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@remy
remy / gist:350433
Created March 31, 2010 14:58
Storage polyfill
if (typeof window.localStorage == 'undefined' || typeof window.sessionStorage == 'undefined') (function () {
var Storage = function (type) {
function createCookie(name, value, days) {
var date, expires;
if (days) {
date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
@mtigas
mtigas / gist:952344
Last active September 30, 2025 09:22
Mini tutorial for configuring client-side SSL certificates.

Client-side SSL

For excessively paranoid client authentication.


Updated Apr 5 2019:

because this is a gist from 2011 that people stumble into and maybe you should AES instead of 3DES in the year of our lord 2019.

some other notes:

@nazgob
nazgob / ctags.setup
Created January 6, 2012 13:44
ctags setup on mac
# you have ctags but it does not work...
$ ctags -R --exclude=.git --exclude=log *
ctags: illegal option -- R
usage: ctags [-BFadtuwvx] [-f tagsfile] file ...
#you need to get new ctags, i recommend homebrew but anything will work
$ brew install ctags
#alias ctags if you used homebrew
$ alias ctags="`brew --prefix`/bin/ctags"
@klaemo
klaemo / gist:1860089
Created February 18, 2012 16:34
express route conditional response
app.get('/users', function(req, res){
if (req.xhr) {
// respond with the each user in the collection
// passed to the "user" view
res.partial('user', users);
} else {
// respond with layout, and users page
// which internally does partial('user', users)
// along with other UI
res.render('users', { users: users });
@jambu
jambu / gmail-scrollbars.css
Created March 9, 2012 02:17 — forked from Cifro/gmail-scrollbars.css
New Gmail like scrollbars for webkit browsers
/* Gmail style scrollbar */
::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 12px
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
border-width: 1px 1px 1px 2px
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
border-width: 0
}
@ykarikos
ykarikos / png2svg.sh
Created June 7, 2012 22:17
Convert png to svg using imagemagick and potrace
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
echo Usage: $0 pngfile
exit 0;
fi
FILE=`basename $1 .png`
if [ ! -e $FILE.png ]; then
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active November 11, 2025 10:27
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@scttnlsn
scttnlsn / README.md
Created July 30, 2012 22:16
Pub/sub with MongoDB and Node.js

Pub/sub with MongoDB and Node.js

Setup:

$ mongo
> use pubsub
> db.createCollection('messages', { capped: true, size: 100000 })
> db.messages.insert({})
@tuzz
tuzz / github.css
Last active November 26, 2025 21:18
Github Markdown Stylesheet
/*
Copyright (c) 2017 Chris Patuzzo
https://twitter.com/chrispatuzzo
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:
@piscisaureus
piscisaureus / pr.md
Created August 13, 2012 16:12
Checkout github pull requests locally

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this: