shauny.org.uk http://www.shauny.org.uk shaun's website Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Create Remember the Milk task from commandline (Windows) http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=212 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=212#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:41:34 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=212 This is just a cheap hack until I can get something better working with the Remember the Milk API.

You’ll need to get your own web hosting that supports PHP, and set up an email alias for your Remember the Milk inbox.

Save this php script onto your server, and give it a name that’s not easily guessable (to avoid abuse).

<?php
$task = $_GET["task"];
mail("your-secret-email@rmilk.com", $task, "", "From: rtmscript@yourwebsite.com");
echo "Posted task: '$task' ";
?>

Put this command into rtm.bat, and save somewhere in your PATH:

start "rtm" "http://yourwebsite.com/your_rtm_script.php?task=%*"

Add a task by running

rtm <your task name>
]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=212 Turn off the noisy fan on Acer Aspire One http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=209 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=209#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:57:16 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=209 Just stumbled across this great utility.  Thanks Ralf!

http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/

]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=209 Linky goodness from 2009 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=206 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=206#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:11:30 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=206
Some more funny / cheesy / geeky links from this year’s bookmark harvest.  Happy New Year!
]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=206 2 new apps http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=198 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=198#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:27:47 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=198 newapps

suspend (.exe)- put your PC into standby mode

rtm (.exe) - launch the Remember the Milk “add task” webpage

]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=198 hackpact day 2: jailbroken :-) http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=193 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=193#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:34 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=193 Well, it’s not my own hack, but the blackra1n jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.2 just came out. Now I can run apps in the background (Spotify being the main reason I wanted this!)

hello-world-iphone

]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=193 hackpact day 1: spotify pauser http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=188 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=188#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:45:59 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=188 Simple app to reduce the number of clicks needed to pause Spotify.  It finds the Spotify window and sends a Space keystroke to pause/play the current track.  I have it pinned to my taskbar:

spotify-pauser

download: pause-spotify (exe)

AutoHotKey source:

DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, {SPACE}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=188 hackpact http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=187 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=187#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:38:16 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=187 I was inspired by hackpact to create something new every day during November and upload it here. Ideas so far: Supercollider, sonification, Fluxus, iPhone “Hello World” app, new music, useful hacks / utilities…

]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=187 Rough and ready taskbar timer for Windows 7 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=180 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=180#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:06:25 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=180 Just a simple egg timer for your taskbar.  Enter the number of minutes to count down, and it’ll flash when time’s up.

Designed around the larger taskbar icons in Win7, so your mileage may vary (a lot) with other versions of Windows.

Download: Standalone .exe | Source (C# Visual Studio 2008 Express project)

]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=180 Apps I can’t live without http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=175 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=175#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:29:33 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=175 Reinstalling my desktop PC after hard drive failure (nothing lost thankfully) and here are the first things I reinstall… Worth checking out if you haven’t come across them before!

  1. Chrome
  2. Spotify
  3. Dropbox
  4. Volumouse
  5. Freemind
  6. 7zip
  7. Vim
  8. Putty
  9. VLC
]]> http://www.shauny.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=175 Psychoville @ Elephant & Castle http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=169 http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=169#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:13:46 +0000 shauny http://www.shauny.org.uk/?p=169 Was amused to see a short shot of Elephant and Castle in the first episode of Psychoville although they captioned it as Wood Green!

Not actually Wood Green

Not actually Wood Green

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