Recently discovered something kind of cool. Apparently, you can save an automator workflow as a “iCal Alarm Plug-In”. Then you can select it as the “alarm” for a message. Depending on your bent, this makes either a very elaborate alarm or a poor man’s crond.
Rather skimpy details here.
About Jayson Vantuyl
I live in San Francisco, California; have an awesome son, David; and make machines do (subjectively) interesting things. I'm generally an all around handy fellow.