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norm / pipe_runner
Created April 10, 2011 22:30
run multiple processes that output to named pipes
#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# A script to enable running multiple background processes that output
# to named pipes from one controlling window.
#
# To install:
#
# 1. Install pre-requisite modules from CPAN:
#
# sudo cpanm Capture::Tiny Config::Std Proc::Fork
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norm / gist:969350
Created May 12, 2011 20:18
Patch to cdparanoia
diff --git a/interface/cdda_interface.h b/interface/cdda_interface.h
index 4731c82..912cf4d 100644
--- a/interface/cdda_interface.h
+++ b/interface/cdda_interface.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ typedef struct cdrom_drive{
/* functions specific to particular drives/interfaces */
int (*enable_cdda) (struct cdrom_drive *d, int onoff);
- int (*read_toc) (struct cdrom_drive *d);
+ int (*read_toc) (struct cdrom_drive *d, int quiet);
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norm / s3
Created May 13, 2012 08:38
s3 command line script
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use Modern::Perl;
use Date::Manip;
use File::Basename;
use List::MoreUtils qw( any );
use Net::Amazon::S3;
use Pod::Usage;
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norm / accept_no_meetings_days.md
Last active December 18, 2015 02:48

Accept no meetings days

I operate a policy of having days in which I try hard to not have meetings. If you're reading this, chances are you've looked at my calendar and are wondering what kind of meeting takes all day and happens so frequently. It's not an actual meeting, it is a reservation of the day.

When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.

— Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule by Paul Graham

If you still need to book a meeting with me on a reserved day, go ahead. I'll accept it if I think it's more important than having time for coding and thinking and solving hard problems.

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norm / gist:6140268
Created August 2, 2013 14:28
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norm / custom.css
Last active December 27, 2015 01:49
Mainstream fourth wall display repositories
#pulls li.age-aging,
#pulls li.age-old {
background: #9Fa098;
}
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norm / gist:90aaf23ddd5f546c2680
Created February 19, 2015 11:03
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body, html {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
h1 {
margin: 0 0 2em 0;
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norm / Makefile
Created July 16, 2015 13:50
Minimum Viable Python-only automatic SASS compilation
.PHONY: css
CSS=static/screen.css
css: $(CSS)
clean:
rm $(CSS)
$(CSS): static/%.css: sass/%.scss
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norm / chicken and chorizo gumbo recipe
Last active March 18, 2018 17:26
Takes about two hours to make. Feeds 6-8.
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norm / custom version of cdparanoia.markdown
Last active September 16, 2015 16:32
Custom version of cdparanoia

I have a perl script that [automates ripping and converting CDs][rip]. It uses cdparanoia to get the audio from the CD. cdparanoia has a nice progress bar when ripping, but also outputs a lot of extra guff. If you use -q to quiet the guff, the progress bar also goes away. So I [patch cdparanoia][patch] to have an option to preserve the progress bar when quiet.

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/cdparanoia/cdparanoia-III-10.2.src.tgz
wget https://trac.macports.org/export/70964/trunk/dports/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-paranoia_paranoia.c.10.4.diff

wget https://trac.macports.org/export/70964/trunk/dports/audio/cdparanoia/files/osx_interface.patch