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@tommeier
tommeier / xvfb_daemon.sh
Created April 27, 2011 10:44
Xvfb startup init script for headless selenium with multiple displays for Jenkins or Teamcity CI server
#!/bin/bash
# /etc/init.d/xvfb_daemon
# Xvfb startup script.
# Tom Meier <[email protected]>
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: xvfb
# Short-Description: Start/stop/restart daemon
# Description: Controls the Xvfb daemon which starts/stops the X Virtual Framebuffer server
# Example Use:
@hay
hay / gist:1351230
Last active May 23, 2025 10:46
Enterprisify your Java Class Names!
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<title>Enterprisify your Java Class Names! (by Hay Kranen)</title>
<style>
body {
background: white;
text-align: center;
@ziadoz
ziadoz / awesome-php.md
Last active May 8, 2025 07:37
Awesome PHP — A curated list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries, resources and shiny things.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Ingress Player Locations
// @description Shows player locations on the Ingress Intel Map
// @version 1.2
// @match http://www.ingress.com/intel
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
function override() {
@jaredhirsch
jaredhirsch / gist:4963424
Last active March 19, 2021 08:54
ETags & If-None-Match headers: a dialogue

ETags & If-None-Match headers: a dialogue

1st request.

browser: can haz foo?

GET /foo HTTP/1.1

1st response.

@jaredhirsch
jaredhirsch / gist:4971859
Created February 17, 2013 15:19
all about ETags

ETags: a pretty sweet feature of HTTP 1.1

HTTP caching review

HTTP provides two ways for servers to control client-side caching of page components:

  • freshness may be based on a date or a token whose meaning is app-specific
  • whether or not the client needs to confirm the cached version is up-to-date with the server

This breaks down as follows:

  • Cache locally and don't check before using.
@mattiaslundberg
mattiaslundberg / arch-linux-install
Last active December 17, 2025 21:09
Minimal instructions for installing arch linux on an UEFI system with full system encryption using dm-crypt and luks
# Install ARCH Linux with encrypted file-system and UEFI
# The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.
# Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/
# Copy to a usb-drive
dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=16M && sync # on linux
# Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.
# Set swedish keymap
@Thrilleratplay
Thrilleratplay / arch-linux-install.md
Last active November 8, 2024 00:06 — forked from mattiaslundberg/arch-linux-install
Installing Arch Linux on an LUKS Encrpyted root and booting from UEFI
anonymous
anonymous / log
Created December 3, 2014 09:15
log
#
##
# logging platform/build
##
#
9cc93738aeb5723e8f9d502e7ac6210c6f6d4073 "LRX22C"
ff8b5b19bed47660bcc6319a73b5b78d1e6dacda "LRX22B"
ced3fdcfa3d576fc42a6a8ad2ff0114af5643255 "LRX21Z"
205c1f8aa4429f742e768199c84ab5f4877b51ab "LRX21Y"
4eab14a6ac5d9deafef778c7bf65f72e130cb2b3 "LRX21X"
#!/bin/bash
# pdfScale.sh
#
# Scale PDF to specified percentage of original size.
# Ref: http://ma.juii.net/blog/scale-page-content-of-pdf-files.
echo "This script doesn't handle files with spaces in them."
SCALE=0.95 # scaling factor (0.95 = 95%, e.g.)