Experiments - MaxBruges.com

Experiments

Some of the things I've made, which you might find useful.

Bear in mind, they are experiments: they may not always work as intended. If you spot something that's not quite right or if you'd like to know more - you can drop me a line.

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Virtual Librarian

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Get AI-powered recommendations from the school library

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Kickstart

Struggling to begin an answer? Generate sentence starters to get going.

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Vocabulary

Collection of important words used and defined in the Extracts

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Get Text

Extract plain text from pdf files using the Markitdown library.

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Hangman

A quick and easy Hangman implementation, with customisable words and Wiki links. Built to test out pico.css.

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Flambards Fly Again

Generate infinite Flambards melodrama through the power of AI.

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Fortune Cookie

Seek cryptic wisdom from the digital sage.

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Word of the Week

A printable, GPT-generated worksheet, guiding students through a new word.

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PageSpeed

Check the loading speed of any site with Google’s PageSpeed Insights API.

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The 1 Kilobyte Stylesheet

This page is powered by a stylesheet exactly 1 kilobyte in size: 1kb.css

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'What am I doing wrong?'

Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT model to spot coding errors and explain how to fix them. Read the pedagogy here.

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The Open Library

A curated repository of classic texts to download freely to Kindle and other eReaders. Possible thanks to Project Gutenberg

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Bard or Bot

Can you spot the AI verses amongst the Shakespeare sonnets?

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Super Focus Mode

An iOS shortcut to make the built-in β€˜Focus’ mode a little more effective. Once activated, it blocks any apps you deem to be distracting.

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Mr Bruges Asks...

A brief collection of essay readings in podcast form; originally recorded to support A-Level Literature students during lockdown.


🚧 Old Projects 🚧

Not quite abandoned, but in need of some tidying up. Functional in places.

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Shakespeare by Line

HTML

Generate a random line from Shakespeare's complete works, or get all the lines for any given character.

Limited for now, but more functionality to follow...

Built from a modified version of Shakespeare.json, which is still a little janky.

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Worksheet Generator

HTML

Harness the power of LLMs to create quick and beautiful worksheets.

Pick a topic, set your parameters, and let the AI do the rest. Produces a printable worksheet with a range of tasks in seconds.

You will need an API key to use it.

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Quest Generator

HTML

Random questlines for your favourite RPG, courtesy of Claude.

Take off your cloak, warm up by the fire, and hear the strange happenings of these parts. Listen to the rumours, then plot your next steps.

Pairs nicely with the D&D character generator.