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# 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
# The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
#
# 2. www.quotationspage.com/random.php3

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In ruby 1.9, you may see this:
 ->

This combination of hyphen and right-pointy-bracket is sometimes referred to as a "stabby lambda".
Its correct name is actually a "foie gras".

  (o)<      # a duck!

  >(o)      # also a duck

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if [ `date | cut -c 1-3` == 'Wed' ]; then curl -s "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=curry&result_type=recent" | tr ',' '\n' | grep text | head -1 | sed -e "s/\"text\":/ IT'S CURRY DAY:  /"; else echo 'Curry day is Wednesday. There will be no curry today.'; fi

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require 'rtesseract'

def get_image
  system 'curl -s -o image.jpg http://akueats.com/_library/images/cococurry-sign.jpg'
  system 'convert image.jpg -type Grayscale image.tif'
end

def image_contains_curry
  return true if RTesseract.new('image.tif').to_s.downcase.include? 'curry'
  false

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$ mDNS -E
Looking for recommended registration domains:
Talking to DNS SD Daemon at Mach port 6659
16:39:05.117  Recommended Registration Domain local. Added
16:39:05.117  Recommended Registration Domain 218394928.members.btmm.icloud.com. Added
^C
$ ssh washingmachine.218394928.members.btmm.icloud.com
Password:

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require 'sinatra'

CODE_PATH      = '/repo/lives/here'
RVM_COMMAND    = '[[ -s $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm ]] && source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm'
UPDATE_COMMAND = 'git pull'
BUILD_COMMAND  = 'bundle && rake db:migrate && rake'

def log(message='')
  File.open('build.log', 'a') {|log| log.puts "#{Time.now.utc} #{message}" }
end

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Let's say you found yourself stranded on an island inhabited only by hungry wolves. And let's say these wolves were not regular wolves, but they were special wolves who, for some reason, very much like the sound of Neil Young but with much more wah pedal. They don't mind regular Neil Young, but they find Neil-Young-but-with-much-more-wah irresistable. There is a small boat with which you could make your escape, if only you could get past this pack of pesky unusual wolves.

To your North is a PA system with about 5000 watts of power (RMS) and you are confident this could draw the wolves away from your escape boat, if only you had a recording of Neil-Young-but-with-much-more-wah. Next to the mixer is a tape deck. Considering a somehow-working PA system with a tape deck to be less weird than a pack of wolves with particular muscial taste, you investigate.

You find two tapes: Nirvana and Pearl Jam. You look at the wolves, snarling and doing other sorts of general threatening wolf business, and look back at the t

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import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName:'Ember Twiddle'
});