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# If you work with git, you've probably had that nagging sensation of not knowing what branch you are on. Worry no longer!

export PS1="\\w:\$(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '^*' | colrm 1 2)\$ "

# This will change your prompt to display not only your working directory but also your current git branch, if you have one. Pretty nifty!

# ~/code/web:beta_directory$ git checkout master
# Switched to branch "master"
# ~/code/web:master$ git checkout beta_directory
# Switched to branch "beta_directory"

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require 'rubygems'
require 'sequel'
require 'fileutils'
require 'cgi'

# NOTE: This converter requires Sequel and the MySQL gems.
# The MySQL gem can be difficult to install on OS X. Once you have MySQL
# installed, running the following commands should work:
# $ sudo gem install sequel
# $ sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

unless ARGV[0]
  puts 'Usage: newpost "the post title"'
  exit(-1)
end

date_prefix = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
postname = ARGV[0].strip.downcase.gsub(/ /, '-')
post = "/Users/al3x/src/al3x.github.com/_posts/#{date_prefix}-#{postname}.textile"

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using terms from application "Quicksilver"
	on process text log_text
		set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'")
		set theText to log_text
		set theText to theDate & " " & theText & "
"
		set thePosixFilePath to "/Users/msippey/Dropbox/taskpaper/log.txt" as string
		set theFilePath to POSIX file thePosixFilePath
		set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
		write theText to theFileReference starting at eof

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using terms from application "Quicksilver"
	on process text log_text
		set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'")
		set theText to log_text
		set theText to theDate & " " & theText & "
"
		set thePosixFilePath to "/Users/msippey/Dropbox/taskpaper/log.txt" as string
		set theFilePath to POSIX file thePosixFilePath
		set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
		write theText to theFileReference starting at eof

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Poor Man's Deploy

• Start a Sinatra server on port 4000
• GET / to that server triggers a git pull and mod_rails restart
• Hit port 4000 locally after pushing

Why?

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- simple
- public over private
- personal vanity
- internet is global
- permalinks
- one important item per page
- don't break the browser
- don't wanker in technology
- a medium is not a grande
- break convention for your users

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# $ tweet Hi mom!
#
# Put this in ~/.bashrc or wherever.
# If it doesn't work, make sure your ~/.netrc is right
#
# (Thanks to @anildigital for curl-fu)

function tweet {
  curl -n -d status="$*" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml &> /dev/null
  echo "tweet'd"

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Media Temple Capistrano Deployment Recipe

With GitHub

See comments in the files for explanation. This works flawlessly for me on MediaTemple + Git(Hub).

NOTE: this assumes that the application name on the grid container and the application name in GitHub are the same.

To use:

On the Server