Stegosaurus

Note

This repo is a toy. You might gain some insight from reading (or watching) the talk I gave about it at the November 2023 RubyConf.

Dinosaurs are cool. Secrets are cool. Secret Dinosaurs would be cooler. Alas, Jurassic Park style shenanigans are out of the scope of mere software, but we'll see what we can do with the idea in the interim.

Usage

Uh, well...

irb> require 'lib/stegosaurus'
irb> w = Stegosaurus.waves(:mono)
irb> w.make_from('README')

Then go play README.wav in your favourite sound tool. Yeah a larger file would totally be more interesting. But would it be as secret?

Or...

irb> require 'lib/stegosaurus'
irb> b = Stegosaurus.bumps
irb> b.make_from('README')

Then go look at README.bmp with a seeing device. Mmm, isn't that pretty?

Even...

irb> require 'lib/stegosaurus'
irb> m = Stegosaurus.midriffs
irb> m.make_from('README')

Then go play README.mid with your sound tool. Yeah, it's empty perhaps a larger file would do something. Like generate a 12 hour song with mostly no notes in it? Yeah, nothings perfect. What do you want, a tool to hide data, or a tool to transform it? Well? WELL?

Oh, yeah, no-one's reading this.

Sorry.

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(c) 2008 Murray Steele, MIT License.