Peter Chappell peterchappell

1. WHAT ARE THEY?

#!

Also called a shebang (from unix/linux)

The hash bit is self-explanatory.

Apparently journalists way back when referred to exclamations as bangs (presumably it made it easier to send a telegram).

	<!-- 1: First JavaScript snippet (Hello World Button) -->
	<button id="mybutton">Click me</button>

	<script>
	$(document).ready(function() {
	var button = document.getElementById("mybutton");
	button.addEventListener("click", function(event) {
	alert("Hello World");
	});
	});

	// Explicitly save/update a url parameter using HTML5's replaceState().
	function updateQueryStringParam (param, value) {
	var baseUrl = [location.protocol, '//', location.host, location.pathname].join('');
	var urlQueryString = document.location.search;
	var newParam = param + '=' + value;
	var params = '?' + newParam;

	// If the "search" string exists, then build params from it
	if (urlQueryString) {
	var keyRegex = new RegExp('([\?&])' + param + '[^&]*');

	# get version of current kernel
	uname -r

	# get a list of the stored kernels
	dpkg --list \| grep linux-image

	# remove an old kernel
	sudo apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x.x-generic

	# update grub

	using terms from application "Quicksilver"
	on process text log_text
	set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%A %d-%m-%Y'")
	set theTime to (do shell script "date '+%H:%M'")
	set theText to log_text
	if (log_text is equal to "start") then
	set theText to "

	---
	" & theDate & "