Woxidu

Since getting my MacBook Pro back in March, I was always slightly disappointed by how little I could actually do with its remote control using the packaged software, Front Row, and the built-in system stuff (like changing the volume, playing/pausing iTunes). When I found iAlertU, I fell in love with the party-trick novelty it gave my computer and was a bit more satisfied. I still wished I could control a more diverse range of applications with the remote. VLC/MPlayer seem to have UIs that fit the remote’s design. They should be prime candidates.

Enter SofaControl. Now I can use arbitrary mac applications as long as they have an AppleScript to wrap around them! Fantastic! It’s completely in the hackish spirit of linux that I miss so much in the sexysmooth OS X world! And what’s this? More unpolishery? Why SofaControl! You shouldn’t have!