AppleScript with iTerm

One thing I liked in Gnome (maybe just Compiz?) was the option how the terminal windows tiled as you spawned new ones. However, I no longer use Linux on any of my workstations. At home I use a MacBook, iTerm being my terminal emulator of choice. Much to my dismay, iTerm spawns at each corner of the screen by default, like so:

Some people prefer this; I don't. I wanted my terms to spawn along the center of the screen. I looked through the preferences and found no easy solution. Then the power user in me spoke up. I can solve this with AppleScript! ...kind of!

	tell application "iTerm"
	set gap to 4
	set mw to 640
	set mh to 400
	set top_left to (make new terminal)
	tell top_left
	launch session "Default"
	end tell
	-- make some variables with data gathered from the first term
	set {x1, y1, x2, y2} to bounds of the first window
	set h to y2 - y1
	set w to x2 - x1
	set the bounds of the first window to {mw - w - gap, mh - h - gap, mw - gap, mh - gap}
	--------------------------------------------------------------
	set top_right to (make new terminal)
	tell top_right
	launch session "Default"
	end tell
	set the bounds of the first window to {mw + gap, mh - h - gap, mw + w + gap, mh - gap}
	--------------------------------------------------------------
	set bottom_left to (make new terminal)
	tell bottom_left
	launch session "Default"
	end tell
	set the bounds of the first window to {mw - w - gap, mh + gap, mw - gap, mh + h + gap}
	--------------------------------------------------------------
	set bottom_right to (make new terminal)
	tell bottom_right
	launch session "Default"
	end tell
	set the bounds of the first window to {mw + gap, mh + gap, mw + w + gap, mh + h + gap}
	activate
	end tell

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So I ended up with this. I have it in a .scpt file that I can easily call with Quicksilver and load up four terms, just like this: