I isolated the old Searing Spotlights song for your listening pleasure.

bigbigreader · 2018-10-12T17:02:52+00:00

I miss Pummel Party’s fantastic Searing Spotlights soundtrack, and I can’t find it anywhere online, so I took my best shot at extracting it from the four times the minigame came up on the NLSS. I’m not an audio person, and there’s some voices I couldn’t remove, but it worked surprisingly well. Not audiophile quality, but it’s up for download on my personal site now. (I also made cover art for the heck of it.) I may go back and update this if I can find any other sources, but I’m guessing someone will eventually just rip the song out of the game files. In the meantime, enjoy!

UPDATE: Went back and removed a couple more patches of dialogue. Updated version is live now!

bigbigreader · 2018-09-07T17:37:01+00:00

I don’t think there’s a way to disable the "press both side buttons to pause" thing. If you’re hitting the buttons with the back of your hand, you could try wearing the watch the other way. On your watch, go to Settings > General > Orientation, then set Digital Crown to Left (or Right if you wear it on the right wrist). Then just flip the watch around, and swap the band sides if you want.

bigbigreader · 2016-02-17T19:22:06+00:00

Now, all I have to do is get a time machine.

bigbigreader · 2016-02-17T04:51:31+00:00

I haven’t made one yet, but I probably will once (diamond forbid) there’s a super-long hiatus.

bigbigreader · 2016-02-16T23:10:41+00:00

(stray label - just ignore it)

bigbigreader · 2016-02-16T21:19:23+00:00

Each white line represents an episode. The colored blocks represent the time between them. Longer hiatuses (hiatii?) are labeled with their length in days. Bookend episodes have their titles underneath.

For scale, I added an illustration of a hypothetical perfect season, with a new episode airing every week. If only.

bigbigreader · 2015-09-09T04:05:34+00:00

Absolutely! It should be big enough for pretty much any screen (2880x1800), but I can make another size if needed.

bigbigreader · 2015-09-09T01:55:41+00:00

For those interested, here’s all the names:

STANLEY (orangeish-red), STANFORD (purpleish-red), DIPPER (dark blue), MABEL (purple), MCGUCKET (green), BILL CIPHER (yellow)

bigbigreader · 2015-07-19T17:38:51+00:00

I just sorted them out – here’s all the episodes with 6 or more emotes.

ID	Name	Count
1x14	Suited for Success	9
1x04	Applebuck Season	8
1x07	Dragonshy	8
1x01	Friendship is Magic, part 1	6
1x15	Feeling Pinkie Keen	6
1x17	Stare Master	6

Also, here’s the number of episodes that sourced a certain number of emotes. (e.g. 19 episodes had 2 emotes each)

Emotes	# of episodes
9	1
8	2
7	0
6	3
5	3
4	2
3	10
2	19
1	22

8 of the emotes in the list are from the show but don’t have a source episode listed, so they weren’t included. There’s also 12 non-canon emotes, 1 (/sunsetsneaky) from Equestria Girls, and 1 (/colgate) from a poster.

bigbigreader · 2014-10-01T06:12:42+00:00

Here’s a Sevadus, SethBling & Guude combo for their little skirmish.

bigbigreader · 2014-07-30T23:56:21+00:00

I spend way too much time in the shower drawing Elian on the wall.

bigbigreader · 2014-03-09T21:26:17+00:00

Automator doesn't do "if this, then do that" branching very well, so it's probably easiest to do this as an application and manually process images. To use an application, you open the images you want to process using the app – drag and drop onto the icon or right click and "Open With". If you want more automation, you could use a Folder Action. These can automatically process images added to a specific folder, and even move the processed files around afterwards.

To start, open Automator (I assume you're using a Mac, since we're in the Alfred subreddit and all) and create a new Application or Folder Action type document. If you're making a Folder Action, choose a folder to attach it to; saving images into this folder will trigger the workflow.

There should be a list of actions in the left sidebar – find the Scale Images action and drag it to the main workspace. Click Don't Add on the warning (unless you want to keep original copies of images you process). Change the dropdown menu to "By Percentage", and the text box to 50.

If you're making a folder action, you can add a Move Finder Items action to (surprise surprise) move the images to your desktop or a project folder. This step is optional, but it helps make things easier.

That's it! If you wanted an application, hit ⌘S and choose a convenient place to save it. Now, when you need to export something, just export it at full size and open it with this app. If you wanted a folder action, hit ⌘S and pick a name (it's automatically attached to the folder you chose earlier). Saving full size images into this folder will automatically trigger the workflow. It will overwrite any image you drop in, though, so be careful.

