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# On a mac with snow leopard, for nicer terminal colours:
# - Install SIMBL: http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
# - Download'Terminal-Colours': http://bwaht.net/code/TerminalColours.bundle.zip
# - Place that bundle in ~/Library/Application\ Support/SIMBL/Plugins (create that folder if it doesn't exist)
# - Open Terminal preferences. Go to Settings -> Text -> More
# - Change default colours to your liking.
#
# Here are the colours from Textmate's Monokai theme:
#
@naholyr
naholyr / _service.md
Created December 13, 2012 09:39
Sample /etc/init.d script

Sample service script for debianoids

Look at LSB init scripts for more information.

Usage

Copy to /etc/init.d:

# replace "$YOUR_SERVICE_NAME" with your service's name (whenever it's not enough obvious)
@adgedenkers
adgedenkers / vpn_connection.scpt
Created October 11, 2012 18:16
Toggle Connection to VPN on a Mac via AppleScript
tell application "System Events"
-- get current clipboard contents as a string
set CurrentClipboard to the clipboard as string
-- set the clipboad to your password
set the clipboard to "Y0urVPNPa$$w0rd"
-- start playing with the VPN
tell current location of network preferences
@bradfitz
bradfitz / diskchecker.pl
Created July 24, 2012 21:05
diskchecker.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Brad's el-ghetto do-our-storage-stacks-lie?-script
#
sub usage {
die <<'END';
Usage: diskchecker.pl -s <server[:port]> verify <file>
diskchecker.pl -s <server[:port]> create <file> <size_in_MB>
diskchecker.pl -l [port]
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active April 19, 2025 17:31 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active May 16, 2025 22:55
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@hellerbarde
hellerbarde / latency.markdown
Created May 31, 2012 13:16 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency numbers every programmer should know

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs

@wcaleb
wcaleb / duesoon.sh
Created May 15, 2012 15:54
A shell script to remind me of tasks that are due soon, using this system: http://wcm1.web.rice.edu/plain-text-gtd.html
#!/bin/sh
TODAY=$(date +%m)
FILE=~/.duesoon
# This may be more complex than need be, but it permits months with or without leading zeroes
let THISMO=$TODAY-0
if [ $THISMO = 12 ]; then
let NEXTMO=01
else

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

@douglas
douglas / update_git_repos.sh
Created October 14, 2011 15:04
Update all git repositories under a base directory
#!/bin/bash
# store the current dir
CUR_DIR=$(pwd)
# Let the person running the script know what's going on.
echo "\n\033[1mPulling in latest changes for all repositories...\033[0m\n"
# Find all git repositories and update it to the master latest revision
for i in $(find . -name ".git" | cut -c 3-); do