kylev

02:53 <@kylev> anyone awake?
02:55 <@emopants> no
02:55 <@kylev> can you reach www.change.org?
02:56 <@emopants> no
02:56 <@emopants> 10  AMAZON.COM.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.79.22.2)  95.528 ms 
                  AMAZONCOM.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.79.22.10)  96.821 ms 
                  AMAZONCOM.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.79.230.46)  96.502 ms
02:56 <@emopants> 11  * * *
02:57 <@emopants> looks like the amazon cloud is angry
02:57 <@emopants>  8  vadata-gw.ip4.tinet.net (173.241.128.46)  114.560 ms  112.409 ms  

kylev

diff --git a/lib/core_extensions/action_controller_request.rb b/lib/core_extensions/action_controller_request.rb
index fcd578c..08bdd4a 100644
--- a/lib/core_extensions/action_controller_request.rb
+++ b/lib/core_extensions/action_controller_request.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@ class ActionController::Request
     end
   end
 
+
+  BASE_CHANGE_DOMAIN = ENV['BASE_URL'].split(':')[0]

kylev

DATABASE_YAML = <<-YML
defaults: &defaults
  adapter: mysql2
  username: root
  password:
  host: localhost
  port: 3306

development:
  <<: *defaults

kylev

timed_loop_batch(0.25, 1000, 100) do |batch_size|
  changed = GiantMetric.connection.update_sql("DELETE FROM giant_metrics WHERE created_at <= #{1.month.ago} LIMIT #{batch_size}")
  break if changed < batch_size
end 

kylev

module Capybara
  class Session

    # `execute_script` variant that first waits for jQuery's $ to be defined.
    def execute_jquery(script)
      synchronize_javascript("$ !== 'undefined'")
      execute_script(script)
    end

    # `evaluate_script` variant that first waits for jQuery's $ to be defined.

kylev

class Object
  def wtf!
    raise (self.respond_to?(:pretty_inspect) ? self.pretty_inspect : self.inspect)
  end
end

kylev

# Create happily takes IO-like objects as body.
file = directory.files.create(
  :key    => 'giant_linux_distro.iso',
  :body   => File.open("nightly.iso"), # No ma! No read()!
  :public => true
)

# Get will take a block for streamy goodness.
directory.files.get("giant_thing.bin") do |chunk, remaining, total|
  output.write(chunk)

kylev

 #!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Some members of ruby community continue to misunderstand the interplay of
# signal handlers and exception handling. This is a brief exploration
# via examples. You can run them by uncommenting the invocations at
# the bottom. You can see their behavior with Ctrl-C.
#
# Some of the examples will require a kill -9 from another terminal to
# stop.
#

kylev

function noBar() {
  console.log(bar());
}
// ReferenceError: bar is not defined

function hoistedVar() {
  console.log(bar());

  var bar = function() {
    return 42;

kylev

/**
 * MIDI Visual Metronome
 * 
 * Developed on Sparkfun Uno R3 and Sparkfun MIDI Shield.
 * 
 * Reqires the popular FortySevenEffects MIDI library:
 * https://github.com/FortySevenEffects/arduino_midi_library
 * 
 * The intended application is with MIDI and electronic music in
 * a situation where proper stage or in-ear monitors are not