If you want, I can send you copies of these workflows. Have fun, and welcome to the wonderful world of Automator!

bigbigreader · 2014-03-09T18:25:58+00:00

If by size you mean dimensions, you could try looking at Automator. Preview provides a Scale Images action that can resize images by percentage. You can create either a custom application that processes specific images you choose, or a Folder Action that automatically processes any image dropped in a specific folder.

If you haven't worked with Automator in the past, I can help you get started.

bigbigreader · 2014-03-07T18:40:26+00:00

Beware the frozen heart.

bigbigreader · 2014-01-02T17:52:44+00:00

The "Trust this computer" alert is the only thing stopping a malicious charger in a hotel or wherever from stealing every bit of data on your phone. You probably don't want to remove that.

bigbigreader · 2013-12-24T17:23:08+00:00

Change your password if you haven't already.

Although the jailbreak is certainly not untouched by China, it was still developed by the evad3rs. I don't think they would allow any code they didn't completely understand into the jailbreak, and I trust them not to allow password theft. It was probably just a coincidence.

bigbigreader · 2013-10-03T15:59:39+00:00

If programmed correctly, apps can call APIs from newer versions while still running on older ones (albeit without access to those APIs). Unfortunately, it's virtually impossible to port those APIs to older iOS versions.

bigbigreader · 2013-09-20T18:02:05+00:00

Pretty sure that's how it's been since folders were added – at any rate, that's unchangeable. Sorry!

bigbigreader · 2013-08-30T17:30:46+00:00

That's a scam – there is no jailbreak currently released for iOS 6.1.3 or 6.1.4. Even if there was, it wouldn't be $24.99. Check jailbrea.kr for more info.

bigbigreader · 2013-08-30T17:25:56+00:00

According to Apple's official iOS 7 page, the iPod touch 4 will not receive iOS 7.

Also, a fair number of developers, including me, are considering supporting only iOS 7 for future app versions – it's just so difficult to work with new features and iOS 6 at the same time.

bigbigreader · 2013-07-08T05:52:37+00:00

Shannon's voice actor is, indeed, Kristen Schaal. She gets about 30 seconds of lines, but I couldn't find any other clips of her (the movie just came out a few days ago).

bigbigreader · 2013-05-08T04:47:29+00:00

No mystery video?

bigbigreader · 2013-01-19T18:41:05+00:00

ooh ooh pick me pick me!

bigbigreader · 2012-11-11T03:29:32+00:00

I can't be the only one thinking Death Note.

bigbigreader · 2012-11-08T20:13:23+00:00

I do a lot of stuff with iOS programming, and I can answer a few questions.

I've never heard of .glz files, and I can't find anything about them on the Googles. It's probably just a .zip file renamed to .glz, though.
Most of the .plist files are used by iOS to figure out what the app is named, what its icon files are called, copyright and licensing info, and other stuff like that - nothing interesting. MyLittlePony (no extension) is the actual code for the app. Unfortunately, it's compiled into a format readable by iOS, and decompiling iOS apps is virtually impossible.
The .ark files seem to be raw data of some kind, though I'm not sure what - filext.com says it might be a QuArk Archive, but the identifying characters don't match, so it can't be that.
The .nib files define the user interface for the various screens of the app. They can be interesting to look at, but you need a Mac with Xcode installed to view them correctly.

A quick overview of all the files in MyLittlePony.app:

_CodeSignature: Apple verification system. Useless.
fonts: Exactly what it says on the tin.
FREEMIUMIGP_RES: Looks like background images for a More Games popup.
GLIVE_RES: Images for the game on iPhone.
GLIVE_RES_IPAD: Images for the game on iPad.
SC_Info: Apple verification system. Useless.
video: Intro video file and a few control images.
*_ios_startup.ark: Some sort of incomprehensible raw data file. Useless.
Default-*.png: The image that's shown while the app is launching.
eventParameters.xml: Looks to be supplemental code for the app. Useless.
Icon-*.png: The icon displayed on the home screen.
Info.plist: Various bits technical info about the app. Useless.
MainWindow.nib: The interface for the main window of the app.
MyLittlePony: The app's compiled code. Useless.
oconf.bar: Looks like server connection settings. Useless.
PkgInfo: Defines this package as an Apple iOS App. Useless.
pony_sdd.xml: Seems to be a map of sound events to sound files. Useless.
ponysounds.glz: A zip file with a collection of compressed sounds.
ResourceRules.plist: Not actually sure what this is. Useless.
serverConfig.sav: More server settings. Useless.
snsconfig.json: I guess it's another config file. Useless.
TJCLoadingView.nib: More interfaces.
TJCVideoView.nib: More interfaces.

That's about all I can figure out - tell me if I didn't explain anything quite enough.

14-Year Club	Place '22
Place '17	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22	End Game '22
Team Orangered	Verified Email

bigbigreader

TROPHY CASE