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#!/bin/zsh
# computer activity data collection for http://jehiah.cz/one-two/
# Originally by Jehiah Czebotar. This verison by Luca Spiller.
FILE="$HOME/Dropbox/activity_log/`hostname`-`date +%Y%m%d`.log"
function log_activity()
{
local TIME=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"`
local IDLE=$((`/usr/sbin/ioreg -c IOHIDSystem | sed -e '/HIDIdleTime/!{ d' -e 't' -e '}' -e 's/.* = //g' -e 'q'` / 1000000000 ))
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jehiah / activity_snapshot.sh
Created January 7, 2013 18:43
A cron job script to capture computer activity every 30 seconds
#!/bin/sh
# computer activity data collection for http://jehiah.cz/one-two/
# by Jehiah Czebotar
FILE="activity_log/`date +%Y%m%d`.log"
function log_activity()
{
local UTC=`date "+%s,%Z"`
local IDLE=$((`/usr/sbin/ioreg -c IOHIDSystem | sed -e '/HIDIdleTime/!{ d' -e 't' -e '}' -e 's/.* = //g' -e 'q'` / 1000000000 ))
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jehiah / dailyphoto.sh
Last active January 15, 2016 20:08
A script to use isightcapture to take photos via crontab on OSX. crontab: `*/10 * * * * sh bin/take_dailyphoto.sh`
#!/bin/sh
# This script takes a photo if the computer has not been idle for longer than a period of time
# it uses isightcapture from https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/18598/isightcapture
[ -z "$USER" ] && echo "missing variable \$USER " && exit 1
if [ ! -d /Users/$USER/daily_photo ]; then
mkdir -p $/Users/$USER/daily_photo
fi
IDLE=$((`/usr/sbin/ioreg -c IOHIDSystem | sed -e '/HIDIdleTime/!{ d' -e 't' -e '}' -e 's/.* = //g' -e 'q'` / 1000000000 ))
export SUDO_ASKPASS=/Users/$USER/bin/get_pass.sh
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jehiah / iphone_messages_dump.py
Last active September 28, 2020 03:53
Script to dump out messages to csv from an iPhone Backup sqlite file
# Copyright Jehiah Czebotar 2013
# http://jehiah.cz/
import tornado.options
import glob
import os
import sqlite3
import logging
import datetime
import csv
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lecram / escher.py
Last active February 12, 2025 16:49
This is a toy one-file application to manage persistent key-value string data. The file is *both* the application and its data. When you run any of the commands described in `escher.py --help`, the file will be executed and, after data change, it will rewrite itself with updated data. You can copy the file with whatever name to create multiple d…
#! /usr/bin/env python
"""{escher} -- one-file key-value storage.
What?
This is a toy application to manage persistent key-value string data.
The file {escher} is *both* the application and its data.
When you run any of the commands below, the file will be executed and,
after data change, it will rewrite itself with updated data.
You can copy the file with whatever name to create multiple datasets.
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aliles / decompress_test.py
Created July 12, 2011 12:51
Benchmark decompression performance in Python
"Benchmark decompression performance"
from collections import namedtuple
import argparse
import bz2
import functools
import gzip
import hashlib
import itertools
import logging
import sys
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jehiah / simple_args_parsing.sh
Created March 4, 2011 16:56
a simple way to parse shell script arguments
#!/bin/sh
#
# a simple way to parse shell script arguments
#
# please edit and use to your hearts content
#
ENVIRONMENT="dev"