Right-click on a file or folder in a Finder window and select Automator -> openterminal to open it in Terminal.app.
(i.e. cd to the folder or open the file in the nano text editor)

open -a Automator

#--------------------------------------------------

Drag or add actions here to build your workflow:
Library: Finder -> Action: Get Selected Finder Items
Library: Automator -> Action: Run Shell Script
                                 - Shell: /bin/sh
                                 - Pass input: as arguments


if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then exit 0; fi

if [[ -d "$@" ]]; then

   printf "%s" "$@" | /usr/bin/pbcopy
   #/usr/local/bin/cpath # cf. http://osxutils.sourceforge.net

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal

   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script with command "printf \"\\e[8;26;115;t\"; printf \"\\e[3;300;240;t\"; cd \"$(/usr/bin/pbpaste)\"; /usr/bin/clear" in (first window whose name contains " ")'

# alternative without /usr/bin/clear (experimental)
# requires:
# defaults write com.apple.Terminal Autowrap NO
# or:
# Terminal menu -> Window Settings ...  -> Buffer -> in the Scrollback 
# section check the box next to "Wrap lines that are too long" 
# -> click "Use Settings as Defaults"

#   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script with command "cd \"$(/usr/bin/pbpaste)\"; /usr/bin/tput cup 0 0; /usr/bin/tput dl1; /usr/bin/tput el; /usr/bin/tput dl1; /usr/bin/tput el" in (first window whose name contains " ")'

   exit 0

elif [[ -r "$@" ]]; then 

   printf "%s" "$@" | /usr/bin/pbcopy

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal

   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script with command "printf \"\\e[8;26;115;t\"; printf \"\\e[3;300;240;t\"; /usr/bin/clear; /bin/sleep 0.3; /usr/bin/nano \"$(/usr/bin/pbpaste)\";" in (first window whose name contains " ")'

exit 0

fi

exit 0


# now save the openterminal Automator workflow as a contextual menu item:
# Automator -> File -> Save As Plug-in ... -> Save Plug-in As: openterminal -> Plug-in for: Finder -> click Save


#--------------------------------------------------


open -a Automator ~/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/openterminal.workflow

/usr/bin/automator ~/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/openterminal.workflow >/dev/null 2>&1

More on how to cd effectively:

- cdto - Finder Toolbar button to open a Terminal window
- History of visited directories in BASH
- bash Tips and Tricks: $CDPATH
- Bash Shell Customisation: cdable_vars
- The Definitive Guide to Bash Command Line History
- Working Productively in Bash's Vi Command Line Editing Mode (with Cheat Sheet)
- Leopard's bash auto-completion vs. symlinked directories
- cd to Directory within Terminal
- Pimp my shell
- Per-directory bash history
- Terminal Tricks: A Fuzzy cd Command
- recd on sourceforge
- recd - cd again via regular expression
Download with: curl -L -O http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/recd/recd.sh

My co-worker found this code for VB.net that is used to access selected items from check boxes or multiple select boxes. If you've been wondering how to do this, this may help :)

The URL is http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/davetrux/archive/2003/11/14/3557.aspx

// The results of a mulitple-select list are also a NameValueCollection
Request.Form.GetValues(i)
// and the individual items are accessed like this:
Request.Form.GetValues(i)(j)