dergachev

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:

fomigo

<?php

try {
	$pdo = new PDO(
		'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test_database',
		'username',
		'password',
		array(
			PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
			PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8'

theturtle32

Compiling/Installing Node 0.8.4 (and Python 2.6, required by Node) on CentOS 5

Update system packages -- will migrate system forward to CentOS 5.8. (Optional?)

$ sudo yum update

Install the EPEL Repo:

moklett

Unfortunately, the Cisco AnyConnect client for Mac conflicts with Pow. And by "conflicts", I mean it causes a grey-screen-of-death kernel panic anytime you connect to the VPN and Pow is installed.

As an alternative, there is OpenConnect, a command-line client for Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN.

Here's how to get it set up on Mac OS X:

1. OpenConnect can be installed via homebrew:

    brew update
   

brew install openconnect

saetia

OS X Preferences

---

most of these require logout/restart to take effect

# Enable character repeat on keydown
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# Set a shorter Delay until key repeat

kbond

Install git:

sudo apt-get install git

Configure Git:

touch ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email "Your Email"

pksunkara

[user]
	name = Pavan Kumar Sunkara
	email = [email protected]
	username = pksunkara
[init]
	defaultBranch = master
[core]
	editor = nvim
	whitespace = fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol
	pager = delta