Is there a fast way to change proxy setting?

Question

On my laptop I usually have a ssh connection open and use the remote machine as a proxy server just so that all my network traffic is over ssh. I know that it's hopeless and we're all doomed, but it makes me feel a little better.

Problem is sometimes I need to set and unset it for some reason and then I have to dig through millions of dialogs to get to here...

...so that I can uncheck that option.

Is there a faster way to do that or a way I can set up a script to turn "SOCKS Proxy" on and off? Probably something with Applescript, right?

Is there a way to do this without learning Applescript?