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function cacheOrDB (id, callback) {
  asynchronousCache.get("id:"+id, function(err, myThing) {
    if (myThing == null) {
      asynchronousDB.query("SELECT * from something WHERE id = "+id, function(err, myThing) {
        callback(err, myThing);
      });
    } else {
      callback(err, myThing);
    }
  });

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// helper function that goes inside your socket connection
client.connectSession = function(fn) {
  var cookie = client.request.headers.cookie;
  var sid = unescape(cookie.match(/connect\.sid=([^;]+)/)[1]);
  redis.get(sid, function(err, data) {
    fn(err, JSON.parse(data));
  });
};

// usage

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# /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	local.domain
123.123.123.123	www.domain.com

# In the Mac OS X terminal type:
dscacheutil -flushcache

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# Simple Version

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name  example.com;
        access_log  /var/log/nginx/example.log;

        location / {
                proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1:1337;
        }

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# !/bin/sh
# I stole this little script from somewhere but can't remember where, sorry for not including credit.

for i in "rte.ie" "facebook.com" "reddit.com" "tb4.fr" "bbc.co.uk" "boards.ie" "google.com"
do
  for j in "4.2.2.2" "8.8.8.8" "208.67.222.222" "89.101.160.4" # Tests Level 3, Google Public DNS, OpenDNS, UPC default DNS.
  do
    echo $j $i `dig @$j $i | grep Query | awk -F ":" '{print $2}'`
  done
done

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This script will follow all those who follow you and unfollow those who
unfollow you. Basically it keeps your followers and friends in sync.

You will need to get a consumer key and consumer secret token to use this
script, you can do so by registering a twitter application at http://twitter.com/apps

@requirements: Python 2.5+, Tweepy (https://github.com/joshthecoder/tweepy)
@author: Dave Jeffery

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This script will delete all of the tweets in the specified account.
You may need to hit the "more" button on the bottom of your twitter profile
page every now and then as the script runs, this is due to a bug in twitter.

You will need to get a consumer key and consumer secret token to use this
script, you can do so by registering a twitter application at https://dev.twitter.com/apps

@requirements: Python 2.5+, Tweepy (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tweepy/1.7.1)