Posts with Tag: script

Convert GGRS87 to WGS84 and vice versa...

Convert GGRS87 to WGS84 and vice versa...

Posted on 16th Oct 2024

In Greece we use also the GGRS87/ΕΓΣΑ87 coordinate system and it's a pain in the ass to convert the coordinates to WGS84, which is the standard now days. So i built a small script using YAD and cs2cs utility, from PROJ . I used a GUI like YAD, because most of the time, i have to copy/paste t...

Targeted download of MAME Roms...

Targeted download of MAME Roms...

Posted on 13th Oct 2024

Downloading all of MAME ROMs, is not useful, as many of them don't worth, as games or the emulation is not good. Also, each of us, has his personal preferences on which games he likes, remembers from his youth and has that nostalgia feeling. So, i wanted a way to download, almost, specific games, wh...

Small script for selecting your favorite Internet radio stations...

Posted on 9th Oct 2024

I have a small selection of Internet radios i like to listen to. Storing them in a program or a playlist (.m3u) is not my thing, cause in the past, either i lost it, changed programs/streaming applications or the file got corrupted. But my scripts, have a special care... i store them separately and...

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Posted on 4th Oct 2024

Disclaimer... You shouldn't abuse the idea/script, cause this would cause problems to the server, the product page and the creator/maker of the product. For the same reason, i don't post any URLs. Recently i found a product i really liked and wanted to buy on Tindie. The problem was, that the...

XFCE|Add text plugin with weather and more…

XFCE|Add text plugin with weather and more…

Posted on 2nd Oct 2024

Lets add some weather information to our XFCE panel/status bar and have a result like this… First we have to install the Generic Monitor plugin/widget to our XFCE installation. To do so, just give the following command in a terminal: sudo apt install xfce4-genmon-plugin Edit the panel prefere...