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@smoser
smoser / gist:4756561
Last active November 8, 2023 15:20
boot a cloud image in kvm
## Install a necessary packages
$ sudo apt-get install kvm cloud-utils genisoimage
## URL to most recent cloud image of 12.04
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/server/releases/12.04/release"
$ img_url="${img_url}/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img"
## download the image
$ wget $img_url -O disk.img.dist
## Create a file with some user-data in it
(require 'url)
(defun get-and-parse-json (url)
(interactive)
(with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url)
(goto-char (point-min))
(re-search-forward "^$")
(json-read)))
(defun get-movie-json (title &optional year)
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active May 9, 2025 18:09
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@suhailshergill
suhailshergill / magit.el
Created July 18, 2012 03:00
magit: buffer label
(defun su/magit/format-magit-status-buffer-name ()
"Append the value of current branch to `magit-status' buffer"
(let ((magit-status-buffer-name (buffer-name (magit-find-status-buffer)))
(branch-name (magit-get-current-branch))
(buffer-name-regex "^\\(\\*.*\\*\\)\\(.*\\)?$"))
(dolist (buffer-name `(,magit-status-buffer-name ,magit-log-buffer-name))
(string-match buffer-name-regex buffer-name)
(ignore-errors (with-current-buffer buffer-name
(rename-buffer (replace-match (concat "\\1" (format
@earthgecko
earthgecko / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh
Last active April 24, 2025 05:26
shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string
#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1
@m14t
m14t / fix_github_https_repo.sh
Created July 5, 2012 21:57
Convert HTTPS github clones to use SSH
#/bin/bash
#-- Script to automate https://help.github.com/articles/why-is-git-always-asking-for-my-password
REPO_URL=`git remote -v | grep -m1 '^origin' | sed -Ene's#.*(https://[^[:space:]]*).*#\1#p'`
if [ -z "$REPO_URL" ]; then
echo "-- ERROR: Could not identify Repo url."
echo " It is possible this repo is already using SSH instead of HTTPS."
exit
fi
@oschrenk
oschrenk / Switch to User.scpt
Created June 26, 2012 13:18
Keyboard Shortcut for Fast User Switching
--This script MUST be named "Switch to <User>.scpt", where <User> is the name of the user to switch to.
--You must first make a password item (a.k.a. a key) for the other user's password using Keychain Access,
--and call it "<user>", where "<user>" is the other user's name.the field "Kind" must be "User Login" (without quotes).
--The script assumes that you make this key in your login.keychain, which is the default one.
--The first time you run this script, you will be prompted to allow Keychain Scripting to access the password of the key.
--This script requires "Enable access for assistive devices" to be enabled in the Universal Access system preference pane.
set username to word -1 of my findReplace(".scpt", "", (path to me as text))
-- Invoke Fast User Switching. The `id -ur username` part gets the uid number that corresponds to the username and substitutes it at the end of the CGSession command
@garnaat
garnaat / gist:2917662
Created June 12, 2012 13:55
Example using boto to create an IAM role and associate it with an EC2 instance
In [1]: policy = """{
...: "Statement":[{
...: "Effect":"Allow",
...: "Action":["s3:*"],
...: "Resource":["arn:aws:s3:::mybucket"]}]}"""
In [2]: import boto
In [4]: c = boto.connect_iam()
In [5]: instance_profile = c.create_instance_profile('myinstanceprofile')
In [6]: role = c.create_role('myrole')
In [7]: c.add_role_to_instance_profile('myinstanceprofile', 'myrole')
@g3d
g3d / gist:2709563
Last active May 15, 2025 07:00 — forked from saetia/gist:1623487
Clean Install – OS X 10.11 El Capitan
@btoone
btoone / curl.md
Last active December 8, 2024 05:16
A curl tutorial using GitHub's API

Introduction

An introduction to curl using GitHub's API.

The Basics

Makes a basic GET request to the specifed URI

curl https://api.github.com/users/caspyin