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aliang / devise_http_rememberable.rb

Created June 13, 2011 07:55 — forked from jamiew/devise_http_rememberable.rb

Monkeypatch Devise to support saving sessions via HTTP auth (e.g. via bookmarklets or browser addons)

	# config/initializers/devise_http_rememberable.rb

	# Monkeypatch Devise so HTTP authentication sets remember_user_token cookie
	# ABR: Always Be Remembering
	module Devise
	module Strategies
	class Authenticatable < Base
	def remember_me?
	# Devise's implementation of this is:
	# valid_params? && Devise::TRUE_VALUES.include?(params_auth_hash[:remember_me])

aliang / mymodel.rb

Created June 13, 2011 06:25

render from model in Rails 3

	# yes, sometimes you need to do this. you get pilloried in a forum if you
	# ask about it, though!

	# this code taken from
	# http://wholemeal.co.nz/blog/2011/04/05/rendering-from-a-model-in-rails-3/

	class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
	# Use the my_models/_my_model.txt.erb view to render this object as a string
	def to_s
	ActionView::Base.new(Rails.configuration.paths.app.views.first).render(

aliang / stream_itunes_over_ssh.sh

Created June 12, 2011 08:39

stream iTunes over SSH (requires dns-sd)

	# Shamelessly taken from http://blog.iharder.net/2009/09/28/itunes-stream-itunes-over-ssh/
	# Your remote library will appear in your local iTunes as a shared library
	# You need an ssh server running on the remote library's computer

	#!/bin/sh
	dns-sd -P "Home iTunes" _daap._tcp local 3689 localhost.local. \
	127.0.0.1 "Arbitrary text record" &
	PID=$!
	ssh -C -N -L 3689:localhost:3689 yourhost.dyndns.org
	kill $PID

aliang / application.rb

Created June 12, 2011 08:12

monkeypatch Rails::Application.load_console to load app-specific .irbrc

	# taken from http://railsbros.de/2010/11/29/a-custom-irbrc-for-rails-3.html
	# config/application.rb that is
	module MyApp
	class Application < Rails::Application
	# config stuff comes here

	def load_console(sandbox=false)
	super
	if File.exists?(project_specific_irbrc = File.join(Rails.root, ".irbrc"))
	puts "Loading project specific .irbrc ..."

aliang / omniauth.rb

Created June 7, 2011 18:02 — forked from dira/omniauth.rb

OmniAuth strategy for a custom provider

	module OmniAuth
	module Strategies
	# tell OmniAuth to load our strategy
	autoload :Pixelation, 'lib/pixelation_authorization'
	end
	end

	Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
	provider :twitter, "app_name", "secret"
	provider :facebook, "app_name", "secret", :scope => ''

aliang / routes.rb

Created June 6, 2011 15:41

Force SSL on routes, version 2, doesn't use Devise

	YourApplication::Application.routes.draw do
	class SSL
	def self.matches?(request)
	# This way you don't need SSL for your development server
	return true unless Rails.env.production?
	request.ssl?
	end
	end

	# Reusable Proc for redirection. Will redirect with 301 (on Rails 3.0, at least)

aliang / migrate_s3.rake

Created June 6, 2011 15:22

rake task to migrate paperclip attachments to Amazon S3


	namespace :attachments do
	task :migrate_to_s3 => :environment do
	require 'aws/s3'

	# Load credentials
	s3_options = YAML.load_file(File.join(Rails.root, 'config/s3.yml')).symbolize_keys
	bucket = s3_options[:bucket_name]

	# Establish S3 connection

aliang / watir.rb

Created May 26, 2011 22:56

watir basics that I always forget

	require 'rubygems'
	require 'watir'

	#start the browser up
	Watir::Browser.default = "firefox"
	browser = Watir::Browser.start "http://www.weather.com/"

	browser.text_field(:id, "whatwhereForm2").set("san diego, ca")

	browser.button(:src,"http://i.imwx.com/web/common/searchbutton.gif").click

aliang / fakeout.rake

Created April 3, 2011 01:42 — forked from matthutchinson/fakeout.rake

fill your database with crap using faker

	# a simple/configurable rake task that generates some random fake data for the app (using faker) at various sizes
	# NOTE: requires the faker or ffaker gem
	# sudo gem install faker - http://faker.rubyforge.org
	# OR
	# sudo gem install ffaker - http://github.com/EmmanuelOga/ffaker

	require 'faker'

	class Fakeout

aliang / optimize-legibility.html

Created April 2, 2011 01:53 — forked from kolber/optimize-legibility.html

kerning/ligatures using text-rendering:optimizeLegibility CSS

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Cross-browser kerning-pairs & ligatures</title>
	<style>
	body { font-family: sans-serif; background: #f4f3f3; color: rgba(40, 30, 0, 1); width: 500px; margin: 80px auto; padding: 0px; }
	a { color: rgba(15, 10, 0, 0.8); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid; padding: 1px 1px 0px; -webkit-transition: background 1s ease; }
	a:hover { background: rgba(0, 220, 220, 0.2); }
	p, li { line-height: 1.5; padding: 0em 1em 0em 0em; margin: 0em 0em 0.5em; }

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