glances

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Software (YouTube) >

https://www.jwz.org/hacks/youtubedown

Given a YouTube or Vimeo URL, downloads the underlying video file, with a sensible file name. It downloads the highest resolution version of the video available: first it tries HD MP4, then regular MP4, then WebM, and finally FLV. It also works on playlists, and works as a bookmarklet to download the video you’re watching.

I liked it well enough.

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https://www.jwz.org/hacks/galdown

Given a URL of a photo gallery, this downloads the largest versions of all of the photos.

  • Flickr
  • Facebook
  • Picasa
  • OvaHere
  • Google Drive
  • SF Weekly (and related sites)
  • Instagram
  • and sites using SmugMug or Zen Folio

Tested 2016-03-18 on Lubuntu – Tested and works for instagram, but I couldn’t get proper filenames.

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SUPERAntiSpyware header

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.superantispyware.com/

A malware scanner.

Mostly-meh.

  • Their portable scanner is still just an installer.
  • It found an Wajam plugin from Magic Camera, presumably installed for either Internet Explorer or Edge.

    • During scanning, it claims to have found infected files, but those files were neither reported at the end of its scan nor found in its quarantine. What gives?
Abashiri Prison (1965) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058869/

Some Japanese guys are in a prison.

I have no idea what’s going on with this, but after nearly a half an hour I’m just going to give up.



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X_ Past Is Present (2015) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5207116/

When around one girl, a man repeatedly has visions of his past girlfriends.

Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech

  • Properly titled X: Past Is Present (2015)
  • Though much/most of it is in English, the rest is in Hindi.



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