Universal Hotkey Lookup

I'm putting this out into the internet so that someone can run with the idea.

I'm really bad about shortcuts and staying on the keyboard. I go to the mouse way too much for menus and other unnecessary things.

I want to be better.

How I see this working

• I'm using a program, could be anything.
• I need to do something, and I don't know the shortcut.
• I hit the 'Universal' shortcut, could be anything, should probably be configurable.
• A simple search box pops up where I type something that could be construed as the thing I'm trying to do. Could be the command name, or just a vague description of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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• Then the system builds a context of the window I invoked it from, as well as OS, and probably a few other things that could be relevant, maybe other running processes (if I'm trying to invoke another process to do something unrelated to the current window).
• Using this context it searches for the hotkey I want, probably a ranked list is provided to me.
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• When the list is presented in a floating window out of the way (either a pinned corner or using something about cursor/mouse position to move out of the way smartly.) focus is returned to the original application where I can type the hotkey, and then it goes away.

No it doesn't type the hotkey for you. Although I'm sure that would quickly become a requested feature, maybe it makes sense if you're on a less than full size keyboard and the shortcut is especially cumbersome.

That's it... That's the idea... Run with it internet!

Also please make it Open Source, MIT or something. And shoot me a github link.


So I wrote this and then went looking for a ref image for the pop-up search bar. I knew custom 'Launchers' were a thing. So started there... found this https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox so yeah, probably a plugin for that.

Honestly I think the hard part here is the database of hotkeys... Where does that come from? I'm thinking maybe a collab/scrape of https://cheatography.com/...? That could work, of course it would probably be way off if there was any customization done, but if you're customizing your hotkeys, hopefully you'd remember them(?). Also some programs offer different schemes, would probably need an option to set which scheme each applicable program is set to, this would go into the context.

Ok so Wox plugin... go...

Re-Enable Disabled Paste in Chrome

I keep running into sites that disable paste.

I have no way to install Chrome Plug-Ins at work.

Using only the Developer Tools you can work-around the issue.

1. Go to the page in question.
2. Let it load all the way.
3. Copy the thing you want to copy from wherever else.
4. Hit F-12 to bring up the Developer Tools
5. Hit F-1 to bring up the Dev-Tools Settings
6. Check the 'Disable JavaScript' option in the 'Debugger' section
7. Close the settings and happily paste in the value you want.
8. Hit F-1 and un-check 'Disable JavaScript'
9. Repeat steps 5-8 for each field you need to paste into

The reason you un-check and re-check in between is to let the page do any intermediary processing it might want to do, like enabling the second box etc. (sometimes this behavior is triggered by the act of typing, so you may have to type a single character and then delete it after your pasted content in the first box to get the second box to enable).

YAY!

Calling the Type of Burn

Let this be the record that in this month of September 2009, I Gavin Swanson brought about the common use of calling the type of comical burn issued.

Example:

Server: "What's this from the landscapers? My Husband does the landscaping."
Mgr: "We have to pay someone to come in and clean up after him."
Me: "OOOOHHHHH, Gardener Burn!"

Server: "Hey will you hand me a monkey"
Mgr: "You have a monkey standing right next to you."
Me: "OOOOOHHHHH, Primate Burn!"

Chico State Minibaja

Spent the weekend in the bay at the Grand Prix of San Jose. We got some good connections for sponsorships. More to come later. Check out the redesigned Minibaja website (updates coming soon).

pepto-bismol ice cream

Check out what this person put together. From the article:

food without danger is like sex with a condom: it goes in the same entrance, but the experience is altogether less thrilling, less memorable, indeed less satisfying.

Have I mentioned

I hate it when Myspace is down

Another full day

So I rolled out of bed at 10:18 yesterday and still made it to Ray's before 10:30. Heck yes. Luke, Mike, Mike's roommate, and I went tubing on Honey Run yesterday. It's definitely more exciting than sac. I only tagged my back on a few rocks, no loss of the ass-ginity. Everyone has told me that you can't really drink on Honey Run, we proved them wrong. Pat also said it was too low, it was the first time I've done it so I can't say what it's in comparison to, but it wasn't "too" low. We were done by about 3. I wanted to get a haircut yesterday so when I swung by Ray's to return my tube, I looked over and saw that Wild Cuts was closed. I went by the house and hung out for a bit looking for someone to go to the summercross nationals with me. After not finding anyone I headed off to Redbluff at about 6:15ish. The Gates opened at 6 but I'm glad I didn't leave till then cause the event didn't get started till about 8 and I didn't really care about the autograph session and what not. After a couple heats I found the worlds funniest thing. Imagine 10 4-6 year olds. Now put on dirt riding gear and a helmet that is bigger than their torso (like Jack from Jack in the box style proportions). Now put them on a 50 (really realy tiny motorcycle). Then Have them racing around the moto cross track at like 5mph with their Dad's chasing after them making sure they don't fall over. It's one of those things you have to see but it's funny as hell. Most of the kids were on KTMs which have a pretty high center. I felt bad for this one kid on a yamaha, he high centered it on every little mound he tried to go over. So the California Extreme Summercross Nationals were supposed to feature Mike Metsker, and his air force freestyle team or some bullshit. Anyway so his team (3 guys) come out on bikes ready to ride. Then he comes out, in shorts and a T. He's like Your probably wondering why I'm not in gear, and everyone was like yeah we are. Apparently he got like 4 concussions in 5 weeks and he wants to rest his head a little for the x games coming up. So that was a disappointment. Anyway I had paid the two dollars for parking with a roll of quarters and gotten back the eight dollars cash which left me enough for a pint of hef and a slice of pizza with .75 left to spare, heck yes. I gave the extra ticket I had to some kid and his little girlfriend, saved em $17, and I didn't pay for it so fuck it. Got back into town and headed out to the bear where I met Wendy. Hung out with her, then Mike and then ended up hanging out with Rich and his girl the rest of the night. Rich is a cool guy. When I left the bars I ended up at Josh's. Hung out there for a while, had another beer. Came back to the house did a little net surfing and then off to bed.
I woke Up today (Saturday) at about 11:30 I think. Dicked around, researched CEV contract investments, made a couple pancakes, started eating them and then realized I wanted to get my haircut today. I called up Wild Cuts and found out they close at 2 (it was 1) so I jumped in the shower to blow the stink off and headed down there. The owner ended up cutting my hair (just a little trim), he hooked me up on it to. He said he'd come into Outback tonight, I hope he does I want to buy him a beer or something. I just remembered right now that I was going to do laundry today too, oh well at least I bought new socks so that's no problem.
I believe there's a kegger tonight at Josh's house ($5). Let me know if you want directions or whatever, should be a good time since I'm mostly broke.