Useful tools

I’ve made some web tools, browser modifications, scripts, and a Pebble watchface.

All the source code is dedicated to the public domain and you are encouraged to improve and/or modify it for your needs.

Web Tools

Life & Supercontinents

An interactive timelapse of Earth’s supercontinents and evolutionary history

qr

Simple page to create QR codes (works offline)

Multisearch

A web tool for displaying search results from multiple sources at the same time. You can save/share sets of searches via the URL. Some example presets:

Browser Modifications

Emoji to English

An browser add-on for translating emojis to their Unicode names

Tab Focus through Google Results

Use the Tab key to navigate through Google and DuckDuckGo search results (for use with Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey/etc)

Duolingo Keyboard Shortcuts

Press Shift+Space to play sentence audio (plus adds number keys support for more word bank exercises). User script for use with Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey/etc

Scripts

Bulk Full-Page Screenshotter

Bash script to save full-page screenshots of a list of pages, using Firefox in headless mode. Requires Firefox.

My AutoHotkey configuration script

Collection of my personal keyboard customisations for AutoHotkey, including

  • Hold LCtrl for numpad input (jkl-uio to 123-456 etc.)
  • Mac-style dead key diacritic input (e.g. alt+i, a outputs â)
  • Useful glyphs for typography, e.g. quotation marks, ligatures, en vs em dashes
  • Use QWERTY layout for shortcuts while holding Ctrl or Win (instead of Dvorak)
  • Tap RCtrl for Esc

Watchface for Pebble

Gauge Geometry

An analog-digital Pebble watchface with temperature display, designed for legibility and simplicity