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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Most VPN Services are Terrible

Short version: I strongly do not recommend using any of these providers. You are, of course, free to use whatever you like. My TL;DR advice: Roll your own and use Algo or Streisand. For messaging & voice, use Signal. For increased anonymity, use Tor for desktop (though recognize that doing so may actually put you at greater risk), and Onion Browser for mobile.

This mini-rant came on the heels of an interesting twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/591074055018582016

Firefox bullshit removal

Updated: Just use qutebrowser (and disable javascript). The web is done for.

How to remap the caps lock key to the emoji selector on Mac

Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys...
Change “Caps Lock” to “No action”
Install Seil
Change the Caps Lock key in Seil to keyCode 80 (F19)
Install Karabiner
Open Karabiner and go to Misc & Uninstall -> Open private.xml
Copy the contents of this gist's example to the XML file and save
In Karabiner, go to Change Keys -> Reload XML

	// gopher.js - a minimal gopher implementation using node.js
	// Released under the 3 clause BSD license by Matt Croydon <mcroydon@gmail.com> (http://postneo.com)

	var net = require('net');

	net.createServer(function (socket) {
	socket.setEncoding("ascii");
	socket.on("data", function (data) {
	if (data === '\r\n') {
	console.log('Serving index.');

	Things that make everything better:

	• 🟪 Purple
	• 🍫 Chocolate
	• 🧱 LEGO
	• ✨ Glitter
	• () LISP
	• 👗 Velvet
	• ❌ Cancelled meetings
	• 🌶 Spicy food

	function pulse(node, time) {
	if (!node) throw new Error("node was falsy");

	if (node.constructor && node.constructor == NodeList) {
	var nodes = Array.prototype.slice.call(node);
	nodes.forEach(function (node) { pulse(node, time); });
	return;
	}

	if (!node.style) return;

	We pulled off the road, a highway dating to 14 years before my birth, to switch drivers. A swap of the two front occupants put me
	behind the wheel, and I rested my foot on the clutch for a moment as I fastened myself in and finally pulled away. It would now be
	my responsibility to convey us, 2 women, a man and a dog, toward the city.

	I noticed that he quickly nodded off beside me; Meanwhile, she and I chatted. We'd just met a few days prior. I knew little of her
	background, just as the converse was true. But we'd been sharing experiences since the beginning of the conference that had ended
	the previous day, and now finally had the opportunity to speak of things with less urgency.

	I couldn't tell you how we got where we did. Something she asked led me where I went. Having gone there, and with the benefit of
	the preoccupation of three freeway lanes staring me in the face, I told her a 42 year story I knew well. It was a story I'd had

	'use strict';

	// Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
	// http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

	(function() {

	// Update 'version' if you need to refresh the cache
	var staticCacheName = 'static';
	var version = 'v1::';