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asciimo / .htaccess

Created August 26, 2016 21:16

Simulate a slow-loading GIF with a redirect to a PHP script.

	# Slow GIF
	RewriteRule ^slowfile.gif$ slowfile.php [L]

asciimo / requirements.txt

Created October 5, 2016 17:44

Little utility to resize globbed images

	Pillow==3.4.1
	python-resize-image==1.1.3

asciimo / configure_httpd.sh

Last active March 30, 2017 18:07

Shell script to modify httpd.conf to allow mod_rewrite in .htaccess files

	# Update the 2nd instance of AllowOverride, which is in the docroot Directory directive
	perl -pi -e 's{AllowOverride None}{++$n == 1 ? "AllowOverride All" : $&}ge' /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
	# Tack the mod_rewrite module load on to the end of the file
	echo 'LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so' >> /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

asciimo / gist:5169a17b6d2ed0efcadc4af02a2018ad

Created June 12, 2017 16:48

Typo in https://qz.com/1002655/the-company-behind-wordpress-is-closing-its-gorgeous-san-francisco-office-because-its-employees-never-show-up/

The company maintains similar offices in Cape Town, South Africa, and outside Portland, Maine, and gives employees a $250-a-month stipend if they want to use commercial co-working offices elsewhere.

asciimo / gist:cae8f85a207e9124565ce8c3623f3eb8

Created July 20, 2017 15:57

Typo on https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/07/designing-perfect-slider/

A single, continuous slider from Zillow’s Affordability Calculator — allowing the customer to explore various options quickly. Fixed values, such as annual income, monthly debts and down payment are defined once.

asciimo / mapdemo.html

Created October 1, 2017 06:29

A demo of using the GOogle Maps Javascript API, and toggling groups of markers on and off.

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Simple Map</title>
	<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0">
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<style>
	/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div
	* element that contains the map. */
	#map {

asciimo / interested.js

Created October 18, 2017 18:15

How to use Javascript to get a list of everyone who selected "Interested" on a Facebook event

	// First, click on the event link that looks like "0 Going · 28 Interested" and then "inspect element" on the modal
	const list = document.getElementsByClassName("uiScrollableAreaBody")[6] // Your markup may vary. The One I wanted was index 6
	const people = list.getElementsByTagName("span") // HTMLCollection
	const peopleArray = [].slice.call(people) // Convert to an array we can map()
	peopleArray.map(personEl => personEl.innerText) // Copy the results and clean up in Vim :D

asciimo / gateway.js

Last active November 3, 2017 21:35

Get the server's gateway ip address in a node script.

	const util = require('util')
	const execFile = util.promisify(require('child_process').execFile); // node 8+

	const getGatewayIp = () =>
	new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
	execFile('/sbin/ip', ["route"])
	.then(result => {
	if (result.stdout) {
	const ip_pattern = /\b\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b/;
	const ip = result.stdout.match(ip_pattern)[0];

asciimo / texmextacos.json

Last active February 4, 2018 22:29

Recipe Schema Example

	{
	"_id": "6c5cfc1c77bfa802c55f2a8561005f34",
	"_rev": "2-8abc0d63720e5f85b74a5af0342b41c3",
	"publication_timestmap": "1516779903",
	"title": "Vegan Tex-Mex Tacos",
	"author": "Brian L. Patton",
	"packs": [
	{
	"id": "a1b2c3",
	"name": "Amazing Breakfasts"

asciimo / circles.pde

Created February 5, 2018 23:36

Processing sketch for generating grayscale, interlocking circles suitable for a desktop background.

	// Pressing Control-R will render this sketch.

	int x = 50;
	int y = 50;


	void setup() { // this is run once.

	// set the background color
	background(255);