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scottjacksonx / rstr.py

Created March 14, 2010 01:59

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	#I have this as a [TextExpander][1] snippet for naming things "randomly."
	#So I type "rstr" (without quotes, duh) anywhere in OS X and I get a random 24-character string.
	#
	#[1]: http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/index.html

	import random
	import sys

	alphabet = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

scottjacksonx / size.py

Created March 18, 2010 16:29

	# I have this on my server so that I can find out the size of any remote file just by SSHing into my server and running this script.

	import urllib2
	import sys

	url = sys.argv[1]
	usock = urllib2.urlopen(url)
	size = usock.info().get('Content-Length')
	if size is None:
	size = 0

scottjacksonx / flickr.py

Created March 20, 2010 08:03

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	# TextExpander Snippet for turning a Flickr photo URL on the clipboard into a shortened Flickr URL.
	# Just make a new snippet in TextExpander, select "Shell Script" from the "Content" pull-down,
	# and paste this code in.

	from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
	import sys

	def getLongID(url):

scottjacksonx / math3302.py

Created March 22, 2010 18:06

	# Globals
	alphabet = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']


	### Basic Conversion Functions

	def letterToNumber(letter):
	"""
	Returns the number (0-25) equivalent of a letter.
	"""

scottjacksonx / iprc.sh

Created April 8, 2010 02:00

	#!/bin/bash

	# Turns an mp3 file into an iPhone ringtone file.

	if [ $1 = "-help" ]; then
	echo "
	Usage:
	iprc -help \| before_file after_file

	Arguments:

scottjacksonx / cplay.sh

Created April 8, 2010 02:01

	#!/bin/bash

	# Gives you a Growl notification telling you details about the currently playing track in iTunes.

	artist=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to artist of current track as string'`;
	track=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to name of current track as string'`;
	album=`osascript -e 'tell application "iTunes" to album of current track as string'`;

	/usr/local/bin/growlnotify -t "Currently Playing" -m "Artist: $artist
	Track: $track

scottjacksonx / Damon's Tumblr Theme

Created July 23, 2010 15:55

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>{Title}</title>

	<meta name="color:Background" content="#FFFFFF"/>
	<meta name="color:Link" content="#000000"/>
	<meta name="font:Text" content="Helvetica"/>
	<meta name="viewport" content="width= 600">
	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{Favicon}"/>

scottjacksonx / asdf

Created August 26, 2010 12:08

	float actual_usage(pth_t thread)
	{
	float p_run_time = (float)clock() / 100000;
	long t_run_time = thread->running.tv_sec;
	return (t_run_time/p_run_time) * 100;
	}

	float target_usage()
	{
	return 100/(pth_ctrl(PTH_CTRL_GETTHREADS_NEW) + 1);

scottjacksonx / TypoTextExpander

Created April 20, 2011 16:19

Shawn and Patrick asked about a TextExpander thing, and then I made it.

	#!/usr/bin/env python
	# coding: utf-8
	import random

	# Instructions: this is a TextExpander snippet. Copy and paste all of this (starting with #!/usr and
	# ending with "— Shawn") as the content of a new snippet in TextExpander. Then, set the content of the
	# snippet to "Shell Script".


	# This is the list of sentences. Add as many as you want. Just write sentences.append("your sentence here") on

scottjacksonx / stylesheet.css

Created November 29, 2011 05:03

My modified of Brent Simmons's “Ballard” NetNewsWire style. I like smaller text when I'm on my 13" MacBook.

	body {
	color: #333;
	font-size: 14px;
	line-height: 1.4em;
	font-family: Palatino, Georgia, serif;
	background-color: #fff;
	margin: 0px;
	}
	a {
	text-decoration: none;

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