BenConstable

/*
 * Wrap up the Backbone application in a simple interface
 */

// Using Jquery...
(function ($) {
    
    
    // Create application
    var MyApp = (function () {

BenConstable

# Link dotfiles
dropboxPath = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
targetPath = File.expand_path('~')
files = 0

Dir.foreach(dropboxPath) do |file|
    if (file != '.') && (file != '..') && (file != File.basename(__FILE__))
        %x[ln -sF #{dropboxPath}/#{file} #{targetPath}/#{file}]
        files += 1
    end

BenConstable

#
# If, for example, you've accidentally made some commits to master
# that should be on a feature branch, this set of commands will
# move those commits over to a feature branch and reset master to 
# where it should be both locally and on the remote.
#
# References:
#
# - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1628563/move-recent-commit-to-a-new-branch
# - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1377845/git-reset-hard-and-a-remote-repository

BenConstable

#!/bin/sh

#
# This script deletes a feature branch you've been
# working on, assuming that it's been merged as part
# of a Pull Request, and pulls it into your master
# branch.
#
# You need a typical setup, and a reference to the
# forked repo, called `upstream`.

BenConstable

/*
 * Use the small setup below to make the
 * jQuery Autocomplete widget show on input-blur,
 * rather than on every keypress.
 */
(function ($) {
    
var field = $('.selector');

field.autocomplete({

BenConstable

<ul class="ui-tabs">
  <li>
    <a href="#tab-1">My Tab 1</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="#tab-2">My Tab 2</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a data-external="http://www.example.com">My External Tab</a>
  </li>

BenConstable

# Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1733507/how-to-get-size-of-mysql-database

SELECT Round(Sum(data_length + index_length) / 1024 / 1024, 1) "DB Size in MB" 
FROM   information_schema.tables 
WHERE table_schema = "database_name" # Replace this with the name of the database you want to inspect
GROUP BY table_schema;

BenConstable

Moving from RVM to rbenv on Mavericks

These are the few steps I ran to completely remove RVM and install rbenv:

Remove RVM

To remove pretty much everything:

$ rvm implode

BenConstable

var express = require('express')
  , app     = express()
  , server  = require('http').createServer(app)
  , io      = require('socket.io').listen(server)
  , five    = require('johnny-five')
  , board   = new five.Board({ port:'/dev/tty.usbmodemfa131'} )
  , led;

// Listen for lights change
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {

BenConstable

var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
    
    events: function () {
        var mobile = false
        
        if (mobile)  {
            return {
                "touch": function () { console.log('touched') } 
            }
        } else {