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scruss / quakerdate.sh
Created September 26, 2022 19:06
quakerdate.sh - return today's (or a specified) date in Quaker (Society of Friends) customary date format
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# quakerdate - use GNU date to generate Quaker (Society of Friends)
# customary date format. Any args will be passed as the date to print
# scruss, 2022-09
# Mon 26 Sep 2022 -> Second day, the twenty-sixth of ninth month 2022
ordinals=(none First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth \
Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth \
Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth \
Twentieth Twenty-first Twenty-second Twenty-third \
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scruss / art_data.c
Last active August 26, 2022 19:20
stringart - from the MGR windowing desktop environment
/* Copyright (c) 1987 Bellcore
* All Rights Reserved
* Permission is granted to copy or use this program, EXCEPT that it
* may not be sold for profit, the copyright notice must be reproduced
* on copies, and credit should be given to Bellcore where it is due.
* BELLCORE MAKES NO WARRANTY AND ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
*/
/* $Header: art_data.c,v 4.2 88/06/22 14:37:09 bianchi Exp $
$Source: /tmp/mgrsrc/demo/misc/RCS/art_data.c,v $
*/
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scruss / ThePrimeMinisterWontResign-OliverDarkshire.py
Created July 9, 2022 03:58
"The Prime Minister Won't Resign", an implementation of Oliver Darkshire's one page RPG - https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1545372201402114049
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Implementation of Oliver Darkshire's one page RPG
# "The Prime Minister Won't Resign", published 2022-07-08
# https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1545372201402114049
#
# written in deliberately simple python by scruss, 2022-07
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import random
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scruss / computer_literacy_helvetica_outline.ps
Created May 30, 2022 21:41
lettering akin to BBC's computer literacy project
%!PS-Adobe-2.0
%%BoundingBox: 36 400 286 550
%%HiResBoundingBox: 35.999999 399.995988 286.001991 550.007983
%%Title: modified from Blue Book Program 16, on page 203
%%EndComments
% scruss, 2022-05
% see https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24845
/makeoutlinedict 7 dict def
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scruss / snoopycal.sh
Created December 11, 2021 22:02
snoopycal.sh - output old-school ASCII art Snoopy calendar
#!/bin/sh
# snoopycal.sh - output old-school ASCII art Snoopy calendar
# scruss, 2021-11
#
# optional argument: year
# otherwise, chooses one for you
#
# requires: cal, banner
# typically in the ncal and sysvbanner packages
#
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scruss / alfred_pc.bas
Created January 23, 2022 15:15
MAD Magazine October 1985 BASIC type-in
5 REM Mad Computer Edition with Logo Code October 1985 - PC GW-BASIC
6 REM https://redd.it/s9sudr
10 SIZE=1.2:XC=150:YC=110
20 KEY OFF:SCREEN 1:CLS:COLOR 7,0
30 READ X,Y,X1,Y1
40 IF X=999 THEN GOTO 90
50 FX=X*SIZE+XC:FY=199-(Y+YC)
60 LX=X1*SIZE+XC:LY=199-(Y1+YC)
70 LINE (FX,FY)-(LX,LY),2:LINE (FX+1,FY)-(LX+1,LY),2
80 GOTO 30
10 SIZE=1.2:XC=640:YC=512:SCL=5
20 MODE 2:COLOUR 4:COLOUR 135:GCOL 0,1:CLS:VDU 23,1,0;0;0;0;
30 READ X,Y,X1,Y1
40 IF X=999 THEN GOTO 90
50 FX=SCL*X*SIZE+XC:FY=SCL*Y+YC
60 LX=SCL*X1*SIZE+XC:LY=SCL*Y1+YC
70 MOVE FX,FY:DRAW LX,LY: REM MOVE FX+1,FY:DRAW LX+1,LY
80 GOTO 30
90 VDU 31,2,30:PRINT"WHAT, ME WORRY?";
100 A$=INKEY$(0):IF A$="" THEN GOTO 100
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scruss / bitfield_quad.html
Created May 21, 2021 22:56
2d plotting on canvas
<canvas id="c" width="1024" height="1024">
<script>
const context = c.getContext('2d');
for (let x = 0; x < 256; x++) {
let y = 255 - 4 * 256 * ((x / 256) - 0.5)**2;
context.fillRect(x*4, y*4, 4, 4);
}
</script>
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scruss / lazy_caterer.py
Created May 12, 2021 23:19
lazy caterer plots - coloured lines, but rather dull
#!/usr/bin/python3
# lazy caterer sequence - 'thank' you josh millard ...
# scruss - 2021-05
# usage: lazy_caterer.py [lines] > output.eps
from random import uniform
from math import sin, cos, radians
from sys import argv
lines = 9
# micropython for raspberry pi pico
# potentiometer between AGND and 3V3, with the wiper going to ADC pin 2
# prints 0-100 depending on how far potentiometer is turned
# 3 columns so the Thonny plotter will scale correctly
from machine import Pin, ADC
from time import sleep
led = Pin(25, Pin.OUT)
adc = ADC(2)