Month: April 2009

tarsum-0.2 – A read-only version of tarsum

When I first scratched the itch of calculating checksums for every file in a tar archive, this was my original intention. When I decided I wanted the script in bash for simplicity, I forfeited the idea and settled for extracting the files and then going over all the files to calculate their checksum values.

So when Jon Flowers asked in the comments on the original tarsum post about the possibility of getting the checksums of files in the tar file without extracting the whole archive, I decided to re-tackle the problem.

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XWRDS Gets a Browser Search Extension

I’ve added an OpenSearch description for XWRDS today. In simple words, it means that you can now search XWRDS directly from your browser search box. Supported browsers include Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 7+, and Google Chrome, so if you use one of these browsers, you can now solve your crosswords faster than ever by using the XWRDS search.

To add the XWRDS search to your browser’s search box, either click this link, or go to the XWRDS website and select the XWRDS search engine from the pull-down menu of your browser’s search box (usually at the top right corner of the window).

XWRDS Gets a YubNub Command

YubNub is a site that provides users with a social command line for the internet. It lets you do all kinds of stuff, mostly search-related, by typing special commands.

Today, I’ve added a command to YubNub that allows you to search XWRDS. The command name is xwrds, and it expects the clue to search for as an argument.

For example:

xwrds Either of two of the VIII's six

I hope people will find it a convenient way to easily search XWRDS.

Update 20/11/2009: Fixed link to YubNub.