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larsar / char_converter.rb

Created June 4, 2014 10:21 — forked from pithyless/char_converter.rb

	# config/initializers/char_converter.rb
	require 'uri'

	module Support
	class CharConverter

	SANITIZE_ENV_KEYS = [
	"HTTP_COOKIE", # bad cookie encodings kill rack: https://github.com/rack/rack/issues/225
	"HTTP_REFERER",
	"PATH_INFO",

larsar / char_converter.rb

Created June 4, 2014 10:04 — forked from phoet/char_converter.rb

	# config/initializers/char_converter.rb
	require 'uri'

	module Support
	class CharConverter

	def initialize(app)
	@app = app
	end

larsar / postgres_upgrade

Created March 25, 2014 18:40 — forked from cloud8421/postgres_upgrade

	Steps to install and run PostgreSQL 9.3 using Homebrew (Mac OS X)
	(if you aren't using version 9.2.4, change to the correct version)

	launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist
	mv /usr/local/var/postgres /usr/local/var/postgres92
	brew upgrade postgresql
	initdb /usr/local/var/postgres -E utf8
	pg_upgrade -b /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.2.4/bin -B /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.3.0/bin -d /usr/local/var/postgres92 -D /usr/local/var/postgres
	launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist

larsar / authentications_controller.rb

Created November 21, 2013 12:33

FEIDE authentication controllers for Rails, using "omniauth". Code written mostly by Christian Martin. https://github.com/cmartin81

	class AuthenticationsController < ApplicationController
	def index
	if current_user
	@authentications = current_user.authentications
	else
	redirect_to root_path
	end
	end

	def create

larsar / delayed_job_airbrake.rb

Created November 20, 2013 11:04 — forked from granth/delayed_job_airbrake.rb

	module Delayed
	module Plugins
	class Airbrake < Plugin
	module Notify
	def error(job, error)
	::Airbrake.notify_or_ignore(error)
	super
	end
	end

larsar / latitude.py

Created July 14, 2013 22:32 — forked from bluemaex/latitude.py

	import os
	import simplejson
	import subprocess
	import datetime

	f = open('latitude.json', 'r')
	locdata = simplejson.loads(f.read());

	fd = open('latitude.gpx', 'w')
	fd.write("""# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>

larsar / wait_for_bg_process.sh

Created May 28, 2013 10:22

Example shell script for forking processes in parallell and then waiting for them to finish.

	#!/bin/bash

	pids=()

	# Snooooze for two seconds
	function do_stuff {
	sleep 2
	}

	# Starts 10 processes

larsar / dynamic_layout_application_controller.rb

Last active December 15, 2015 04:39

Multiple layouts based on request parameter in Rails. Layout in URL parameter overrides cookies.

	class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
	layout :resolve_layout
	# ....


	private

	def resolve_layout
	layout \|\|= params[:layout]
	layout \|\|= cookies[:layout]

larsar / syslog.py

Created March 19, 2013 12:43

Syslogging from Python

	import logging
	from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler import socket

	def syslogger(hostname, tag):
	logger = logging.getLogger()
	logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
	syslog = SysLogHandler(address=('syslogserver', 514), facility="local4")
	formatter = logging.Formatter(hostname + ' ' + tag + ' %(levelname)s %(message)s')
	syslog.setFormatter(formatter)
	logger.addHandler(syslog)

larsar / add_sendgrid_recipient_list_with_non_duplicates.rb

Created March 8, 2013 21:59

Adds email,name from a csv file to a new Sendgrid recipient list. Only emails that are not already on an existing recipient list are added to the new one.

	require 'CSV'
	require 'rest_client'
	require 'json'

	USERNAME=""
	PASSWORD=""
	URL_POSTFIX = "&api_user=#{USERNAME}&api_key=#{PASSWORD}"
	SOURCE_LIST=""
	NEW_LIST=""
	CSV_FILE=""

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