BizzarScripts

I read slashdot often and I wanted to share this one article here since I don’t think most people are aware of the software that this article mentions. I didn’t, so I did some googling and after reading some of the sites, I feel it my internet duty to pass these things along to people who might not know about them. The poll is basically this…

“Last week we took nominations for a Slashdot category at the SourceForge Community Choice awards. Our category was ‘Most Likely to be Shutdown By Government Agency’. Your nominations were tallied, and we arbitrarily selected a few that we think are the best. Today is the day where you can at long last determine the winner, using the incredibly scientifically accurate Slashdot Poll. Our nominees are Truecrypt, EFF Patent Busting, GNU Software Radio, WikiLeaks, Cryptome.org, Tor, Freenet, and CowboyNeal”

Read more…
http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/06/09/1612250.shtml

Here are the links to the sites mentioned in the article…
http://www.truecrypt.org/ [truecrypt.org]
http://w2.eff.org/patent/ [eff.org]
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/ [gnu.org]
http://www.wikileaks.org/ [wikileaks.org]
http://www.cryptome.org/ [cryptome.org]
http://www.torproject.org/ [torproject.org]
http://freenetproject.org/ [freenetproject.org]

I also added the links and thumbnails at IDugUp.com also!

This is something fun I put together. This site is like digg, but I like it better. It’s basically a place for me or anyone to dump links to cool or useful resources and web pages online. All posts require admin approval before being displayed, but should prove to be useful for anyone. I’m hoping to add search, tagging capabilities, but for now, I’m just collecting links. So if you have some cool things you’d like to share, go dump your links there and it’ll get added!

Click here to go check out IDugUp!

I figured since I’ve changed the license of this to the GPL, I opened a project over on Sourceforge for it! I’m pretty happy since I have a couple of SF projects, but this is my favorite!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpanti-leech/

Bizzar Host Blocker is not exactly a breakthrough in ad/spyware blocking. This is a technique I learned through reading different sites. Basically, this script will add entries to your local hosts file that will prevent IE and/or Firefox from loading websites that contain garbage. This not only speeds up your browsing time, but also prevents you from accidently loading malware intended content. It is not a perfect system and you should definitely consider getting some real protection, but it’s a start and it’s free so it’s worth a shot.

Click here for more information and a link to download!

I’ve been tinkering with code off and on for a while that would let me generate thumbnails for urls on the fly. No matter what I’ve tried though, a lot of scripts and programs just would not work out. But I know it’s possible since I know other sites are doing it, so I kept at it. Well, I’m happy to say I’ve found a method for generating the thumbs that is pretty efficient. Here are a few samples.

These are just a sample. To view your own thumbnail, use the following url:

http://www.urlthumbnail.com/thumb.php?url=www.bizzarscripts.com

and just replace the url value with the url of your site or whatever site your trying to load. What will happen is my script will queue your site for parsing, generate the thumb, and upload it for hosting to the service. It should happen fairly quickly (usually less than 5 minutes) but this service is still BETA so it might not work for all sites, but I’ve found it works for most. If it gives you trouble, make sure your trying it without the http:// part. There’s something up with the html encoding process, but I’m working on it.

For more information, visit www.urlthumbnail.com

I’ve been using my holiday weekend to get more of these scripts online and updated. Basically, the scripts listed on the right side are finished and ready to go. I also have a handful of other scripts coming like the mailing list script, the php/png countdown script (revised and updated). The sudoku script I was selling a while ago is also posted since I’m not selling scripts anymore.

I support all my scripts http://www.bizzarscripts.com/forum/

While adding my own phpAnti-Leech script back into this site, I found a small issue with the download token system where it wasn’t saving any data with regard to the file name. This would be helpful to know who downloaded what and so I could create a logging system for files downloaded. So I fixed that. Then I added an additional variable that will let me save the download data without necessarily turning on the max download system. So, with those 2 small changes, I present Bizzar phpAnti-Leech version 5.1! This is the first script to be presented on the site again under the GPL license. This is without a doubt my favorite script so far. Enjoy!

http://www.bizzarscripts.com/bizzar-phpanti-leech/

Also, I’m going to use the format of having a page for each script. This will make it easier to manage, update, and stay organized. The other scripts will be popping online soon. I just had to get my download system in place before continuing.

I’m making a lot of changes to the site so if there’s something you can’t find, please let me know via the forum. I’m reworking all of my content to use wordpress solely as the backend. This way, I can easily make changes and I promise I won’t mess with it for a while. I’ll finish the site then probably go back and fix my hotscripts links (if that’s how you found this site).

My xbox 360 power supply died on me so I have a lot more time on my hands. However I’ll be starting a new job on May 19th (Monday) so I’m shooting to have most things done by then. If not, I apologize.

Well, there’s a lot going on in my life right now, and to simplify things, I think it easier to go back to using Wordpress. I’ve been using it for my consulting site (if you count the fact I’m not really consulting) and I like the new version, improved admin, and all the other features. I need a decent theme, but I’ll get that in time. Maybe I’ll learn how to do themes for wordpress.

Anyway, I’m changing the site completely. Originally I was hoping to make money with the scripts, and for a time I did. But I felt dirty. I felt I turned my back on the free open-source world that I’ve come to learn and love and because of this, I’ve decided to no longer charge for the scripts. There’s just no point to it.  The only script that won’t be making the transition is the glitter text script. That wasn’t mine to begin with.

Eh, there will be more posted soon. For now, this is just to get me started so I have a post to work with and keep people posted on what’s happening. Thanks!

-Brad