Martin Fussen tipped us off to PlaceSpotting, a user-contributed geo quiz map mashup. The idea is to create puzzles for your friends to solve by picking an obscure landmark and supplying them with a few hints. Your friends can then zoom around on the map to find the location. If they position the map at the right zoom level and over the location the puzzle is solved. I have to say this is a pretty fun way to learn a bit about the world, especially if you’re in to puzzles and treasure hunts.
You can search and browse a large library of entries that other people have created. There are a significant number of entries in German, and many of the landmarks are within Europe, but there’s nothing stopping you from dropping a few landmarks near the place you call home.
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#!/bin/bash
# Seeing as I use a “podcatcher” which
# does not support variable speed playback,
# I have writ this script to play my “podcasts”
# in random order.
# Each followed by the option to delete.
# Those “‘s above are indicative of my
# general distaste of all things “pod”.
# So there.
# To prevent ‘for’ from booching on spaces
IFS=$’nt’
# Where to work
PODCASTDIR=/mnt/hdg2/share/podcasts/
PODCASTLIST=~/.podlist
# Player of choice
PLAYER=/usr/bin/mplayer
# Why … not
function die()
{
echo “$@”
exit 1
}
# Build the list
find “$PODCASTDIR” -iname “*.mp3” -o -iname “*.ogg” | sort -R > “$PODCASTLIST”
# Parse and play
for i in $(cat “$PODCASTLIST”); do
# Play or puke
$PLAYER $i || die “Someone set up us the bomb!”
# Prompt and purge
echo -e “nWould you like to delete the file you just heard:”
read -p “$i? ”
echo $REPLY | grep -qi y && /bin/rm -i “$i” || echo -e “nVery well, moving on.”
# Prompt and procede
read -p “Would you like another? ”
echo $REPLY | grep -qi y && echo -e “nHit me!n” || die “Right on. Until next time.”
done
# Inform user of sound shortage
echo “So, uh…”
sleep 3
echo “It seems that you have finished.”
sleep 1
echo “Well then.”
sleep 2
die “Peace.”
# I’m pretty sure that posting this here will bork the line breaks, so don’t expect a copy/paste to work as is.
# I can email the original on request.
# Some minor language unniceties have been cleaned up for public consumption.
# Hope somebody can make use of this, or let me know where it might be improved.
# phaedrus
# @
# gmx.com
I hit the Unix Grymoire all the time when I need to get started with a find, sed, or awk recipe.
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/
real simple:
alias hg=’history|grep’
so all you would need to do to search through your history for all of the ssh logins would be
$ hg ssh
it’s such a simple and useful alias that it bothers me that perhaps there is something similar out there already that I’ve overlooked. All you need to do to find a command that you have already issued is to remember one piece of the string.