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Great little script here for using the MetaMark URL shortening service in conjunction with Quicksilver.

Some enhancements...

For FireFox users, replace the Safari-laden AppleScript lines with:

applescript = '''tell application "Firefox"
	set ff to properties of front window as list
	get item 3 of ff
end tell'''

For those who also cannot partake of system beeps for notification upon shortening completion here's a Growl replacement for the end beeping:

popen('growlnotify -n "surl" -m "URL Shortened\n' + url + ' :: ' + shortURL + '"') ;

(that requires installing the growlnotify support - which you probably did if you're a Growl user - and having "/usr/local/bin in the appropriate path (you can just pre-pend that onto the growlnotify command just to be sure.

Turns out that Garmin Training Center schema wasn't all that difficult to figure out. I still don't know how they have the timestamps encoded - doing a conversion results in a date that is ~30 years off and, if post-February, ~30 years and 1 day offf. Also, I don't know how the longitude/latitude is encoded either. Any pointers would be most appreciated.

If you've got python and it's sqlite library installed, then this script will be a half-decent example of how to pull data from ".gtc" database for each entry in the stored history. If not, have no fear, I hope to release a small app to let you extract the data on your own and I'm still thinking about that widget.

Pretty source after the jump.