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Just keep in mind that Google's QR Code (Infographic) API has been deprecated.

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Been using http://code.google.com/p/pyqrnative/

Yeah, I was about to add that too. Sad, but fun to play with until it is gone ;)

You can do it locally with qrencode[1], which is available via MacPorts and Homebrew. It would probably simplify the script, too (especially if converted to bash).

On an X11 environment, I can select some text and get the same results on the command line with something like:

    xsel | qrencode -o - | feh -FZ

None of these commands are standard on any distribution, but you can easily install them or use alternatives. You can also make this an alias, hotkey, etc.

[1] http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/

Edit: No need for temporary file

You can use pbpaste on OS X in place of xsel.