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request = require('request')
cheerio = require('cheerio')
builder = require('xmlbuilder')
podcast = require('podcast')
_ = require('underscore')

# scrape website for latest episode number
request 'http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/hr', (err, resp, body) ->
  $ = cheerio.load(body)
  episodes = []

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

##
# This script searches the (unofficial) Jawbone API for new meal checkins and posts
# them to Foursquare. Set your crontab to run it hourly for best results.
#
# I'm kind of hoping Jawbone adds this functionality to the Up app in the near
# future, because, let's be honest, this is pretty kludgy.
#
# `gem install httparty foursquare2` to begin

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<?php

/**
 * This is a quick and dirty implementation of Foursquare's OAuth 2.0 flow. It handles the 
 * auth redirect and code exchange, and spits out a user access token.
 *
 * See https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/auth.html for more info.
 *
 * @author Ken Mickles
 */

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  def lazy_image_tag(src, options = {})
    options["data-original"] = image_path(src)
    options[:class] = "lazy #{options[:class]}"

    image_tag("lazy.png", options)
  end

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# For an active auction, use:
=IMPORTXML("http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140888284446", "//span[@itemprop='price']")

# For a completed auction, use:
=IMPORTXML("http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140888284446", "//span[@class='vi-VR-cvipPrice']")

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# tail log file with timestamp
tail -f log/production.log | awk '{now=strftime("%F %T%z\t");sub(/^/, now);print}' | grep something

# determine when a git branch was created
git show --summary `git merge-base new_map master`

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<?php

/*

This file contains a multidimensional array of products that we're using as the data source for our store

*/

$products = array(
	array(

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SELECT * FROM table WHERE NOT HEX(column) REGEXP '^([0-7][0-9A-F])*$'

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Get Mountain Lion and Homebrew to Be Happy

1) Install XCode 4.4 into /Applications

Get it from http://developer.apple.com. You will not be able to submit apps to any stores using this XCode version, so turn away if that is something you might want to do.

2) Install Command Line Tools

In XCode's Preferences > Downloads you can install command line tools.

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# ascii art
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC ~/Desktop/Jon.m3u -V caca

# gradient cartoon
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC ~/Desktop/Jon.m3u -Z -L --no-video-deco --no-embedded-video --width=640 --height=360 --mirror-split=0 --gradient-mode=edge --gradient-cartoon --blur-factor=80 --video-filter=mirror:gradient:motionblur

# twilight zones
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC ~/Desktop/Jon.m3u -L --no-video-deco --no-embedded-video --width=640 --height=360  --colorthres-color=16711680 --colorthres-saturationthres=20 --colorthres-similaritythres=15 --rotate-angle=180 --video-filter=colorthres --vout-filter=transform --transform-type=hflip --rate=2.0

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC ~/Desktop/Jon.m3u -L --no-video-deco --no-embedded-video --width=640 --height=360  --colorthres-color=255 --colorthres-saturationthres=20 --colorthres-similaritythres=15 --rotate-angle=180 --video-filter=colorthres  --rate=2.0