zxt-tzx

#!/bin/sh

pid=$(ps -fe | grep 'bird' | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
if [[ -n $pid ]]; then
    kill $pid
else
    echo "bird is not running"
fi

peteryates

I'm getting adverts in my TV's UI, help!

Samsung's otherwise excellent 2016 range of UHD TVs received an update that added advertisements to the UI. This has been complained about at great length on Samsung's forums and repeatedly, Samsung have refused to add an option to remove them.

The ads interrupt the clean UI of the TV and are invasive. Here's an example of how they look:

This guide was originally posted on Samsung's TV forums but unfortunately, that site is a super-slow and barely accessible unusable mess.

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

pdxmph

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU

require "rubygems"
require "appscript"
include Appscript

chrome = app("Google Chrome")
safari = app("Safari")

chrome_tab = chrome.windows[1].active_tab