danielgrenell_1: oops, i guess that is a case of RTFM, eh? i withdrew my original post. nice to see gems like this still coming from the author of the classic "cat.app" and "dog.app"... if you visit his site, he also has an OS X update of one of my favorite joke apps, "Conan the Librarian," a transparent app that monitors your microphone levels. when it detects loud noise levels, it screams "SHUT UP!!!" :-)