C GMP Hello World on Leopard (OS X 10.5)

A simple GMP Hello World example in C.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/source/browse/trunk/2008/10/18/gmp_hello_world

Persistent Queuing in Python

Peafowl is a Python port of Ruby's Starling.

Common Usage Database (cudb)

A couple of months ago I was searching for an excuse to write an application on Google App Engine. After mucking around with the Datastore and authentication API I decided to rewrite Most Common Usage on Google App Engine.

The end result was the Common Usage Database and like Most Common Usage the website is focused on the usage of CLI commands in Linux and Unix-like operating systems.

The website uses Google for authentication so you don't need to signup if you already have a Google account. I've also setup a Google Group and the #cudb channel on Freenode.

I look forward to creating a repository of useful commands and providing an easy and open way for developers to use that repository.

Link: http://www.cudb.org/

Python SDK for PhoneFactor

A first (and very alpha) attempt at creating a Python SDK for PhoneFactor.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/python-phonefactor/

Universal Feed Parser to JSON

My attempt at wrangling a Universal Feed Parser object into JSON.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/source/browse/trunk/2008/05/05/feed_parser/feed_parser_to_json.py

Update: According to John Paulett jsonpickle now supports Universal Feed Parser objects. Thanks for letting me know!

OS X's GNU Screen - Open in the Current Working Directory

How to get GNU Screen working properly in Mac OS X.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/silassewell/wiki/ScreenOSX

Four Ways to Make Safari Better

• Force Safari to open a new window in a tab
• Change Safari's default search engine (use with kwFoo to get Firefox-like keywords)
• Set a search shortcut in Safari
• Install AdBlock for Safari

Post a Get

I've created a PHP script called Post a Get which can be copied to any PHP capable server and used to created a POST request using GET syntax.

Let's say you use GoDaddy as your domain registrar and you would like to see if a domain is available using Firefox keywords, but they don't offer a GET search.

For a traditional keyword, you could construct a GET request like:

https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp&checkAvail=1&fblur=1&tld=.com&domainToCheck=%s

But as of right now Firefox doesn't offer a way to create POST keywords. What Post a Fix does is allow you to construct a POST request using GET syntax and pass it to the Post a Get code.

So if you wanted to submit the above GET as a POST, you would construct the URL and append the special __action parameter with target URL. So the final URL would look something like:

http://www.postaget.com/index.php?__action=https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp&checkAvail=1&tld=.com&domainToCheck=%s

Gracefully restart Apache in Debian

alias graceful="sudo /usr/sbin/apache2 -t && sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop && sleep 2 && sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start"