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zackfern / lastfm_now_playing.js
Last active April 16, 2024 15:16
Displays your latest last.fm tracks on your webpage.
// Hacky last.fm Now Playing
// by Zack Fernandes (zackfern.me) April 2013
//
// Instructions:
// - Install jQuery, if you don't have it already.
// - Create a last.fm API key and set the api_key variable.
// - Set the username variable to your last.fm username.
// - Add something with the ID of now_playing in your site.
// - Include this script and enjoy.
//
@rnelson
rnelson / newnetbsd.sh
Last active November 17, 2024 13:08
Script to set up a NetBSD install to my liking
#!/bin/sh
#
# newnetbsd.sh - set up a fresh NetBSD install
#
# Prereq:
# - During install:
# - Configure your network
# - Install pkgin ("Enable installation of binary packages")
# - Fetch/unpack pkgsrc
# - Run ntpdate at boot
@jcyamo
jcyamo / i3-exit
Last active April 4, 2026 00:29
Exit script for the i3 window manager based off of exit script from CrunchBang Linux.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# based on cb-exit used in CrunchBang Linux <http://crunchbanglinux.org/>
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk
import os
import getpass
@danielrbradley
danielrbradley / uk-number-plate-validation.md
Last active October 16, 2025 13:45
Regular Expression to Validate UK Number Plates

Regular Expression to Validate UK Number Plates

Regular Expression

(?<Current>^[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}[A-Z]{3}$)|(?<Prefix>^[A-Z][0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{3}$)|(?<Suffix>^[A-Z]{3}[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]$)|(?<DatelessLongNumberPrefix>^[0-9]{1,4}[A-Z]{1,2}$)|(?<DatelessShortNumberPrefix>^[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{1,3}$)|(?<DatelessLongNumberSuffix>^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(?<DatelessShortNumberSufix>^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,3}$)|(?<DatelessNorthernIreland>^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(?<DiplomaticPlate>^[0-9]{3}[DX]{1}[0-9]{3}$)

For use in JavaScript (with named groups removed):

(^[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{2}\s?[A-Z]{3}$)|(^[A-Z][0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{3}$)|(^[A-Z]{3}[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]$)|(^[0-9]{1,4}[A-Z]{1,2}$)|(^[0-9]{1,3}[A-Z]{1,3}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,3}$)|(^[A-Z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,4}$)|(^[0-9]{3}[DX]{1}[0-9]{3}$)
@darekkay
darekkay / trakt-backup.php
Last active May 5, 2026 21:12
Trakt.tv backup script
<?php
/*
Backup script for trakt.tv (API v2).
*/
// create a Trakt app to get a client API key: http://docs.trakt.apiary.io/#introduction/create-an-app
$apikey = "CLIENT_API_KEY";
$username = "YOUR_USERNAME";
@Edward-H
Edward-H / cobol-mode.el
Last active May 2, 2024 14:20
An Emacs mode for COBOL code. It features syntax highlighting for most modern dialects, indentation, support for free- and fixed-format code and code skeletons.
;;; cobol-mode.el --- Mode for editing COBOL code -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Edward Hart
;; Author: Edward Hart <edward.dan.hart@gmail.com>
;; Maintainer: Edward Hart
;; Version: 1.0.0
;; Created: 9 November 2013
;; Keywords: languages
@rickowski
rickowski / randomfilerenamer.py
Last active September 11, 2025 00:08
Python script to rename every file in a given folder to a random name, including the original file extension.
#!/usr/bin/python3
# Copyright © 2015 Ole Rickowski
# This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
# terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2,
# as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details.
import os,sys,random,string
# Print help
@s-leroux
s-leroux / prename
Last active October 10, 2020 10:30
`prename` script from the Debian Perl Package by Robin Barker. Distributed under the terms of the Perl license (http://dev.perl.org/licenses/)
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# This script was developed by Robin Barker (Robin.Barker@npl.co.uk),
# from Larry Wall's original script eg/rename from the perl source.
#
# This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the same terms as Perl itself.
#
# Larry(?)'s RCS header:
# RCSfile: rename,v Revision: 4.1 Date: 92/08/07 17:20:30
@caseywatts
caseywatts / darken.md
Last active April 25, 2024 14:47
Darkening PDFs

short url to these instructions: caseywatts.com/darken

Other gists & tricks: http://caseywatts.com/gists-and-tricks

Using Monochrome (recommended)

  • obtain your ugly, gray pdf
  • brew install imagemagick
  • brew install ghostscript
  • magic command!
@darencard
darencard / gdrive_download
Created August 1, 2017 18:58
Script to download files from Google Drive using Bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# gdrive_download
#
# script to download Google Drive files from command line
# not guaranteed to work indefinitely
# taken from Stack Overflow answer:
# http://stackoverflow.com/a/38937732/7002068
gURL=$1