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@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active October 30, 2025 23:18
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@benbalter
benbalter / geojson-conversion.sh
Last active April 23, 2024 13:16
Bulk convert shapefiles to geojson using ogr2ogr
# Bulk convert shapefiles to geojson using ogr2ogr
# For more information, see http://ben.balter.com/2013/06/26/how-to-convert-shapefiles-to-geojson-for-use-on-github/
# Note: Assumes you're in a folder with one or more zip files containing shape files
# and Outputs as geojson with the crs:84 SRS (for use on GitHub or elsewhere)
#geojson conversion
function shp2geojson() {
ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON -t_srs crs:84 "$1.geojson" "$1.shp"
}
@dcneiner
dcneiner / Terminal.md
Last active December 18, 2015 23:39
Information about my terminal configuration and theme.
@eskriett
eskriett / GoogleMapDownloader.py
Last active June 1, 2025 13:22
A python script to download high resolution Google map images given a longitude, latitude and zoom level.
#!/usr/bin/python
# GoogleMapDownloader.py
# Created by Hayden Eskriett [http://eskriett.com]
#
# A script which when given a longitude, latitude and zoom level downloads a
# high resolution google map
# Find the associated blog post at: http://blog.eskriett.com/2013/07/19/downloading-google-maps/
import urllib
import Image
@davatron5000
davatron5000 / Sublime Text Setup.md
Last active April 15, 2023 15:39
A new user's guide to SublimeText 2. Estimated reading time: 2 mins. Estimated workthrough time: 12 minutes.

Make it useful

  • Install Package Control. For SublimeText 2, paste the following in Terminal:
import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs( ipp ) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener( urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.ProxyHandler( ))); open( os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write( urllib2.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' +pf.replace( ' ','%20' )).read()); print( 'Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation')

From here on out, use Package Control to install everything. +Shift+P, then type Install to get a list of installable packages you can 'livesearch through. After installing plugins, they should be running.

@kiwiholmberg
kiwiholmberg / gist:8433478
Created January 15, 2014 09:42
Make a JSON array of state capitals with coordinates (data from different sources)
<p class="results"></p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Name: Alabama</p>
<p>Capital Name: Montgomery</p>
<p>Capital Latitude: 32.361538</p>
<p>Capital Longitude: -86.279118</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Name: Alaska</p>
@timskye
timskye / gist:8433683
Created January 15, 2014 09:59
Vertical align an element using CSS
/** Vertical Align element **/
.element {
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
@Dexterstat
Dexterstat / distance_2_poins.js
Created January 15, 2014 10:06
Calculage distance between 2 points on Google Maps
function distance(lat1,lon1,lat2,lon2) {
var R = 6371; // km (change this constant to get miles)
var dLat = (lat2-lat1) * Math.PI / 180;
var dLon = (lon2-lon1) * Math.PI / 180;
var a = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) +
Math.cos(lat1 * Math.PI / 180 ) * Math.cos(lat2 * Math.PI / 180 ) *
Math.sin(dLon/2) * Math.sin(dLon/2);
var c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a));
var d = R * c;
if (d>1) return Math.round(d)+"km";
@cowboy
cowboy / json-with-comments-in.yaml
Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Why do we keep having the "comments in JSON" discussion? Just use YAML.
{
# this is a comment
"a": "hello",
# this is another comment
"b": -1,
"c": [
true,
"test",
null
],
@yangshun
yangshun / youtube-vimeo-url-parser.js
Last active June 14, 2023 22:27
YouTube Vimeo URL Parser
function parseVideo (url) {
// - Supported YouTube URL formats:
// - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8
// - http://youtu.be/My2FRPA3Gf8
// - https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/My2FRPA3Gf8
// - Supported Vimeo URL formats:
// - http://vimeo.com/25451551
// - http://player.vimeo.com/video/25451551
// - Also supports relative URLs:
// - //player.vimeo.com/video/25451551