Download MP3s from MuxTape

Comments (1) · May 2, 2008 at 6:48 am · Firefox Hacks, Greasemonkey

I figured this hack was in the works for some time now, just happened to run across it this morning.  Thanks to Firefox, Greasemonkey and a little creativity from a scripter out there you can download music from the MuxTape web site.  Here are the words of wisdom from the script creator…

This downloads muxtape songs. Just click the “Download me!” link, change the file-name to your liking and append .mp3 to it.

There you go!  Pick up the Greasemonkey script in question here:

  http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24382

Now of course I am not encouraging you to go out there and be a pirate, but for those tunes up there that you can not find anywhere else or may be original works from an independent artist you would like to enjoy - the option to download is now there.  I have a feeling though they will more than likely get this fixed soon on the MuxTape side of things.

Script Fight! Best of MySpace vs Facebook User Scripts

Comments off · February 28, 2008 at 7:45 am · Greasemonkey

In a cage match to the death, who would win between the best of the MySpace user scripts versus the Facebook user scripts? Load up Firefox, install Greasemonkey - and give some of these handy addons a try. I use both MySpace and Facebook so hard for me to decide. How about you?

In this corner… MySpace!

• Birthdays on Homepage - Get birthday updates on all your buddies!
• MSPLinks Translator - Change those MySpace links back into regular ones!
• Ignore Bulletins - Whitelist or blacklist news from people you love or hate!
• Ad Slicer for MySpace - Does a good job at cleaning up the MySpace profile.
• Enhanced Friend View - Gives a better view of your friends with pics, comments, messages and more.
• Profile edit keyboard shortcuts - adds shortcuts to the preview and save buttons.
• Hide Tom Announcement - Never liked him anyways.
• Shortcuts on Top - Fixed spot on top for your MySpace shortcuts.
• Clean Home v2.3 - Another MySpace homepage cleaner.

From parts unknown… Facebook!

• Auto-Colorizer - Colors on page based on photos your viewing!
• Remove app requests - remove all application requests.
• View Photo in Album - See photos in somebody’s album, even if your not friends.
• Wall Text-Area Resizer - Resize the post on a wall text area.
• Mass Poking - You poking at me?
• Error Page Reloader - Try again, without any effort!
• View All Photos - View all pics, regardless of who tagged them.
• Beautifier - Hide 3rd party applications, aww.. no more pirates vs zombies?
• Video Tool for Facebook - Copy videos as .flvs!

Have any other favorite Greasemonkey scripts I might have overlooked?

How to Backup Stylish Styles

Comments (4) · August 14, 2007 at 6:25 am · Firefox Usability

I enjoy using the Stylish extension to make a lot of little edits to various web sites I visit around the web. The biggest would probably be Gmail - and I would rather not lose all the user style edits I have done just in case the worst might happen.

The other day I was re-installing Firefox on my main machine here, and I needed to backup the edits and user styles I had downloaded and created. I searched and searched, and finally found the place which it is saved to. It is not an easy file to find so I thought I would share with you where it is at.

On Windows XP go to Documents and Settings, then go to your profile folder. From there navigate yourself through Application Data, then Mozilla, then Firefox (yes, it is pretty deep in there) and then your profile folder for Firefox.

You made it! Do the dance of joy and move on…

The file your looking to copy is stylish.rdf. Of course you could always just search your computer for the same file name - but what fun would that be?

Just right-click on it, copy it and save it elsewhere. Then when you need to restore the settings, drag and drop it back where you found it and all should be well again.

Myspace Notifier

Comments off · November 8, 2006 at 4:03 am · Greasemonkey

It has been a while since I looked at any Greasemonkey scripts. The newest one that I have checked out is called Myspace Notifier. This script will notify you of any new mail, friend requests, and more. To use it, make sure you have the Firefox Greasemonkey extension installed.

+ Check Out the Myspace Notifier Greasemonkey Script!

Swiss Knife Toolbar

Comments off · October 22, 2006 at 2:53 pm · Greasemonkey

Don’t you love how swiss knives seem to have a tool for every occasion? Well the WebSwissKnifeToolBar is a Greasemonkey script that does the same for your browser.

Brought to my attention by its creator, this user script adds a lot of functionality to Firefox. Here are just a few things it can do.

• Easy an fast search for: Google, YouTube videos, and Wikipedia (Spanish and English)
• Translator English<->Spanish, with just a click
• Spanish dictionary (RAE), with just a click
• Convert a long URL to a tiny URL, with just a click
• Put and save sticky notes on the Web

You can install the Greasemonkey script here or check out the blog for more information on it.

Add Google Reader to Gmail

Comments off · October 14, 2006 at 10:27 am · Greasemonkey

You can now check your Gmail and Google Reader at the same time with this amazing Greasemonkey script that will show a link for your feeds in the sidebar of Gmail. It will also show you how many unread feeds you currently have and when you click on the link it pulls up your unread articles! (found via digg)

+ Learn More and Pick Up This Greasemonkey Script!

Greasemonkey 101

Comments off · October 10, 2006 at 4:45 am · Greasemonkey

Not yet sure what Greasemonkey is all about? Here is one nice guide to get you started.

Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to write scripts that alter the web pages you visit. You can use it to make a website more readable or more usable. You can fix bugs that the site owner can’t be bothered to fix themselves.

+ Learn More About Greasemonkey and Greasemonkey Scripts!