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@mudge
mudge / gist:163332
Created August 6, 2009 14:19
A Ruby method to validate UK postcodes.
# Validate a UK postcode using a modified version of the official
# regular expression provided by
# http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/schemaHtml/bs7666-v2-0-xsd-PostCodeType.htm
#
# @param [String] postcode the postcode to validate
# @return [Boolean] true if the postcode is valid, false if not
def is_valid_postcode?(postcode)
!!(postcode =~ /^\s*((GIR\s*0AA)|((([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-PR-UWYZ][0-9][A-HJKSTUW])|([A-PR-UWYZ][A-HK-Y][0-9][ABEHMNPRVWXY]))))\s*[0-9][ABD-HJLNP-UW-Z]{2}))\s*$/i)
end
@michaelt
michaelt / latex.template
Created June 9, 2011 21:23
Simple Pandoc default.latex with comments
%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
% The declaration of the document class:
% The second line here, i.e.
% \documentclass[12pt]{scrartcl}
% is a standard LaTeX document class declaration:
% we say what kind of document we are making in curly brackets,
% and specify any options in square brackets.
@cobyism
cobyism / gh-pages-deploy.md
Last active November 19, 2025 15:18
Deploy to `gh-pages` from a `dist` folder on the master branch. Useful for use with [yeoman](http://yeoman.io).

Deploying a subfolder to GitHub Pages

Sometimes you want to have a subdirectory on the master branch be the root directory of a repository’s gh-pages branch. This is useful for things like sites developed with Yeoman, or if you have a Jekyll site contained in the master branch alongside the rest of your code.

For the sake of this example, let’s pretend the subfolder containing your site is named dist.

Step 1

Remove the dist directory from the project’s .gitignore file (it’s ignored by default by Yeoman).

@lmullen
lmullen / Makefile
Last active June 11, 2025 22:04
PDF slides and handouts using Pandoc and Beamer
SLIDES := $(patsubst %.md,%.md.slides.pdf,$(wildcard *.md))
HANDOUTS := $(patsubst %.md,%.md.handout.pdf,$(wildcard *.md))
all : $(SLIDES) $(HANDOUTS)
%.md.slides.pdf : %.md
pandoc $^ -t beamer --slide-level 2 -o $@
%.md.handout.pdf : %.md
pandoc $^ -t beamer --slide-level 2 -V handout -o $@
@bobbygrace
bobbygrace / trello-css-guide.md
Last active September 27, 2025 06:29
Trello CSS Guide

Hello, visitors! If you want an updated version of this styleguide in repo form with tons of real-life examples… check out Trellisheets! https://github.com/trello/trellisheets


Trello CSS Guide

“I perfectly understand our CSS. I never have any issues with cascading rules. I never have to use !important or inline styles. Even though somebody else wrote this bit of CSS, I know exactly how it works and how to extend it. Fixes are easy! I have a hard time breaking our CSS. I know exactly where to put new CSS. We use all of our CSS and it’s pretty small overall. When I delete a template, I know the exact corresponding CSS file and I can delete it all at once. Nothing gets left behind.”

You often hear updog saying stuff like this. Who’s updog? Not much, who is up with you?

@jagrosh
jagrosh / Github Webhook Tutorial.md
Last active November 21, 2025 07:35
Simple Github -> Discord webhook

Step 1 - Make a Discord Webhook

  1. Find the Discord channel in which you would like to send commits and other updates

  2. In the settings for that channel, find the Webhooks option and create a new webhook. Note: Do NOT give this URL out to the public. Anyone or service can post messages to this channel, without even needing to be in the server. Keep it safe! WebhookDiscord

Step 2 - Set up the webhook on Github

  1. Navigate to your repository on Github, and open the Settings Settings
@sadiqmmm
sadiqmmm / application.html.erb
Created August 18, 2017 09:29 — forked from the-bass/application.html.erb
Using Google Analytics with Rails 5 and Turbolinks 5. This code is taken from the conversation between @preetpalS and @packagethief on https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks/issues/73.
<%# Put this code snippet between the <head></head>-tags in your application layout and %>
<%# replace 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X' with your own unique Google Analytics Tracking ID %>
<%# ... %>
<head>
<%# ... %>
<% if Rails.env.production? %>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),

If .DS_Store was never added to your git repository, simply add it to your .gitignore file.

If you don't have one, create a file called

.gitignore

In your the root directory of your app and simply write

@mayo
mayo / instagram_import.py
Last active May 29, 2021 19:02
Import instagram data into a static site (Jekyll, Hugo, Hana, Metalsmith, etc)
import codecs
from datetime import datetime
import json
import os
import posixpath
import re
import shutil
import sys
# This script will import your instagram photos to your static site. It should work for most, assuming you customize the POST_TEMPLATE to match what your site uses.
@carolynvs
carolynvs / .gitconfig
Last active October 19, 2022 14:44
git wip - Show what branches you have been working on lately
[alias]
wip = for-each-ref --sort='authordate:iso8601' --format=' %(color:green)%(authordate:relative)%09%(color:white)%(refname:short)' refs/heads