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Demo iPhone app - Apartment automation
https://github.com/ndbroadbent/ios_flat_10c This is the little app I wrote to control my apartment. Its not going to be much use to anyone by itself, but as it says on the github page: You could use this as a demo app to help you learn about:
compaq-evo-t20
More home automation..
My hall light turns on for 15 minutes if it's past 10pm and I unlock my door with an octopus card or iPhone. Its just a 12v relay (rated at 240V/30A), and some cat-5 to the thin client PC. All happens to fit perfectly inside the light
iphone
iOS JB tweak - Replace operator with current prepaid balance
https://github.com/ndbroadbent/ios_replace_operator_with_balance Replace Operator on jailbroken iOS 4.x with current prepaid balance. Specifically written for PCCW in Hong Kong, with an AT+CUSD command of ##122#. An extension to Fake-Operator Credit to this site for the source code of sendmodem. Install Download
plugins
Gedit plugin I18n Helper for Rails
Gedit plugin - I18n Helper for Rails Menu and keyboard shortcut for internationalizing strings in Rails templates. Simple at the moment, but useful to anyone who might want to learn how to write a gedit plugin to manipulate selected strings. https://github.com/ndbroadbent/gedit_i18n_helper
ruby
Get Punished for Breaking Your Software Tests
At work, we use software called Atlassian Bamboo. It does CI (continuous integration) for us, so whenever a developer updates the code, it will run all of the software's tests, and makes sure everything still works. We had a USB Missile launcher lying around, and I thought it
compaq-evo-t20
RFID apartment lock (& iPhone app)
Octopus cards in Hong Kong can be used to purchase almost anything, such as groceries, McDonalds, and public transport. Since everyone has one, a lot of apartments are using them for access control. One of my first projects after moving back to Hong Kong was installing an electronic lock on
art
My attempt at an embossed metal box from beverage can
I was inspired by a makezine.com article I was reading this evening, and decided to follow a tutorial to make an embossed box out of an aluminium can. I haven't done anything creative for a long time, and I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure
greasemonkey
Grooveshark - Set Current Song as Browser Title
I like Grooveshark. Its like last.fm, but you can choose the songs & albums you want to play. I would like to get a subscription one day, but I'm not sure when the RIAA is planning their attack, so maybe I'll hold off for now
iphone
Trying to use l1merain but it doesn't work?
You are trying to use l1merain to jailbreak on windows xp, but your iPhone doesn't take it.. You should see a green rain drop if the jailbreaking process is successful, but you just see the apple icon. What you need to do is press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Sort
git
Make 'git status' put filepaths into numbered variables
I like my shortcuts for git (ie. gst for git status, gca for git commit -a -m, etc.) But I wanted more, so I thought it would be nice if I could somehow create 'shortcuts' to the filepaths of modified files whenever I run git status. I created
bash
Search and replace in multiple files on linux with bash, egrep, sed function
Here's a simple function to add to your shell if you ever want to replace a string in multiple files at once. It ignores everything in .git, otherwise you get 'bad index file sha1 signature' errors. function gsed () { if [ -z "$3" ] then echo "