After many years of intermittently being miffed when I couldn’t just type:
cd /NameofAlias and have the bash shell transport me into the directory the alias pointed to, I finally decided to do something about it.

Want a quick way to switch between seeing invisible files in the the Finder and not? Here’s a quick little AppleScript which will do just that.

If you have one of the wonderful USB HotSync and charger cables sold by brando.com.hk, only to find your new device can’t be seen by the system after upgrading to Jaguar or Panther, here is the quick and dirty workaround.