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lian / scrot.rb

Created November 1, 2010 20:48

	# % ruby scrot.rb /tmp/screenshot.png
	# scrot.rb uses xlib + imlib via ffi to capture screenshots.
	require 'ffi'

	module X11
	extend FFI::Library
	ffi_lib 'X11'
	attach_function :XOpenDisplay, [:string], :pointer
	attach_function :XFlush, [:pointer], :pointer

lian / goog_loc.rb

Created October 31, 2010 23:52

	# lookup coords by name or mac address via google.. (evented)

	require 'cgi'
	require 'json'
	require 'eventmachine'

	module Goog
	module Location
	class Name < EM::Connection
	Head = <<-TEXT

lian / ffi-facedetect.rb

Created March 17, 2010 02:21

	# stripped cvHaarDetectObjects version of ffi-opencv
	# % pacman -S opencv (tested/updated for 2.3.1)
	# % ruby ffi-facedetect.rb some.png

	require 'ffi'

	module OpenCv
	extend FFI::Library
	ffi_lib 'opencv_objdetect'

lian / gist:291979

Created February 1, 2010 20:20

	require 'ffi-tk'
	require 'bacon'

	Tk.init

	b = lambda {
	describe 'Tk.root.tk_inactive' do
	it 'resets' do
	inactive = Tk.root.tk_inactive
	inactive.should > 0

lian / ffi-flite-0.rb

Last active September 4, 2015 08:04

	# SEE: https://github.com/lian/ffi-flite

	require 'ffi'

	module FFI::Flite
	extend FFI::Library
	ffi_lib_flags(:lazy, :global)
	ffi_lib [ 'smixer-sbase', '/usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-sbase.so'], [ 'flite' ]

	attach_function :init, :flite_init, [], :int

lian / teeworlds_srv_stat.rb

Created January 24, 2010 19:37

	require 'socket'

	# ..old method found in my teeworlds-svn dir
	def query_teeworlds_server(ip="localhost",port="8303")
	s = UDPSocket.new; s.bind("0.0.0.0", 8304)
	s.send("\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xffgief", 0, ip, port); sleep 0.2
	response = s.recvfrom_nonblock(1024); s.close
	ar = response[0][20..-1].split "\000"
	player = ar[7..-1]
	players = {}

lian / nasa_soho_view.rb

Created January 21, 2010 10:16

	#!/bin/env ruby
	# http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/

	SOHO_URL = "http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/%s"
	MPLAYER_CMD = 'mplayer -ao null -really-quiet -geometry %ix%i+%i+%i %s -loop %i -speed %s &'
	SOHO_ETI = {
	'ETI_171' => { filename: 'current_eit_171small.mpg' },
	#'ETI_195' => { filename: 'current_eit_195small.mpg' },
	'ETI_284' => { filename: 'current_eit_284small.mpg' },
	'ETI_304' => { filename: 'current_eit_304small.mpg' },

lian / gist:117965

Created May 26, 2009 08:55

	// $ curl http://localhost:8090/hello/world
	{
	"hello" : "world!",
	"log" : "BackgroundColor changed, wohooo!"
	}


	//== API Syntax Choices

lian / gist:95254

Created April 14, 2009 16:02

	http://vimeo.com/3324904 =>
	http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop/load/clip:3324904 =>
	<request_signature>2bc05a3a2f36cd94be799f52c5f09e3a</request_signature>
	<request_signature_expires>1239724800</request_signature_expires>
	=> flashvideo link: http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop/play/clip:3324904/2bc05a3a2f36cd94be799f52c5f09e3a/1239724800/?q=sd

lian / Development Approaches

Created February 28, 2009 03:09

	== Development Approaches

	Asshole Driven development (ADD) - Any team where the biggest jerk makes all the big decisions is asshole driven development. All wisdom, logic or process goes out the window when Mr. Asshole is in the room, doing whatever idiotic, selfish thing he thinks is best. There may rules and processes, but Mr. A breaks them and people follow anyway.

	Cognitive Dissonance development (CDD) - In any organization where there are two or more divergent beliefs on how software should be made. The tension between those beliefs, as it's fought out in various meetings and individual decisions by players on both sides, defines the project more than any individual belief itself.

	Cover Your Ass Engineering (CYAE) - The driving force behind most individual efforts is to make sure than when the shit hits the fan, they are not to blame.

	Development By Denial (DBD) - Everybody pretends there is a method for what's being done, and that things are going ok, when in reality, things are a mess and th

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