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robmathers / itunesart.py

Last active December 19, 2015 04:18

Grabs full size iTunes artwork for search parameters on the command line

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	import httplib
	import json
	import re
	import sys
	from urllib import quote_plus

	def iTunesData(keywords, media = 'all'):
	iTunesDomain = 'itunes.apple.com'
	if media not in ['movie', 'podcast', 'music', 'musicVideo', 'audiobook', 'shortFilm', 'tvShow', 'software', 'ebook', 'all']:

robmathers / readinglisturls.py

Last active November 16, 2023 21:18

Prints out URLs of items in Safari’s Reading List

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	import plistlib
	from shutil import copy
	import subprocess
	import os
	from tempfile import gettempdir
	import sys
	import atexit

	BOOKMARKS_PLIST = '~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist'

robmathers / mkvconverter.py

Created July 16, 2013 03:05

Converts mkvs with h.264 video into m4v containers. Needs mp4box, mediainfo, ffmpeg and probably some other command line tools installed (most of which should be installable via homebrew).

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	import sys
	import os
	import subprocess
	from pymediainfo import MediaInfo
	from glob import glob
	import shlex
	from fractions import Fraction
	import ssatosrt

robmathers / handbrakechapters.py

Created September 6, 2013 21:16

Converts a OGG format chapters to csv format for use with Handbrake. Uses stdin/stdout for easy use with other command-line utilities.

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	from sys import stdin, stdout
	import re

	pattern = re.compile("CHAPTER0(\\d+)=[\\d:\\.]+\\nCHAPTER0\\1NAME=(.*)$", flags = re.MULTILINE)
	replacement = "\\1,\\2"

	input = stdin.read()
	output = pattern.sub(replacement, input)

robmathers / feed.xml

Last active August 29, 2015 13:58

Gist for verynicewebsite.net feed that hasn't updated in Feedbin since March 27 (as of April 6, 2014). Bug report for Feedbin.

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed
	xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"
	xml:lang=""
	xml:base="http://verynicewebsite.net/wp-atom.php"
	>
	<title type="text">John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site</title>
	<subtitle type="text"></subtitle>

	<updated>2014-04-05T17:01:27Z</updated>

robmathers / gist:676c26bf605d5b2fbb71

Created July 22, 2014 02:08

accidentalbot: Links Can Get Mixed in With Titles sample html

	<html><head>
	<title>Showbot — Liss is More</title>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0">
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/site.css">
	<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Liss is More" href="http://www.caseyliss.com/rss">
	<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="http://www.caseyliss.com/images/favicon.png">
	<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://www.caseyliss.com/images/favicon.png">
	<script async="" src="//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js"></script><script>
	(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]\|\|function(){

robmathers / linkstats.md

Last active August 29, 2015 14:07

Further statistics on John Siracusa's OS X Yosemite Review

Some further stats on the links (excluding links to sections of the article, and promotional links, i.e. eBooks/Ars subscriptions) in John Siracusa's OS X Yosemite review.

There are 406 total links, of which 362 are unique.

Top three link destinations (71% of total links):

Ars Technica: 146
Wikipedia: 96
Apple: 45

developer.apple.com: 32

robmathers / Re-Fireballer

Last active August 29, 2015 14:22

Sample output from a script to test old Daring Fireball links

	-----
	Daring Fireball: Pepper Author Maarten Hekkelman
	http://daringfireball.net/2002/08/pepper_author_maarten_hekkelman
	-----
	12 links found
	3 links OK

	3 redirects OK:
	"http://www.hekkelman.com/": http://www.hekkelman.com/ -> "Hekkelman Programmatuur" http://www.hekkelman.net

robmathers / port_forwarding.sh

Last active August 28, 2018 15:35

Improved version of the Private Internet Access port forwarding script with better cross-platform support

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	#
	# Enable port forwarding when using Private Internet Access
	#
	# Usage:
	# ./port_forwarding.sh

	error( )
	{
	echo "$@" 1>&2

robmathers / ImageColourMask.swift

Last active July 13, 2018 22:03 — forked from omz/gist:1102091

Swift UIImage extension to create arbitrarily-colored icons from a black-with-alpha master image

	//
	// ImageColourMask.swift
	//
	// Created by Rob Mathers on 2018-07-13.
	// Swift version of https://gist.github.com/omz/1102091/e03982f00ecc34be6c40aedcb0932ed374992741
	// Original Objective-C version by Marco Arment and Ole Zorn
	//
	// Usage example:
	// let maskedImage = UIImage(named: "test")?.maskedImage(color: UIColor.blue)

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Top three link destinations (71% of total links):