should be so bright that the Mac works like a lamp in a dark appartment
  • Script should not be able to run twice within one hour (save time of last run)
  • Code clean-up (it’s messy in a ‘wow, he’s not even a script kidde’ kind of way)
  • Latest news from RSS sources
  • Any other functionality, really
Want to contribute? Great! Mail me at mortenj (at) genstart.dk and I’ll update the script.

What you’ll need

  • Bluetooth proximity applescript trigger, such as BluePhoneElite, Salling Clicker or Romeo (free, Sony/Ericsson only)
  • A Bluetooth device
  • OS X Tiger
  • Keynote 2
  • Keynote scripting plugin (free)
  • A Keynote template
  • A splash screen image (Illustrator format, could be any format really)

    applescript, ical, bluetooth, phone, smarthome, home automation

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