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@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active March 1, 2026 01:02
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@agnoster
agnoster / README.md
Last active February 26, 2026 22:23
My ZSH Theme

agnoster.zsh-theme

A ZSH theme optimized for people who use:

  • Solarized
  • Git
  • Unicode-compatible fonts and terminals (I use iTerm2 + Menlo)

For Mac users, I highly recommend iTerm 2 + Solarized Dark

@EvanHahn
EvanHahn / gist:2587465
Last active October 9, 2023 01:26
Caesar shift in JavaScript
/*
JavaScript Caesar shift
by Evan Hahn (evanhahn.com)
"Encrypt" like this:
caesarShift('Attack at dawn!', 12); // Returns "Mffmow mf pmiz!"
And "decrypt" like this:
@dnaber-de
dnaber-de / editor_plugin.js
Created January 22, 2012 18:33
Wordpress TinyMCE Popup-Dialog. German Tutorial on http://dnaber.de/p1477
// js/editor_plugin.js
/**
* an example tinyMCE Plugin
*/
tinymce.create(
'tinymce.plugins.myPlugin',
{
/**
* @param tinymce.Editor editor
* @param string url
@remino
remino / msconvert.js
Created January 5, 2012 05:37
JavaScript: Convert milliseconds to object with days, hours, minutes, and seconds
function convertMS(ms) {
var d, h, m, s;
s = Math.floor(ms / 1000);
m = Math.floor(s / 60);
s = s % 60;
h = Math.floor(m / 60);
m = m % 60;
d = Math.floor(h / 24);
h = h % 24;
return { d: d, h: h, m: m, s: s };
@coolaj86
coolaj86 / how-to-publish-to-npm.md
Last active February 14, 2026 13:18
How to publish packages to NPM

Getting Started with NPM (as a developer)

As easy as 1, 2, 3!

Updated:

  • Aug, 08, 2022 update config docs for npm 8+
  • Jul 27, 2021 add private scopes
  • Jul 22, 2021 add dist tags
  • Jun 20, 2021 update for --access=public
  • Sep 07, 2020 update docs for npm version
@trongthanh
trongthanh / gist:1196596
Created September 6, 2011 04:37
Emulate slow Internet connection speed on localhost with netem (Ubuntu)
#Refer: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/netem#Delaying_only_some_traffic
#Refer: http://www.bomisofmab.com/blog/?p=100
#Refer: http://drija.com/linux/41983/simulating-a-low-bandwidth-high-latency-network-connection-on-linux/
#Setup the rate control and delay
sudo tc qdisc add dev lo root handle 1: htb default 12
sudo tc class add dev lo parent 1:1 classid 1:12 htb rate 56kbps ceil 128kbps
sudo tc qdisc add dev lo parent 1:12 netem delay 200ms
#Remove the rate control/delay
sudo tc qdisc del dev lo root
@kylebarrow
kylebarrow / example.html
Created June 23, 2011 06:30
Prevent links in standalone web apps opening Mobile Safari
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Stay Standalone</title>
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<script src="stay_standalone.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://google.com/">Remote Link (Google)</a></li>
@pguillory
pguillory / gist:729616
Created December 5, 2010 23:51
Hooking into Node.js stdout
var util = require('util')
function hook_stdout(callback) {
var old_write = process.stdout.write
process.stdout.write = (function(write) {
return function(string, encoding, fd) {
write.apply(process.stdout, arguments)
callback(string, encoding, fd)
}
@atnan
atnan / git-clean-cached.sh
Created September 21, 2009 00:41
#!/bin/bash
cat .gitignore | egrep -v "^#|^$" | while read line; do
if [ -n "$line" ]; then
OLD_IFS=$IFS; IFS=""
for ignored_file in $( git ls-files "$line" ); do
git rm --cached "$ignored_file"
done
IFS=$OLD_IFS
fi