The Grumpy Old Unix Fart

Welcome to my corner of the world. I still like using dumb terminals, I use console mode programs whenever I can. I hate GUI style programs and absolutely cannot tolerate a computer that "talks back" to me.

I am the grumpy old unix fart.

Model View Controller

Here is my latest on the buzzword commonly known as a "model view controller" Not a template engine, I might add.

I've written several of these, each one customized for the particular application. I believe something as critical as an applications MVC deserves custom code, a custom design suited to the particular need.

Model View Controllers

Convert RSS feeds to plain text, then post or email

I would like to read RSS news feeds via a news server or even an email client. I like things in simple, plain text. Here is a little project that converts an RSS feed into a formatted plain-text report, suitable for emailing or posting via inews to a news server.

rss2ascii

Disk usage by file extension

Ever wanted to see how much space your MP3 collection is taking up?

File usage by extension