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mcthomas / gist:394c66b5e344e3106a312aea354fc21a
Last active July 16, 2025 19:37
Ocean ascii art with special unciode chars (for website bios that don't respect consecutive spaces)
⛅︎　　　　　　　　　　　　　　☁︎☁︎☁︎　　
﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏⛵︎﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏　◦　　　𓆟　　　⥿　　 ֯◦￮𓆞　　　𓆝　　　　.◦　　𓆡　　　　𓆛　　⚓︎
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mcthomas / dt.sh
Last active July 16, 2025 19:45
Date and time with figlet for your terminal. Best as an alias.
watch -n1 "date '+%D%n%T' | figlet -k"
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mcthomas / dtbox.sh
Last active July 16, 2025 19:42
Date and time in a colorful box for your terminal. Best as an alias.
while true; do clear; echo "$(date '+%D %T' | toilet -f term -F border --gay)"; sleep 1; done
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mcthomas / yt.sh
Created August 22, 2024 04:08
Search for and play YouTube videos from your terminal. Requires ddgr and mpv.
yt (){
#!/bin/sh
if [ $1 = "q" ]; then
return
fi
query="'$*'"
isFound=0
url=""
output="$(ddgr -x --np --unsafe site:youtube.com/watch $query)\n"
clear
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mcthomas / shell-dice.sh
Created August 22, 2024 04:02
Roll two dice in your terminal
dice=(⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅)
printf '%s\n' "${dice[RANDOM % 6]}" "${dice[RANDOM % 6]}"
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mcthomas / colorful-obsidian-canvas-connections.css
Last active August 22, 2024 03:28
CSS snippet to color bezier connections between Obsidian canvas cards. The color assignments are meant for aesthetic (determined just by the y-position of the cards). Looks great with Quorafind/Obsidian-Canvas-MindMap.
:root {
--red: hsla(0deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--orange: hsla(30deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--yellow: hsla(60deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--green: hsla(90deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--cyan: hsla(120deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--blue: hsla(150deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--purple: hsla(180deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
--magenta: hsla(210deg, 70%, 50%, 0.55);
}