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colby / gist:657791

Created November 1, 2010 07:41

Connects to simpledesktops.com and grabs a random image to assign as your profiles desktop image.

	import random
	import urllib
	import urllib2
	import tempfile
	import subprocess
	from appscript import app, mactypes
	import lxml.html as lh

	url = "http://simpledesktops.com/browse/"
	random_page = str(random.randint(1,20))

colby / Time tracking bash function

Last active August 29, 2015 13:57

A simple function for your bashrc to track time into a dotfile.

	now() {
	$file="$HOME/.now"
	if [[ -z $@ ]]; then
	today="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")"
	grep --color=never $today $file \| cut -d' ' -f2-
	else
	stamp="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"
	echo $stamp - "$@" >> $file
	fi
	}

colby / ee-perms.sh

Created July 7, 2014 23:58

A small bash script to set the required permissions for an ExpressionEngine installation.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	pushd /var/www/html/

	# Set default permissions
	find . -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ';'
	find . -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ';'

	# Set directories permissions
	ee_dirs=(

colby / gist:b324ff13b96d03e37976

Created July 16, 2014 18:55

Simple deploy script

	#!/bin/bash

	usage()
	{
	cat << EOF
	usage: $0 ENV OPTIONS

	This script will deploy to the host host.

	ENVIRONMENTS:

colby / -

Created August 7, 2014 20:56

	# Dynamically generated file dropped off by Chef!

	fs.file-max=131072
	kernel.shmall=32768
	kernel.shmmax=536870912
	net.core.netdev_max_backlog=4096
	net.core.optmem_max=25165824
	net.core.rmem_default=25165824
	net.core.rmem_max=25165824
	net.core.somaxconn=4096

colby / 10-work_related.sh

Last active August 29, 2015 14:11

Lunch time script and time tracker function

	# vim: set syntax=sh:

	function now {
	local file="$HOME/.now"
	local today="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")"
	local stamp="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"

	if [[ -z "${@}" ]]; then
	grep --color=never "$today" "$file" \| cut -d' ' -f2-
	echo "***"

colby / .git_bashrc.sh

Created January 9, 2015 00:45

Big dumb prompt for .bashrc

	RESTORE='\[\033[0m\]'
	RED='\[\033[00;31m\]'
	GREEN='\[\033[00;32m\]'
	YELLOW='\[\033[00;33m\]'
	PURPLE='\[\033[00;35m\]'
	GRAY='\[\033[00;37m\]'

	# Normal user is purple, root is red.
	if [ "$(id -u)" == '0' ]; then
	USER_COLOR=$RED

colby / git.sh

Created January 10, 2015 03:47

	# save last status
	PROMPT_COMMAND='export last_status=$?'

	PS1="\n\u@\H:\w\$(git_prompt)\n\$(last_status)\$ "

	# only show status when non zero
	function last_status {
	if [ $last_status -gt 0 ]; then
	echo $last_status
	fi

colby / rdio.sh

Last active August 29, 2015 14:13

A bash script to find the first HD video that matches the current Rdio song playing.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	if ! pgrep -q Rdio
	then
	echo "Error: Rdio is not running"; exit 1
	fi

	function check {
	which "$1" \|\| echo "Missing dep: $1"; exit 1
	}

colby / imgur.sh

Last active August 29, 2015 14:14

Imgur bash function to upload images

	# Note: uses some random ClientID for authentication, does not handle errors
	# Usage: $ imgur ~/Desktop/oleg.png

	function imgur {
	[ $# -lt 1 ] && echo "imgur: requires an image file path" && exit 1
	curl -sH "Authorization: Client-ID 3e7a4deb7ac67da" -F "image=@$1" "https://api.imgur.com/3/upload" \| grep -oE "http:.*\.[a-z]{3,4}" \| tr -d '\'
	}