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joho / gist:7238

Created August 26, 2008 09:09 — forked from ryan-allen/gist:7230

joho / gist:21187

Created October 31, 2008 00:10 — forked from macournoyer/gist:20999

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	# Open a new tab in Terminal
	# usage: tab [cmd]
	# If cmd is specified, it will be run in new tab while old tab is reactivated.
	# If no cmd, new tab is activated
	require "rubygems"

	# gem install rb-appscript
	require "appscript"
	include Appscript

joho / with.rb

Created November 18, 2008 03:47 — forked from ryan-allen/with.rb

	# DRY temporary variables that require single use only, without assignment... seems
	# useful for configuration files perhaps? urgh.

	class Object
	def scoped_variable(*objects)
	yield(objects)
	end
	alias scoped_variable scoped_variables
	end

joho / with.rb

Created November 18, 2008 03:51

	# DRY temporary variables that require single use only, without assignment... seems
	# useful for configuration files perhaps? urgh.

	class Object
	def with(object)
	yield(object)
	end
	end

	@reports = []

joho / with.rb

Created November 18, 2008 03:56

	# DRY temporary variables that require single use only, without assignment... seems
	# useful for configuration files perhaps? urgh.

	class Object
	def with(object)
	yield(object)
	end
	end

	@reports = []

joho / with.rb

Created November 18, 2008 05:47 — forked from xaviershay/with.rb

	# DRY temporary variables that require single use only, without assignment... seems
	# useful for configuration files perhaps? urgh.

	class Object
	def with(object)
	yield(object)
	end
	end

	@reports = []

joho / gist:39169

Created December 22, 2008 22:40 — forked from notahat/gist:39132

	value = "Don T Alias"
	first_name, last_name = value.reverse.split(' ', 2).reverse.collect(&:reverse)
	first_name = first_name.to_s
	last_name = last_name.to_s

	# Refactored to take into account Xavier's pathological aversion to case statements:
	last_space_index = value.rindex(' ') \|\| value.size
	first_name, last_name = value[0..last_space_index].strip, value[last_space_index..value.size].strip

	---

joho / gist:47746

Created January 16, 2009 00:56 — forked from lightningdb/gist:47739

	# what is the idiomatic ruby for this:
	# if the var is an array, do_something with each element, otherwise just do something with the var
	# if var.is_a?(Array)
	# var.each do \|element\|
	# do_something(element)
	# end
	# else
	# do_something(var)
	# end

joho / gist:50822

Created January 23, 2009 00:56 — forked from ryan-allen/gist:50818

	# I don't tend to like writing this kind of code:

	if Rails.env == 'development' or Rails.env == 'staging'
	# ...
	end

	# So, an alternative Ruby way to do this is:

	if %w(development staging).include?(Rails.env)
	# ...

joho / gist:76717

Created March 10, 2009 03:55 — forked from lachie/gist:76701