I had a bunch of separate DOC files with underlines to convert to italics and some smart quotes in the text and some straight quotes. I wanted a […]
DIY e-mail autoresponder using getmail, sendmail, and bash.
After futxing about with several free (and commercial) autoresponders for a simple task, I realized that it would be easier to just set the thing up myself. Yes, […]
Scripts and Utilities to Make Newsbeuter a Console Replacement For Google Reader
tl;dr: I created some utilities for Newsbeuter, a console-based RSS reader, so that it gives me the social options I want and need in a light newsreader. You might find them useful too.
Convert Easily From PLS to CMus Playlist
I did more than one geeky thing last week; here’s the other: Converting PLS to CMus playlist format It’s a bash script that serves as a playlist converter […]
Get User Input and Print to any Networked Printer From the Windows CLI and Visual Basic
I actually wrote this for work: A way to get user input and print to any networked printer from the Windows command line and using built-in utilities and […]
Cross-Platform Scripts to Create Time/Date Stamped Versions of Your Files For Collaborative Work (with GUI options!)
Summary: A set of scripts (one for *nix and OS X, one for Windows) that create a time-date stamped copy of any file from the commandline. Lots of […]