This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
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I was curious about making retro gaming sounds using Sonic Pi. A couple of months and a lot of Googling later, here's the original Mario Bros theme as it was heard on the NES console.
I'm (just about) old enough to remember rushing home from school to play this game at Philip Boucher's house, sitting cross-legged in front of the TV till my feet got pins and needles. Working out how to recreate it for Sonic Pi was a lot of fun!
<?php | |
function tiny_url($url) { | |
return file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=' . $url); | |
} | |
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input')); | |
echo tiny_url($json->url); | |
/* basic jQuery usage: | |
$.post('https://foo.bar/tiny-url-api.php', JSON.stringify({url: url_2b_shortened})) |