search for artist from iTunes
So, say you got this one great track in iTunes, and you want to look for more music from the same artist. Here’s a simple little script that can ease things up a bit. Download it This script makes a...
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i’ve had a few projects over the last years where i’ve needed to convert some video file to flv, generate a thumbnail and get the video’s duration. i’ve never really got around to wrapping this into...
View ArticleGetting stats from the Facebook Like button your way
So you’ve implemented the Facebook Like button, and you’d like to know – programmatically – what your users Like on your site. This is a bit of a pain, since there’s nothing in the Facebook Open Graph...
View Articlehtml5 validation with(!) facebook opengraph
html5 is that new, cool(?) technology which you should(?) be using when making new sites. but, being the thorough developer you are – it just eats you up from the inside when your brand new html5...
View Articleautomated screendump creation
i recently had to create jpg thumbs of the first frame from a bunch of videos. doing this manually is not really an option if you have 100 files or more, so commandline to the rescue. i had an ubuntu...
View ArticleRelaying push notifications to your own API
We recently made a campaign for Loka mineral water, where users together reveal the new flavors. This is done by using Snapchat. We send users snaps containing puzzle pieces, and when they make a...
View ArticleLet Slack nag you that it’s time to return that commuter pass
Another week, and yet another Slack integration here at Earth People. This time we’ve added an integration to the public transport system here in Stockholm. At Earth People we like to use public...
View ArticleHow to make a wind chime door bell
Our doorbell was already connected to the Internet via an Arduino, but we couldn’t stand the sound it made. We needed a warmer sound, a sound that didn’t make us want to kill the doorbell users (mostly...
View ArticleMy family uses Slack. It’s pretty interesting.
Everything changed for the better when we started using slack at work. We’ve made countless custom integrations; doorbells, intercoms, travel cards, reddit, lunch menues, git hooks, server monitoring,...
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