Software Calculated to Drive You Mad

We at Crummy want to help the developer community. Why? So that we can gain their trust and then trick them into using our proprietary technology.

Just kidding. The programs here are all licensed under either an OSI-approved license or the generic 'look at the code and let me know if you want to use it for something' license. Enjoy!

For many small but fun scripts, see Features.

Greatest Hits

• Beautiful Soup (2004-) - Parse and process real-web HTML without the pain.
• olipy (2013-present): A Python library for artistic text generation.
• botfriend (2018-present): Makes it easy to create and run artistic bots on social media.
• robotfindskitten (1997-1999) - The original Zen simulation.
  • Python implementation (2004)
  • POSIX implementation (1999)

Libraries

• cce-python (2019) - Python tools for processing data from the Catalog of Copyright Entries.
• PyChess (2009) - I didn't write this, but I fixed some bugs and the author asked me to make my fixes available by forking the project.
• lazr.restful (2007-2011) - Annotate Zope interfaces to produce hypermedia-based web services. See also the client, lazr.restfulclient.
• wadllib (2007-2011) - Python ruby parser for WADL files.
• wadl.rb (2007) - Cheap Ruby parser for WADL files, and client for the web services they describe.
• I Want Options (2002-2004) - Reusable web-based configuration framework. (paper) (slides)
• Scrape 'N' Feed (2005) - Easily scrape web pages and turn them into RSS feeds.
• ASCII, Dammit (2004) - Callously turn smart quotes and ISO-Latin-1 into ASCII.
• Noodle (2002) - A transparent HTTP proxy.

Fun and Games

• YABO (2007) - A Ruby implementation of the Byte Organ.
• Miscellaneous Nethack patches (2004-present) - Includes the famous dinosaur patch!
• What Fools These Mortals (2003) - Nethack parody.
• The Eater of Meaning (2003-present) - Destroys content without affecting form.
• ksethdavidschoen (2002) - Brings the floating head of Seth David Schoen to your desktop.
• The Knapsack Problem (2001) - Grab an optimal subset of the loot.
• Degeneracy (2001) - Interactive fiction. Escape the castle.
• Guess The Verb! (2000) - Interactive fiction. Silly satire.

Bagatelles

• Sycorax (2012) - Script fictional characters on Twitter.
• ANSI2HTML (2008) Convert ANSI graphics to HTML. It's k-rad.
• Sales rank monitor (2006) - For obsessive authors.
• The Bayes Motel (2005) - Quickly see whether a problem can be solved with Bayesian classification.
• Transfusion (2004) - Python parser for Movable Type import format.
• Ass-Kicking Laser Algorithm (2004) - Python parser for weblogs.com XML format.
• The Power Of Greypoint (2003) - Super cheap HTML-based presentation software.
• BBS2ANSI (1999) - Converts Wildcat! BBS display screens to standard ANSI.

Obsolete, Incomplete, and B-Sides

• NewsBruiser (1998-present) - Easy-to-use weblog publishing system.
• The Pocket Wisherman (2005-2007) - Slices and dices Amazon wish lists. Stopped working when Amazon changed their web service.
• Rubyful Soup (2005) - Ruby port of Beautiful Soup. Made obsolete by hpricot.
• The Ultra Gleeper (2004-2005) A (prototype) personal recommendation engine for web pages. (paper) (slides)
• eBlock Captains (2004) - Campaign software for managing a distributed phone bank.
• Bloop (2003-2004) - A heavily hacked, blog-centric version of Scoop.
• Downhill (2003) - Find paths between weblogs. Died for lack of up-to-date data.
• The Me Software Map (2002) - For some reason I thought this would be easier to use than an HTML file.
• Tigris (2000-2001) - Online suite for distributed software development.
• robotfindskitten 2: This Time It's Personal! (1999) - Bloodthirsty game.
• The Arbitrary Text Code (1999) - The ultimate grep.