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peplin / recipe.rb
Created July 10, 2010 01:30
S3 File Resource for Chef
# Source accepts the protocol s3:// with the host as the bucket
# access_key_id and secret_access_key are just that
s3_file "/var/bulk/the_file.tar.gz" do
source "s3://your.bucket/the_file.tar.gz"
access_key_id your_key
secret_access_key your_secret
owner "root"
group "root"
mode 0644
end
@bryanl
bryanl / campfire-emoji.txt
Created January 27, 2011 16:34
campfire emoji
Surround these with : e.g. :calling:
+1
-1
bulb
calling
clap
cop
email
feet
:+1:
:-1:
:airplane:
:art:
:bear:
:beer:
:bike:
:bomb:
:book:
:bulb:
@rtomayko
rtomayko / optparse-template.rb
Last active June 3, 2023 03:16
Ruby optparse template
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#/ Usage: <progname> [options]...
#/ How does this script make my life easier?
# ** Tip: use #/ lines to define the --help usage message.
$stderr.sync = true
require 'optparse'
# default options
flag = false
option = "default value"
@davist11
davist11 / gist:1204569
Last active July 1, 2024 02:51
Campfire sounds
56k: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/56k.gif"
bell: ":bell:"
bezos: ":laughing::thought_balloon:"
bueller: "anyone?"
butts: ":open_hands: :smoking:"
clowntown: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/clowntown.gif"
cottoneyejoe: ":notes::hear_no_evil::notes:"
crickets: "hears crickets chirping"
dadgummit: "dad gummit!! :fishing_pole_and_fish:"
dangerzone: "https://123.campfirenow.com/images/dangerzone.png"
@defunkt
defunkt / gitio
Created September 11, 2011 08:11
Turn a github.com URL into a git.io URL.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Usage: gitio URL [CODE]
#
# Turns a github.com URL
# into a git.io URL
#
# Copies the git.io URL to your clipboard.
url = ARGV[0]
code = ARGV[1]
@casualjim
casualjim / recipe.rb
Created October 5, 2011 09:37 — forked from rberger/recipe.rb
S3 File Resource for Chef
# Source accepts the protocol region:// with the host as the bucket
# access_key_id and secret_access_key are just that
# for the eu-west-1 region:
s3_file "/var/bulk/the_file.tar.gz" do
source "s3-eu-west-1://your.bucket/the_file.tar.gz"
access_key_id your_key
secret_access_key your_secret
owner "root"
group "root"
@cpatni
cpatni / app.rb
Created November 21, 2011 22:39
unique calculation using redis
require 'sinatra'
require 'redis'
require 'json'
require 'date'
class String
def &(str)
result = ''
result.force_encoding("BINARY")
@isaacsanders
isaacsanders / Equity.md
Created January 21, 2012 15:32
Joel Spolsky on Equity for Startups

This is a post by Joel Spolsky. The original post is linked at the bottom.

This is such a common question here and elsewhere that I will attempt to write the world's most canonical answer to this question. Hopefully in the future when someone on answers.onstartups asks how to split up the ownership of their new company, you can simply point to this answer.

The most important principle: Fairness, and the perception of fairness, is much more valuable than owning a large stake. Almost everything that can go wrong in a startup will go wrong, and one of the biggest things that can go wrong is huge, angry, shouting matches between the founders as to who worked harder, who owns more, whose idea was it anyway, etc. That is why I would always rather split a new company 50-50 with a friend than insist on owning 60% because "it was my idea," or because "I was more experienced" or anything else. Why? Because if I split the company 60-40, the company is going to fail when we argue ourselves to death. And if you ju

@axelav
axelav / gist:1839777
Created February 15, 2012 22:51 — forked from lucasfais/gist:1207002
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (Mac OS X)

General

⌘T go to file
⌘⌃P go to project
⌘R go to methods
⌃G go to line
⌘KB toggle side bar
⌘⇧P command prompt