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@alexyoung
alexyoung / .vimrc
Created May 16, 2012 11:12
mouse-vimrc
" vim:fdm=marker
" Editor basics {{{
" Behave like Vim instead of Vi
set nocompatible
" Show a status line
set laststatus=2
" Show the current cursor position
@soemarko
soemarko / theme.html
Created November 26, 2011 16:18
embed github gist to tumblr
<!-- Add the following lines to theme's html code right before </head> -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://static.tumblr.com/fpifyru/VCxlv9xwi/writecapture.js"></script>
<script src="http://static.tumblr.com/fpifyru/AKFlv9zdu/embedgist.js"></script>
<!--
Usage: just add <div class="gist">[gist URL]</div>
Example: <div class="gist">https://gist.github.com/1395926</div>
-->
@sinisterchipmunk
sinisterchipmunk / LICENSE
Last active October 23, 2024 21:10
tar, gzip, and untar files using ruby in memory without tempfiles
Copyright (C) 2011 by Colin MacKenzie IV
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
@mhermans
mhermans / neo4R_example.R
Created August 29, 2011 09:50
Neo4j-Cypher-R
# Requirements
#sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev # for RCurl on linux
#install.packages('RCurl')
#install.packages('RJSONIO')
library('RCurl')
library('RJSONIO')
query <- function(querystring) {
h = basicTextGatherer()
@cdown
cdown / gist:1163649
Last active March 20, 2025 20:46
Bash urlencode and urldecode
urlencode() {
# urlencode <string>
old_lc_collate=$LC_COLLATE
LC_COLLATE=C
local length="${#1}"
for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do
local c="${1:$i:1}"
case $c in
@pklaus
pklaus / print_contacts_from_address-book.py
Created June 16, 2011 18:24
How to access the Mac OS X Address Book from Python: <http://www.programmish.com/?p=26>
import objc
import AddressBook as ab
import pprint as pp
def pythonize(objc_obj):
if isinstance(objc_obj, objc.pyobjc_unicode):
return unicode(objc_obj)
elif isinstance(objc_obj, ab.NSDate):
return objc_obj.description()
@mathiasbynens
mathiasbynens / appify
Created November 12, 2010 13:46 — forked from subtleGradient/appify
appify — create the simplest possible Mac app from a shell script
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" -o -z "$1" ]; then cat <<EOF
appify v3.0.1 for Mac OS X - http://mths.be/appify
Creates the simplest possible Mac app from a shell script.
Appify takes a shell script as its first argument:
`basename "$0"` my-script.sh