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                                           posts GET    /posts                                                              {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"index"}
                                 formatted_posts GET    /posts.:format                                                      {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"index"}
                                                 POST   /posts                                                              {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"create"}
                                                 POST   /posts.:format                                                      {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"create"}
                                        new_post GET    /posts/new                                                          {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"new"}
                              formatted_new_post GET    /posts/new.:format                                                  {:controller=>"posts", :action=>"new"}
                              

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# courtesy of http://heypanda.com/

class TryProxy
  def initialize(receiving_object)
    @receiving_object = receiving_object
  end
  
  def method_missing(meth, *args, &block)
    @receiving_object.nil? ? nil : @receiving_object.send(meth, *args, &block) rescue nil  
  end

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# another great snippet courtesy of http://heypanda.com/

class Fixnum
  # returns seconds
  def hours
    self * 3600
  end
end

def forever

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require 'tempfile'
 
def say(cmd, voice='Fred')
  temp_file = Tempfile.new('sayfile')
  tf = File.new(temp_file.path, "w+")
  tf.puts(cmd)
  tf.close
  `cat #{temp_file.path} | /usr/bin/say -v #{voice}`
  temp_file.unlink
end

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  $('button[type="submit"]').bind('click', function() {
    this.setAttribute('originalValue', this.innerHTML);
    this.disabled=true;
    this.innerHTML='Submitting...';
    result = (this.form.onsubmit ? (this.form.onsubmit() ? this.form.submit() : false) : this.form.submit());
    if (result == false) { this.innerHTML = this.getAttribute('originalValue'); this.disabled = false };
    return result;
  });

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# Mimic Mac OS X Finder's sort by name.
class Array
  def finder_sort
    sort_by { |s| s.to_finder_sort }
  end
end

class String
  def to_finder_sort
    punctuation = %w[` ^ _ - , ; ! ? ' " ( ) [ ] { } @ *] + ['\\'] + %w[& # % + < = > | ~ $]

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jQuery.fn.restForm = function(type, options) {
  var defaults = {
    method: 'post',
    action: this.attr('href'),
    confirm: false,
    confirm_message: 'Are you sure?',
    trigger_on: 'click'
  };
  var opts = $.extend(defaults, options);

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# adapted from http://blog.caboo.se/articles/2006/12/28/a-better-capistrano-backup
# supports multistage deploy setup
# allows for restore and local database imports

namespace :db do
  desc "Copy the remote production database to the local development machine" 
  task :backup, :roles => :db, :only => { :primary => true } do
    filename = "#{application}_#{Time.now.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")}.sql.bz2" 
    backupfile = "/tmp/#{filename}" 
    data = capture "cat #{shared_path}/config/database.yml"

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/*
 * a smart poller for jquery.
 *    (by github)
 *
 * simple example:
 *
 *   $.smartPoller(function(retry) {
 *     $.getJSON(url, function(data) {
 *       if (data) {
 *         doSomething(data)

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module AccordionsHelper
  
  def accordions_for( *options, &block )
    raise ArgumentError, "Missing block" unless block_given?
    
    accordions = AccordionsHelper::AccordionsRenderer.new( *options, &block )
    accordions_html = accordions.render
    concat accordions_html
  end