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# An extension to the Hash class to inspect what it is made of
class Hash
  def whatami
    keys.inject({}) do |hash, key|
      hash[key] = case self[key].class.to_s
      when "Hash"
        self[key].whatami
      when "Array"
        self[key].map do |item|
          

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# Simple extension to string to cut out the middle and leave the beginning and end
class String
  def middle_truncate(n, options={})
    return self if self.length <= n
    elipses = options.delete(:elipses) || 3
    side = (n/2 - elipses/2)
    left_side = (elipses % 2 == 0) ? side : side+1
    left, right = self[0..left_side], self[(self.length-side+elipses)..self.length]
    elipses_text = "." * elipses
    return "#{left}#{elipses_text}#{right}"

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require "rubygems"
require "crack"
xml = <<-XML
<parent_node>
  <content>
    <item attr1="test">this is a string that ruins my life</item>
    <item attr1="i am an attribute and i live nicely in the world of hashes" />
  </content>
</parent_node>
XML

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#!/bin/bash

echo "Setting up chef..."

sudo apt-get -y update  
sudo apt-get -y install ruby ruby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 rdoc ri irb build-essential wget ssl-cert

cd /tmp
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/57643/rubygems-1.3.4.tgz
tar zxf rubygems-1.3.4.tgz

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User.find(:all, :conditions =>  "created_at BETWEEN '2004-01-01 12:00:00' AND 2005-01-01 12:00:00")

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def pph(hash, depth=0, output="")
  if hash.is_a?(Hash)
    carriage_return = depth > 0 ? "\n" : ""
    output <<  carriage_return
    hash.each do |key, val| 
      output <<   "\t" * depth + "#{key}\t=>\t#{pph(val, depth+1)}"
    end
  elsif hash.is_a?(Array)
    return "["+hash.join(", ")+"]" +"\n"
  else

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Author  => Jason Amster
# Email => [email protected]
# Time.now => Thu Jul 16 17:33:50 -0400 2009
# Purpose => To get those friggin error codes off of Authorize.net and into somthing i can actually use

require 'rubygems'
require "activesupport"
require 'hpricot'
require 'open-uri'

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#
# bash completion support for core Git.
#
# Copyright (C) 2006,2007 Shawn O. Pearce <[email protected]>
# Conceptually based on gitcompletion (http://gitweb.hawaga.org.uk/).
# Distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.0.
#
# The contained completion routines provide support for completing:
#
#    *) local and remote branch names

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while 1
  unixtime =  Time.new.strftime('%s')
  if Integer(unixtime) > 1234567890
    puts "HOORAAAYYYY Unix Time > 1234567890 - #{unixtime}" 
  else
    puts "Booooo Unix Time not yet #{unixtime}"
  end
  sleep 1
end

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# EXTRACTED FROM THIS THREAD: 
# http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/879-finding-the-days-weeks-months-years-between-two-dates
require "rubygems"
require "activesupport"
#activesupport is necessary for Date.parse (I think)

class Date
  def self.days_between(start, finish)
    (finish - start).to_i
  end