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bender-the-greatest / Set-XInputMouseProfile.ps1

Created January 18, 2021 20:14

Script to adjust Xinput mouse settings. Designed for using around event-based triggers, such as xbindkeys. Currently only supports adjusting the mouse speed.

	#!/usr/bin/env pwsh

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Script to adjust Xinput mouse settings. Designed for using around event-based triggers, such as xbindkeys.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Changes certain Xinput mouse settings. Currently only supports adjusting the mouse speed. Leans on the `xinput`
	command to read and apply Xinput configurations. A high-level explanation of which settings are changed for
	each operation can be found further on in the description.

bender-the-greatest / Invoke-Executable.ps1

Last active October 8, 2020 07:17

Invoke an external command and check the result

	function Invoke-Executable {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
	[string]$Command,
	[Parameter(Position=1, ValueFromRemainingArguments)]
	[string[]]$Arguments,
	[int[]]$ExitCode = 0
	)

bender-the-greatest / Set-WineEnv.ps1

Last active October 8, 2020 07:13

Configure a new wine prefix. A bit convoluted since I wanted this to set up a shared Wine directory, but Wine doesn't support multiuser scenarios. Run Set-WineEnv, the other two functions are helpers used in that function.

	function Get-CanWriteDirectory {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
	[ValidateScript(
	{ Test-Path -PathType Container $_ },
	ErrorMessage = "Could not find the path or it is not a directory: {0}"
	)]
	[string]$Path
	)

bender-the-greatest / Get-CanWriteDirectory.ps1

Last active October 8, 2020 04:05

Function to check whether the current user has write permissions to a directory or not

	#Requires -Version 6.2
	function Get-CanWriteDirectory {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
	[ValidateScript(
	{ Test-Path -PathType Container $_ },

	# Remove this property to make compatible with 5.1, 6.0, and 6.1
	ErrorMessage = "Could not find the path or it is not a directory: {0}"

bender-the-greatest / Get-ChocolateyOutdatedPackages.ps1

Created February 7, 2020 03:15

Get outdated Chocolatey packages on the local system as a usable PowerShell object

	Function Get-ChocolateyOutdatedPackages {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Gets outdated Chocolatey packages on the local system

	.DESCRIPTION
	Returns an array of objects with the following properties:

	- PackageName: [string] Name of the Chocolatey package.
	- CurrentVersion: [string] Current version of the Chocolatey package.

bender-the-greatest / cloudSettings

Last active August 21, 2020 16:12

My preferred VSCode settings and extensions

{"lastUpload":"2020-08-21T16:12:30.636Z","extensionVersion":"v3.4.3"}

bender-the-greatest / Random-CatFact.ps1

Created April 5, 2019 16:31

Random-CatFact.ps1 - Reads a random cat fact out loud. Fun to run this with Invoke-Command on your co-workers' or boss' workstations when they aren't busy.

	Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
	$SpeechSynth = New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
	$SpeechSynth.SelectVoice( 'Microsoft Zira Desktop' )
	$CatFact = Invoke-RestMethod -UseBasicParsing https://catfact.ninja/fact
	$SpeechSynth.speak( "Did you know? $($CatFact.fact)" )

bender-the-greatest / Trust-AllCerts.ps1

Last active September 17, 2020 13:34

Code snippet to ignore SSL errors when making HTTPS requests in Powershell. Originally sourced from https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/6emjly/ignoring_ssltls_errors_using_invokewebrequest/

	# DISCLAIMER - This is provided as a method to interface with HTTPS endpoints configured
	# with an invalid certificate as is common during the development process. This is not
	# intended or recommended to be used in a production scenario for obvious security reasons.
	#
	# Also, I did not write the C# code. Props to kd0shk and the Powershell subreddit for the C# snippet.

	# Both of these approaches won't work in PowerShell core and is not required as built-in
	# request cmdlets now have the -SkipCertificateCheck parameter
	# (e.g. Invoke-WebRequest -SkipCertificateCheck https://server.withbadcert.domain.tld)

bender-the-greatest / atom-friendly-phils-zsh-prompt.zsh

Created July 24, 2017 02:53

Phil!'s ZSH Prompt - Atom-Friendly. Original version breaks when Atom is installed due to dependency on Atom Package Manager, which overrides the `apm` command.

	function precmd {

	local TERMWIDTH
	(( TERMWIDTH = ${COLUMNS} - 1 ))


	###
	# Truncate the path if it's too long.

	PR_FILLBAR=""

bender-the-greatest / Configure-SecureWinRM.ps1

Created July 20, 2017 15:55

Configure WinRM to listen over SSL (port 5986) and use the web certificate generated by a certificate templated called 'WinRM'. Highly recommend reading Synopsis, Description, and Examples.

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Configures a secure WinRM listener over HTTPS to enable
	SSL-based WinRM communications. This script has not been
	tested on Windows Server 2003R2 or earier, and may not
	work on these OSes for a variety of reasons.

	If Windows Remote Management is disabled (e.g. service
	stopped, GPO Policy, etc.), this script will likely fail.
	.DESCRIPTION