Pseudo Work (fwork)

joel gillman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:30 +0000

This script takes a text file (any text file should) and displays it one line at a time with short delays in between. In other words, you can run this script to make it look like your computer is actually doing something worthwhile.

I had searched around the internet a few times but never really found anything like this, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t look. Maybe I’m just a bad internet searcher. Script after the jump.

#!/bin/bash

#####################################################
# Pseudo Work (fwork) Script - by Joel Gillman 2009
# lab.joelgillman.com/archives/159_pseudo-work
#
# Please feel free to edit and change this as you
# like! If you do make any edits I would be curious
# to see what you've done so drop me a line!
#
# DISCLAIMER
# I am in no way a bash scripting expert. Most of what
# I write is copy and paste and trial and error.
# While this script shouldn't hurt anything in your
# system don't hold me responsible if it does! Use
# at your own risk.
#####################################################

## test if file (default or otherwise)
if [ "$1" = '' ]; then
filename="$HOME/garbage.txt"
if [ -e $filename ]; then
sleep 0
else
echo "No file specified and default file '~/garbage.txt' not found."
exit
fi
elif [ -e $1 ]; then
filename=$1
else
echo "No file found at $1"
exit
fi

## execute fakeness
while read p; do
if [ "$(($RANDOM % 10))" -eq 1 ]; then
let "R1 = ($RANDOM % 2)"
elif [ "$(($RANDOM % 50))" -eq 1 ]; then
let "R1 = ($RANDOM % 20)"
else
let "R1 = 0"
fi

let "R2 = ($RANDOM % 10)"
echo $p
sleep $R1.$R2
done < $filename

Download a zip’d version of the script.
You can download the (2.5MB) text file I’ve been using.

Let me know what you think! Any improvements or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Circle Crawlers

joel gillman — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:59:43 +0000

Circle Crawlers spawns a large number of ‘crawlers’ and a smaller number of ‘anomalies’ who each crawl around the screen randomly. The large anomalies move slow and thus never get too far away from the center. The smaller crawlers can move faster and can break away from the center but always die before they get too far out from their point of origin.

Press ‘r’ to reset.

Source

Spawn Object

joel gillman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:06:07 +0000

I was learning how to properly use objects and classes. Here there is a base class “Bug” and a class to extend it called “Crawler.” Class Bug is never directly called, I had planned on using it in the future, but never did. Also, I figured out how to use fonts for text in Processing.

Source

lab.joelGillman.com » code

Pseudo Work (fwork)

Circle Crawlers

Spawn Object