Maxwell's Blog

Evernote updated Skitch a couple of days ago and removed WebDAV. They were nice enough to provide a download of the old version from their site.

I made a Ruby web app you can run for free on Heroku. Just plug in a Dropbox API key, and you can point Skitch's WebDAV at it and it will store the images into your dropbox!

It uses the Dropbox App Folders, so when you give it permission to use your Dropbox, it can only see and use the /Apps/ditch directory. More apps should do that!

There is a problem with Skitch's WebDAV and the clipboard. It verifies the URL exists after uploading. Unfortunately this means you can't return Dropbox link since it is just a hash / number. Also if you return a header location redirect, it will not accept it. So instead it copies to the clipboard a link to a page that redirects the user to the right Dropbox url.

I write everything in Markdown, but a piece of software I have to use requires Creole. So, I made this script that converts Markdown to Creole.

This app is something I have wanted to make since first year. The cse_pp script provides an API for the iOS app to search for information with.

I wrote a script to import the articles from The Daily WTF that I haven't read yet into Instapaper.

It is also handy for other blogs.

An example of a class diagram in Graphviz.

The tools my group used last year for SENG. Used for templating requirements into LaTeX tables.

A small ruby script that downloads your IMAP email headers into a local database. You can then query it for statistics, such as ranking where most your emails come from.

A script to email you when a Time Machine backup has failed in the last 48 hours. You need to fill in the email destination and smtp settings. Works with system ruby, just install the pony gem.

My friend once downloaded a DVD of prime numbers. He wanted to match them up to other things. At the time, Internet was slow and a DVD took a while to download. I thought, "It must be quicker to just generate them than download them". However, I had no idea how to do it at the time. Now I do, and it turns out, yes, it is quicker.

A simple script I made that tells you where most of your bookmarks in Chrome are from and if you have duplicates. You need to export your bookmarks from Chrome to use it.