Kyle Tolle kyletolle

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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Here's an example of how to embed a Gist on GitHub Pages:

{% gist 5555251 %}

All you need to do is copy and paste the Gist's ID from the URL (here 5555251), and add it to a gist tag surrounded by {% and %}.

Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

	{
	"AL": "Alabama",
	"AK": "Alaska",
	"AS": "American Samoa",
	"AZ": "Arizona",
	"AR": "Arkansas",
	"CA": "California",
	"CO": "Colorado",
	"CT": "Connecticut",
	"DE": "Delaware",

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	uninstall() {
	list=`gem list --no-versions`
	for gem in $list; do
	gem uninstall $gem -aIx
	done
	gem list
	gem install bundler
	}

	# Example from: http://snipplr.com/view/37063/

	include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

	# set host in default_url_options:
	default_url_options[:host] = "localhost"

	# can then use:
	url_for()

	<p>Hello

	<script>
	var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
	xhr.open('GET', '/stream');
	xhr.seenBytes = 0;

	xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
	console.log("state change.. state: "+ xhr.readyState);

	--colour
	-I app