Here's a script to download your Spotify playlists and individual songs from YouTube. All code can be found on my GitHub in this Gist: Download Spotify Songs - GitHub Gist Background I've had a Spotify account since 2013. For many years I was fine with a free account, but a few years ago I started paying for a Spotify …

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Here’s mytube, a script that downloads the YouTube videos you specify in a config file. Downloading the videos specified in the config file (on the left). Once the videos have been downloaded, the script detects this and does not attempt to download the videos again. All code can be found on my GitHub. …

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Here’s a script that deletes the old events on all your Google calendars. All the code can be found on my GitHub. https://github.com/zjrubin/clean_calendar Background I use Google Calendar to schedule and track my various commitments. I've been using Google Calendar since about 2014 and I've noticed that Google has …

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A simple python script to control Philips Hue lights from the command line. All the code can be found on my GitHub. https://github.com/zjrubin/philips_hue Writing the Python Script First I designate the python interpreter and all the packages I use. I interact with my Philips Hue lights using the phue python package. …

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Summary I managed to complete my first major embedded development project: a nixie tube clock. A nixie tube is a display device invented in the 1950s that is typically used to show numerals. Nixie tubes illuminate the current digit using a bright glow discharge. In this post I will go over the entire process I went …

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