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@eric-hu
eric-hu / Open iterm tab here
Last active March 11, 2022 02:45
Apple script to open an iterm2 tab from right-clicking on a file or folder in Finder. To use: (1) Open Automator (2) Create a new service (3) Change "Service receives selected" drop downs to "Files or folders" in "Finder" (4) Select "Run applescript" from the sidebar, then paste this script in and save
-- Adapted from these sources:
-- http://peterdowns.com/posts/open-iterm-finder-service.html
-- https://gist.github.com/cowboy/905546
--
-- Modified to work with files as well, cd-ing to their container folder
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
set my_file to first item of input
set filetype to (kind of (info for my_file))
-- Treats OS X applications as files. To treat them as folders, integrate this SO answer:
@wacko
wacko / gist:5577187
Last active July 13, 2024 00:48
SSH between Mac OS X host and Virtual Box guest

On Mac OS (host):

Shutdown your VM and do:

VirtualBox > Settings > Network > Add (you will get vboxnet0)

On a terminal ifconfig will show you new interface vboxnet0

VM's Settings > System > check "Enable I/O APIC." VM's Settings > Network > Adapter 2 > host-only vboxnet0

@afternoon
afternoon / xmltest.erl
Created February 22, 2013 15:41
Examples of generating XML with Erlang's xmerl library.
-module(xmltest).
-compile(export_all).
-include_lib("xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl").
%% @doc Helper function to generate XML from a data structure and print it
serialize(Data) ->
Xml = lists:flatten(xmerl:export_simple(Data, xmerl_xml)),
io:format("~s~n", [Xml]).
@amitsaha
amitsaha / ioctl_demo.c
Created January 18, 2013 07:56
Get sector size, etc using ioctl()
/* Relevant:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2012-10/msg00018.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8416241/block-device-information-without-mounting-in-linux
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
@madrobby
madrobby / gist:3202087
Created July 29, 2012 22:01
Fallback to PNG if SVG is not supported
<!-- example for the http://retinafy.me ebook -->
<style>
div.rss {
background: url(rss.svg);
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
}
body.no-svg div.rss {
@jlong
jlong / uri.js
Created April 20, 2012 13:29
URI Parsing with Javascript
var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";
parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port; // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search; // => "?search=test"
parser.hash; // => "#hash"
parser.host; // => "example.com:3000"
http:request(get, {"http://hostname/resource", [{"Authorization", "Basic " ++ base64:encode_to_string("username:password")}]}, [], []).