I wrote a color coded log tail utility to make things easier for a colleague to see what was happening when tracking down some issues. So now I have an fun little log viewer. In reality, I had some down time and needed to do anything to make it through…
Completely Wipe A Hard Drive With PowerShell
Completely wipe a hard drive with PowerShell! We have to do this from time to time and I thought it would be nice to use a simple utility I wrote myself. Hammers work too and are way faster. Do you plan on pitching an old hard drive? Are you selling…
Manjaro Sway (swaybar) Weather Script
I installed Manjaro Sway to check it out and noticed the temperature returned by the included Manjaro Sway weather script was wrong or not updating to the current temp. It seems Manjaro has their own API generated from Open Medeo data. I decided to write my own and go straight…
Biyori: Terminal Weather With Radar
Biyori: Terminal Weather. TUI ascii weather application. If you only want a fully working stand-alone version of animated ASCII radar, see this. An updated version of the code is in the below zip as well. Instructions to configure and get everything working included in zip or grab below. Download Source…
SQLite Class For Xojo Desktop Applications
I wrote a SQLite class for Xojo as a convenience for myself as I got tired of rewriting database code anytime I wanted to create a simple application in Xojo. Xojo is an IDE and GUI designer that uses the Basic programming language. It compiles to Windows, Mac OS X,…
A quick and dirty password generator in PowerShell
Most password apps have built in password generators. I generate my own passwords for things I automate on my systems, like rotating passwords for whatever, which I store in my own vaults. This is an example, or one way to generate your own passwords. You could make it more complex,…
Get Bi-Weekly Paydays And Major US Holidays With PowerShell
Example PowerShell code to generate paydays and major US holidays with or without full calendar. The Holiday function could be shorter and more elegant, but it works for my needs.
Simple iPhone connection monitor for Linux with GLib/Gio.
A very simple Gio iPhone connection monitor in Python 3. I wrote a crappier version of this awhile ago and revamped it. Hope it’s helpful to someone.
Get Amazon Affiliate Links With Image From Python Using Amazon’s API.
This script will show you how to build an Amazon affiliate link with image from the new API that generates HTML that can be inserted into a blog. I made this as an example for my wife. She ended up using a plugin in WordPress. It uses python-amazon-paapi to do…
My favorite open source apps of 2023 that you may not have seen.
Here are a few tools I have been using this year. I absolutely love these open source apps and I think you might too. Amberol Amberol is a music player with no delusions of grandeur. If you just want to play music available on your local system then Amberol is…
