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require 'rest-client'
require 'json'
require 'pry'

require 'awesome_print'

url = "http://www.mashable.com/stories.json"
response = RestClient.get(url)
document = JSON.load(response)

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Drinks

• domestic beer
• micro beer
• blackberry brandy
• whiskey
• soda
• water

Food

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<form method="GET">
    <input name="test" />
    <a id="button">submit</a>
</form>
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script>
  $('#button').click(function() {
	  $('form').submit();
	})
</script>

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Setting up a blog with rspec and mongo_mapper following BDD

Add gems

Install necessary gems:

gem 'mongo_mapper', github: 'jnunemaker/mongomapper'
gem 'bson_ext'

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require 'rest-client'
require 'json'
require 'open-uri'

origin = URI::encode("1520 2nd ST, Santa Monica, CA")
destination = URI::encode("Las Vegas")
url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=#{origin}&destination=#{destination}&sensor=false"
resp = RestClient.get(url)
directions = JSON.parse(resp)

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Installing Rails on OSX Mavericks

Install homebrew. You should be prompted to install the Xcode Command Line Tools.

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"

Make sure it is setup appropriately:

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class Fixnum
  define_method :+ do |i|
    rand(100) == 42 ? 42 : i - -self
  end
end

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class Fixnum
  def random_number_between_oneAndTEN!(yaSuRE)  
    if yaSuRE == 'ya dude!'
      return rand(10)
    else  
      raise 'YA GATTA TYPE YA DUDE!!!!!!!'
    end
  end
end

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mkdir mynewapp
cd mynewapp
echo "{}" > package.json

npm install --global gulp
npm install --save-dev gulp
npm install --save-dev gulp-less

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var gulp = require('gulp');
var less = require('gulp-less');

gulp.task('less', function() {
  return gulp.src('css/app.less')
    .pipe(less())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});