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purem / Wolfram alpha named parametric curves
Created January 31, 2013 23:05
Wolfram alpha named parametric curves
Enter into wolfram alpha to draw
witch of Agnesi
ampersand curve
Archimedean spiral
Archimedes' spiral
astroid
astroid pedal curve
atriphtaloid
bean curve
@jaymcgavren
jaymcgavren / heroku.md
Created May 25, 2012 05:47
A Code TV screencast on getting started with Heroku

Description

Heroku is a simple way to publish your Rails app, and a powerful platform that will allow it to scale. In this episode, Jay McGavren gets you started with your first Heroku app.

Set up your Rails app

Isolate your gem environment

  • You WANT Rails to fail locally if a gem isn't in your Gemfile
@caruccio
caruccio / bash-named-param
Created April 24, 2012 03:25
Named parameters in bash
# Do you like python named parameters (kvargs) ?
# Well, you can have it in bash too!!
$ function myfunc() { local $*; echo "foo=$foo, bar=$bar"; }
$ myfunc bar=world foo=hello
foo=hello, bar=world
@mranney
mranney / emoji_sad.txt
Created January 30, 2012 23:05
Why we can't process Emoji anymore
From: Chris DeSalvo <chris.desalvo@voxer.com>
Subject: Why we can't process Emoji anymore
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:49:20 -0800
Message-Id: <AE459007-DF2E-4E41-B7A4-FA5C2A83025F@voxer.com>
--Apple-Mail=_6DEAA046-886A-4A03-8508-6FD077D18F8B
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=utf-8
@isaacs
isaacs / comma-first-var.js
Created April 6, 2010 19:24
A better coding convention for lists and object literals in JavaScript
// See comments below.
// This code sample and justification brought to you by
// Isaac Z. Schlueter, aka isaacs
// standard style
var a = "ape",
b = "bat",
c = "cat",
d = "dog",