[covetous] ipod shuffle

[wispfox]

I blame one of my co-workers for the fact that I now want an ipod shuffle. The ipod itself did not have any draw for me, but the shuffle is tiny and cute and I could put it in my pocket and it wouldn't escape and I could listen to it on planes (planes are _loud_) and now I _want one_.

Bad co-worker. *adds to list of things to get eventually* (this is so I don't try to go buy it _now_, you see)

And apparently there is Linux software which can talk to it, which is good.

Comments

[sharp-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's pretty much what I was doing by hand. It works, but I want it to run automatically whenever I establish the connection. I've found various more or less kludgy ways of doing it - replacing the pppd with a Perl script that changes the arguments to replace "defaultroute" with "nodefaultroute" and the like - but none of them seem to work for me.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Write a script that includes that data and establishes the connection? I'm reasonably certain VPN would be scriptable, even if you had to call an applescript...

[sharp-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a good idea. I shall try to set aside an hour or two to learn Applescript this weekend.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

http://www.google.com/search?q=vpn+applescript

Applescript's a pretty decent language, such as it is...