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Tag: userscripts

  • Screenshot of PleaseFixThisSite.com, featuring all of the design sins described below.

    Please Fix This Site? Okay!

    PleaseFixThisSite.com is a funny web-based take on that XKCD comic about extorting graphic designers who hate your design choices. But you don't actually need to pay the extortionist to "fix" their site. Just have your userscript manager run a few lines of my code, and the effect is much the same.

    Read more (393 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 18 July, 2025
  • Three different sandwiches float in a featureless white void.

    Reversing Sandwiches

    Userscripts are awesome, and you should be using them. Let me rotate some sandwiches for you to demonstrate their versatility!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (522 words)

    • Article
    • posted 5 April, 2024
  • A Creative MuVo MP3 player (and FM radio), powered off, on a white surface.

    Downloading a YouTube Music Playlist for Offline Play

    When Dan is asked how to get YouTube Music onto a retro MP3 player, he uses it as an excuse to explain the process of writing a web scraper.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1354 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 17 December, 2020
  • Image representing post: An idea to help MegaMen find one another more easily in the big wide world of Reddit. What do you think?

    An idea to help MegaMen find one another more easily in the big wide world of Reddit. What do you think?




    [this post was originally made to a private subreddit]

    I love the MegaLounges, and I really love the MegaManLounge. We're a hugely disparate group of people yet we've come together into a wonderful community that I'm proud to be a part of. And I felt like it'd be nice to give something back. But what?

    If โ€ฆ

    Read more - about 3 minutes (679 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 January, 2015

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