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@nhocki
nhocki / colors.rb
Created November 30, 2011 20:05
Colorize the output of your ruby rake tasks
module Colors
def colorize(text, color_code)
"\033[#{color_code}m#{text}\033[0m"
end
{
:black => 30,
:red => 31,
:green => 32,
:yellow => 33,
@edouard
edouard / dominant_colors.rb
Created February 10, 2012 08:53
A ruby script to get the most dominant colours in an image (uses ImageMagick)
require 'RMagick'
TOP_N = 10 # Number of swatches
# Create a 1-row image that has a column for every color in the quantized
# image. The columns are sorted decreasing frequency of appearance in the
# quantized image.
def sort_by_decreasing_frequency(img)
hist = img.color_histogram
# sort by decreasing frequency
@jpfuentes2
jpfuentes2 / rbenv-install-system-wide.sh
Created March 8, 2012 19:47
CentOS: rbenv install and system wide install
#!/bin/bash
# CentOS rbenv system wide installation script
# Forked from https://gist.github.com/1237417
# Installs rbenv system wide on CentOS 5/6, also allows single user installs.
# Install pre-requirements
yum install -y gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libyaml-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel \
make bzip2 autoconf automake libtool bison iconv-devel git-core
@killercup
killercup / README.md
Created March 16, 2012 11:03
Unicorn, RVM Wrapper, Init.d

You have your Rails Apps with specific Gemsets in RVM.

The following commands creates a wrapped unicorn_rails bin. Be sure to replace the variables and that you have unicorn in your bundle.

rvmsudo rvm wrapper [RUBY VERSION]@[GEMSET] [GEMSET] unicorn_rails

Now you have a /usr/local/rvm/bin/[GEMSET]_unicorn_rails I will refer to [GEMSET]_unicorn_rails as [WRAPPED_NAME]

@halkeye
halkeye / sorted_json.rb
Created April 2, 2012 23:13
Puppet module for outputting json in a sorted consistent way
#
# sorted_json.rb
# Puppet module for outputting json in a sorted consistent way. I use it for creating config files with puppet
require 'json'
def sorted_json(json)
if (json.kind_of? String)
return json.to_json
elsif (json.kind_of? Array)
@futuremill-ltd
futuremill-ltd / gist:2318876
Created April 6, 2012 11:00
Building Ruby 1.9.3 package for Debian Squeeze
# From a fresh install of squeeze
apt-get install ruby rubygems # Need ruby to use fpm
gem1.8 install fpm --no-ri --no-rdoc
apt-get install build-essential openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev ncurses-dev libyaml-dev
wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p125.tar.gz
tar -zxvf ruby-1.9.3-p125.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.9.3-p125
rm -rf /tmp/ruby193
@stevenh512
stevenh512 / gitconfig-git
Created June 11, 2012 10:51
URL rewriting in .gitconfig
# Use git and git+ssh instead of https
[url "git://github.com/"]
insteadOf = https://github.com/
[url "git@github.com:"]
pushInsteadOf = "git://github.com/"
[url "git@github.com:"]
pushInsteadOf = "https://github.com/"
@amejiarosario
amejiarosario / rails_migration_cheatsheet.md
Created June 18, 2012 21:40
Rails Migration - Cheatsheet
@jordelver
jordelver / gist:3073101
Created July 8, 2012 22:06
Set the Mac OS X SOCKS proxy on the command line

Set the Mac OS X SOCKS proxy on the command line

a.k.a. what to do when your ISP starts blocking sites :(

Set the SOCKS proxy to local SSH tunnel

networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "Ethernet" localhost 8080

To clear the domain and port

@earthgecko
earthgecko / bash.generate.random.alphanumeric.string.sh
Last active February 11, 2026 10:15
shell/bash generate random alphanumeric string
#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)
# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1