Display real-time radio station info using Quicksilver

Apr 05, '05 09:10:00AM

Contributed by: turnerm5

I routinely listen to KEXP while studying, and listening to hear the name of a song I like is a pain. Luckily, KEXP puts up real-time song info for every track played. Going to the site, or even keeping it open, is too much work for me... Using a combination of AppleScript and the triggers built into Quicksilver, I have my computer set up to go to the site, get the song info, strip the hex info, and display it nicely with Quicksilver's Large Type feature -- in action, it looks like this.

I use this AppleScript to do the work. This one only works if you have the Lynx Terminal-mode browser installed (also available via Fink), though I am sure there are ways around that. Quicksilver is set up to have Command-Down Arrow automatically run this script. I have Command-Left/Right set to change tracks, and Up to pause. Any suggestions on improvements would be greatly appreciated!

[robg adds: Obviously this hint is quite specific to one radio station. However, by looking at the code, you can get an idea of you might make changes to strip info from other web pages (not just radio stations) and display that data using Quicksilver or a similar utility.]

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