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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Creating PDF thumbnails in PHP

Install Ghostscript

Download and install right version of ghostscript. In my case my PHP was x86 architecture, so I download Ghostscript 9.14 for Windows (32 bit).

	#!/bin/bash

	if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" -o -z "$1" ]; then cat <<EOF
	appify v3.0.1 for Mac OS X - http://mths.be/appify
	Creates the simplest possible Mac app from a shell script.

	Appify takes a shell script as its first argument:

	`basename "$0"` my-script.sh

	EAS 001 George Eastman Hall
	RIA 002 Frank Ritter Arena
	CLK 003 George H. Clark Gymnasium
	SAU 004 Student Alumni Union
	WAL 005 Wallace Library
	LBR 006 Liberal Arts Hall
	UNI/VIG 007A University Gallery/Vignelli Center for Design Studies
	GAN 007B Frank E. Gannett Hall
	GOS 008 Thomas Gosnell Hall
	GLE 009 James E. Gleason Hall

	#!python

	"""See main.__doc__"""

	import os
	import logging
	import glob
	import unittest
	import sys

	// Just before switching jobs:
	// Add one of these.
	// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
	//
	// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
	// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
	// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
	//
	// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
	// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

	<?php

	namespace LM\Bundle\CoreBundle\Controller;

	use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
	use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
	use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

	class AppController extends Controller
	{

	public class Foo {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	String x = "This is weird: \u0022\u003B\u0069\u006E\u0074\u0020\u0079\u003D\u0031\u002F\u0030\u003B\u0078\u003D\u0022???";
	System.out.println("x = " + x);
	}
	}