dergachev

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.

Instructions

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

paulbdavis

out_to_x no
own_window no
out_to_console yes
background no
max_text_width 0

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.

philipn

Running Ubuntu on a Macbook Air

You don't have to be a slave to OS X! Here's a guide to a sane dual-booting setup with Ubuntu 12.10 on your shiny MacBook Air. This is written and tested for a MacBook Air 5,2 (Mid 2012), but likely works the same with any modern Macbook.

Install according to instructions at this URL:

mplewis

// This program is an example of how to run a command such as
// ps aux | grep root | grep sbin
// using C and Unix.

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int pid;
int pipe1[2];
int pipe2[2];

afeld

Updated for Rails 4.0.0+

Bower

1. Set up the bower gem.

2. Follow the Bower instructions and list your dependencies in your bower.json, e.g.

   // bower.json

{

ByScripts

/**
 * Firefox custom CSS for Numix GTK Theme
 * To use with Firefox Numix Theme : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/numix-gtk3theme/
 * Better with Omnibar FIrefox Add-On : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/omnibar/
 */

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

/* Awesomebar improvements */
#urlbar {

ungoldman

Deploy your own PaaS!

Setting up Dokku with DigitalOcean and Namecheap

..or how I made my own heroku in a few hours for $3.98.

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This write-up is several years out of date! You probably shouldn't use it.

christopheranderton

Description

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE COMMENTS FOR A MORE UP TO DATE WAY (AND EASIER) TO DO THIS
When using Homebrew (http://brew.sh) and searching formulas or pull requests you may get the dreaded error message: Github API Rate limit exceeded

Let's fix that! (yeah!)

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Short version

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE COMMENTS FOR A MORE UP TO DATE WAY (AND EASIER) TO DO THIS

Goom11

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Raleway';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 100;
    src: url(https://github.com/theleagueof/raleway/raw/master/webfonts/raleway_thin-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Raleway';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 300;

timsutton

#!/bin/sh
#
# Trigger an update of MAS (and softwareupdate) apps
#
# This seems to be all that's needed to schedule an immediate update of
# MAS apps. This should be run as a normal user. You can run this and
# tail the install log to get an idea of what's happening.
#
# You can also take a look at this user's ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.storagent
# directory to get a report on what apps were available, installable, etc.