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@adtac
adtac / README.md
Last active April 26, 2025 09:06
Using your Kindle as an e-ink monitor

3.5 fps, Paperwhite 3
@adtac_

step 1: jailbreak your Kindle

mobileread.com is your best resource here, follow the instructions from the LanguageBreak thread

I didn't really follow the LanguageBreak instructions because I didn't care about most of the features + I was curious to do it myself, but the LanguageBreak github repo was invaluable for debugging

@dghodgson
dghodgson / pulseaudio-auto-loopback.py
Last active December 15, 2019 05:29
A python script for automatically adding a loopback module to Pulse Audio for a bluetooth audio source when it's connected, and automatically removing the loopback module when the bluetooth device disconnects.Original code found here: https://gist.github.com/joergschiller/1673341/#comment-802735
#!/usr/bin/python
# based on monitor-bluetooth
# Changes by Domen Puncer <[email protected]>
import gobject
import dbus
import dbus.mainloop.glib
import os
@sivieri
sivieri / config
Created June 1, 2013 16:13
crosstool-ng configuration file for Kindle 4 NT
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
# crosstool-NG 1.18.0 Configuration
# Fri May 31 16:14:55 2013
#
CT_CONFIGURE_has_xz=y
CT_CONFIGURE_has_svn=y
CT_MODULES=y
#
@andypiper
andypiper / Nanode_Tiny_Bas_Temp
Created February 10, 2012 22:16 — forked from anonymous/Nanode_Tiny_Bas_Temp
Nanode Tiny Basic with temperature sensing by @ceejay
// TinyBASIC.cpp : An implementation of TinyBASIC in C
//
// Author : Mike Field - [email protected]
//
// Based on TinyBasic for 68000, by Gordon Brandly
// (see http://members.shaw.ca/gbrandly/68ktinyb.html)
//
// which itself was Derived from Palo Alto Tiny BASIC as
// published in the May 1976 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal.
//
@igrigorik
igrigorik / ruby-1.9-tips.rb
Created February 3, 2011 17:19
Ruby 1.9 features, tips & tricks you may not know about...
def tip(msg); puts; puts msg; puts "-"*100; end
#
# 30 Ruby 1.9 Tips, Tricks & Features:
# http://www.igvita.com/2011/02/03/new-ruby-19-features-tips-tricks/
#
tip "Upgrading to Ruby 1.9 is simple: rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2"
tip "Ruby 1.9 supports named captures in regular expressions!"
@mislav
mislav / pagination.md
Created October 12, 2010 17:20
"Pagination 101" by Faruk Ateş

Pagination 101

Article by Faruk Ateş, [originally on KuraFire.net][original] which is currently down

One of the most commonly overlooked and under-refined elements of a website is its pagination controls. In many cases, these are treated as an afterthought. I rarely come across a website that has decent pagination, and it always makes me wonder why so few manage to get it right. After all, I'd say that pagination is pretty easy to get right. Alas, that doesn't seem the case, so after encouragement from Chris Messina on Flickr I decided to write my Pagination 101, hopefully it'll give you some clues as to what makes good pagination.

Before going into analyzing good and bad pagination, I want to explain just what I consider to be pagination: Pagination is any kind of control system that lets the user browse through pages of search results, archives, or any other kind of continued content. Search results are the o

@dahlia
dahlia / lisp.rb
Created September 2, 2010 07:52
30 minutes Lisp in Ruby
# 30 minutes Lisp in Ruby
# Hong Minhee <http://dahlia.kr/>
#
# This Lisp implementation does not provide a s-expression reader.
# Instead, it uses Ruby syntax like following code:
#
# [:def, :factorial,
# [:lambda, [:n],
# [:if, [:"=", :n, 1],
# 1,
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'ftools'
require 'fileutils'
require 'rubygems'
require 'RMagick'
include Magick
require 'open3'
def merge( files = [] )
require 'win32ole'
# Also possible using Daniel Berger's excellent windows-pr gem.
require 'Win32API'
CoInitialize = Win32API.new('ole32', 'CoInitialize', 'P', 'L')
threads = []
3.times do
threads << Thread.new do
begin
@dimus
dimus / Hash.from_xml using Nokogiri
Created March 17, 2010 14:29
Adding Hash.from_xml method using Nokogiri
# USAGE: Hash.from_xml:(YOUR_XML_STRING)
require 'nokogiri'
# modified from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1230741/convert-a-nokogiri-document-to-a-ruby-hash/1231297#1231297
class Hash
class << self
def from_xml(xml_io)
begin
result = Nokogiri::XML(xml_io)
return { result.root.name.to_sym => xml_node_to_hash(result.root)}