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# from http://pushandpop.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/handling-gzip-responses-in-ruby-nethttp.html
# i wanted syntax highlighting

require 'net/http'

debug = Proc.new{|msg| STDERR.puts "[#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}] #{msg}" }

page = nil
http = Net::HTTP.new( "www.google.com", 80 )
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new( "/search?num=20&hl=en&noj=1&q=test&btnG=Search", { "Accept-Encoding" => "gzip", "User-Agent" => "gzip" } )

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# How Clearance / Hoptoad does it
module Clearance
  class << self
    attr_accessor :configuration
  end

  def self.configure
    self.configuration ||= Configuration.new
    yield(configuration)
  end

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require "net/http"
http = Net::HTTP.new("example.com")
http.open_timeout = 2
http.read_timeout = 3 # Must be greater than open_timeout
begin
  http.start
  begin
    http.request_get("/whatever?") do |res|
      res.read_body
    end

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Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

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group :production do
  gem 'unicorn'

  # Enable gzip compression on heroku, but don't compress images.
  gem 'heroku-deflater'

  # Heroku injects it if it's not in there already
  gem 'rails_12factor'
end

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#              bash 4.1.5(1)     Linux Ubuntu 10.04              Date : 2011-08-25
#
# _______________|  httpstatus : get HTTP status code
#
#           Usage:  httpstatus URL [timeout] [--code or --status] [see 4.]
#                                                       ^message with code (default) 
#                                             ^code (numeric only)
#                                  ^in secs (default: 3)
#                              ^URL without "http://" prefix works fine.

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require 'aws/s3'
require 'digest/md5'
require 'mime/types'

## These are some constants to keep track of my S3 credentials and 
## bucket name. Nothing fancy here.    

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = ENV['S3_KEY']
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = ENV['S3_SECRET']
AWS_BUCKET = ENV['S3_BUCKET']

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# SSL self signed localhost for rails start to finish, no red warnings. 

# 1) Create your private key (any password will do, we remove it below)

$ openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.orig.key 2048


# 2) Remove the password

$ openssl rsa -in server.orig.key -out server.key

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# mysql-style output for an array of ActiveRecord objects
#
# Usage:
#   report(records)  # displays report with all fields
#   report(records, :field1, :field2, ...) # displays report with given fields
#
# Example:
# >> report(records, :id, :amount, :created_at)
# +------+-----------+--------------------------------+
# | id   | amount    | created_at                     |

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#require 'rubygems'
require 'pp'
#require 'ap' # Awesome Print

class Object
  # expects [ [ symbol, *args ], ... ]
  def recursive_send(*args)
    args.inject(self) { |obj, m| obj.send(m.shift, *m) }
  end
end