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# hoptoad webistrano recipe
# works with Rails 3

  after "deploy", "deploy:notify_hoptoad"
  after "deploy:migrations", "deploy:notify_hoptoad"

  namespace :deploy do
    desc "Notify Hoptoad of the deployment"
    task :notify_hoptoad do
      rails_env = fetch(:hoptoad_env, fetch(:rails_env, "production"))

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# Copyright 2010, Iain Hecker. All Rights Reserved
# Conway's Game of Life, in one line of Ruby.
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life
# Tested and found working on Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.2
# The grid is spherical or "wrap around", so the left is connected to the right and top to bottom.
#
# Generate a random grid, 30 cells wide and 10 cells high
#
#   grid = "30x10".to_grid 
#

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# IRBRC file by Iain Hecker, http://iain.nl
# put all this in your ~/.irbrc
require 'rubygems'
require 'yaml'

alias q exit

class Object
  def local_methods
    (methods - Object.instance_methods).sort

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class Post

  def initialize(attributes = {})
    @attributes = attributes
  end

  def publishable?
    @attributes[:approved]
  end

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# Writing Genesis in Ruby, for http://www.whatdigitalrevolution.com/?p=119

God = "God"

def God.performs &acts
  instance_eval &acts
end

def God.create *stuff
  "#{self} created #{stuff.join(' and ')}."

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# Without Symbol#to_proc
[1, 2, 3].map { |it| it.to_s }
[3, 4, 5].inject { |memo, it| memo * it }

# With Symbol#to_proc
[1, 2, 3].map(&:to_s)
[3, 4, 5].inject(&:*)

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var MyClass = new Function();

MyClass.prototype = {
   /**
   * bind(Function) -> Function
   *
   * The problem with jQuery is that jQuery methods change +this+ inside their
   * callbacks. This looses your reference to the current object. Pass the
   * callback-function to +bind+ and it fixes it for you.
   *

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require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'config', 'environment')
require 'ya2yaml'

module PrettyYaml
  class << self
    def write(filename, hash)
      File.open(filename, "w") do |f|
        f.write(yaml(hash))
      end
    end

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# This a sample YML file from Rails 2.3. The objective is to propose a yml based on this
# one which will reduce error messsages duplication, as outline in this post:
#
# http://groups.google.com/group/rails-i18n/browse_thread/thread/3085a78831ed8fae
#
# Proposals are available below and also check the forks at the right.
en: 
  activerecord: 
    models: 
      admin: "Admin"

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class ActiveRecord::Base
  named_scope :all, lambda { |*options| options.first || {} }
end