Jesse Hallett hallettj

Software Engineer @hallettj@hachyderm.io

hallettj / gist:603

Created July 22, 2008 02:08

Hello, world!

hallettj / global-variables-are-bad.js

Created February 14, 2009 21:15

How and why to avoid global variables in JavaScript

	// It is important to declare your variables.

	(function() {
	var foo = 'Hello, world!';
	print(foo); //=> Hello, world!
	})();

	// Because if you don't, the become global variables.

	(function() {

hallettj / bash-prompt.sh

Created May 10, 2009 23:55

	# My bash prompt. Displays the currently checked out git
	# branch and the exit status of the last command.
	#
	# This is adapted from various sources, including colors
	# from Lifehacker and exit status and git branch indicators
	# from Igal Koshevoy <http://gist.github.com/109520>.
	#
	# To use copy and paste this code into your .bashrc file.

	function prompt {

hallettj / gist:139596

Created July 2, 2009 17:11

	...
	Loading package cgi-3001.1.7.1 ... linking ... done.
	Loading package ansi-terminal-0.5.0 ... linking ... done.
	Loading package ansi-wl-pprint-0.5.0 ... linking ... done.
	[24 of 25] Compiling Hack.Contrib.Middleware.Lucky ( src/Hack/Contrib/Middleware/Lucky.hs, dist/build/Hack/Contrib/Middleware/Lucky.o )
	[25 of 25] Compiling Hack.Contrib.Middleware.ShowStatus ( src/Hack/Contrib/Middleware/ShowStatus.hs, dist/build/Hack/Contrib/Middleware/ShowStatus.o )

	src/Hack/Contrib/Middleware/ShowStatus.hs:56:53:
	Couldn't match expected type `String -> String'
	against inferred type `[Char]'

hallettj / transcode_for_vimeo.sh

Created July 7, 2009 08:56

	# Command to transcode HD video for upload to Vimeo. This assumes that the video started with appropriate dimensions and frame rate.

	ffmpeg -i bdd.MP4 -an -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -vpre fastfirstpass -b 5000k -bt 5000k -g 30 -threads 0 -y -f null /dev/null && ffmpeg -i bdd.MP4 -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -pass 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre hq -b 5000k -bt 5000k -g 30 -threads 0 -y -f mp4 bdd.prepared.mp4

hallettj / cross-site-ajax.html

Created July 23, 2009 00:52

	<!-- This is an example of how to make cross site Ajax requests using the new
	W3C Access Control API described at:
	https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTTP_Access_Control

	This is the client-side implementation. Use the cs_xhr and cs_load functions to
	perform cross-site Ajax requests. -->

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>

hallettj / length.hs

Created August 2, 2009 10:15

	-- Defines a data type, `Length a`, with different constructors to represent
	-- different units of length. Comparisons and arithmetic can be performed with
	-- this type and mismatched units are converted automatically.
	--
	-- For example,
	--
	-- Feet 3 + Meters 1 => Meters 1.9146341463414633

	data Length = Meters Double \| Kilometers Double \| Feet Double \| Miles Double

hallettj / couch_foo_overview.rb

Created August 4, 2009 19:27

	require 'couch_foo'

	## Setup code. Put this in an initializer to set up a database connection.

	CouchFoo::Base.set_database(:host => "http://localhost:5984",
	:database => "couch_foo_example")

	# Uncomment this line if you are using Rails
	#CouchFoo::Base.logger = Rails.logger

hallettj / length.hs

Created August 11, 2009 08:03

	-- Performing calculations on measurements of length using Haskell types. The
	-- winning solution created collaboratively at @pdxfunc.
	--
	-- August 10, 2009
	--
	-- When arithmetic is performed on mixed length units, the result will be
	-- measured with the smallest unit in the expression.
	--
	-- Usage:
	--

hallettj / gist:287587

Created January 27, 2010 06:28