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danielpcox / Gemfile
Created February 12, 2012 23:08
A minimal Sinatra app deployable to Heroku.
source :rubygems
gem "sinatra"
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danielpcox / wp_downloader.rb
Created January 17, 2012 22:57
Quick-and-dirty script to download and stitch together the Washington Post, sans Sports.
#!/home/danielpcox/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/bin/ruby
# ############# The Washington Post Downloader #############
#
# Downloads and merges the day's Epaper into three sections. Ignores the Sports section.
# (requires pdftk, wget, and the nokogiri gem)
require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'
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danielpcox / pidgin_manipulator.rb
Created October 22, 2011 19:10
Set Your Pidgin Status With Ruby and DBus
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
require "dbus"
session_bus = DBus::SessionBus.instance
# Get the Pidgin Service
pidgin_dbus = session_bus.service("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService")
# Get the object from this service
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danielpcox / gist:1299083
Created October 19, 2011 17:46
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2. Bc4 d5
3. Bd3 e5
4. Nf3 Bg4
5. Nc3 Nd7
6. exd5 Bb4
7. Qe2 c5
8. Nb5 h5
9. a3 h4
10. axb4 f6
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danielpcox / gist:1278468
Created October 11, 2011 15:46
Testing again
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danielpcox / gist:1278455
Created October 11, 2011 15:43
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...
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danielpcox / parameters_in_dryml.dryml
Created September 16, 2011 22:28
Parametrized Tags In DRYML
<!-- defining a tag -->
<def tag="messages">
<br /><br />
<ul>
<li param="msg1">Message 1</li>
<li param="msg2">Message 2</li>
<li param="msg3">Message 3</li>
</ul>
</def>
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danielpcox / rmt.rb
Created April 16, 2011 02:33
Generates my ORIE 3800 HW5 homework (database connection code omitted)
#!/home/danielpcox/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/ruby
require 'active_record'
require './ticket'
require './extra'
require './show_info'
require 'gruff'
conn_params = {
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danielpcox / _items.html.erb
Created July 13, 2010 22:58
a DRY and unobtrusive way to use will_paginate with ajax via jQuery
<!-- app/views/items/_items.html.erb -->
<ul>
<% items.each do |item| %>
<li><%= item.name %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<%= ajax_will_paginate items, :update => 'my_items_list' %>
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danielpcox / .bash_aliases
Created July 6, 2010 22:12
alias g='gvim --remote-silent'
alias fri='ri'
alias lh='ls --color=always -lasth | less -R'
alias be='bundle exec'
alias gr='grep -r --color'
alias rm='gvfs-trash'