xsleonard

unsigned char* hexstr_to_char(const char* hexstr)
{
    size_t len = strlen(hexstr);
    IF_ASSERT(len % 2 != 0)
        return NULL;
    size_t final_len = len / 2;
    unsigned char* chrs = (unsigned char*)malloc((final_len+1) * sizeof(*chrs));
    for (size_t i=0, j=0; j<final_len; i+=2, j++)
        chrs[j] = (hexstr[i] % 32 + 9) % 25 * 16 + (hexstr[i+1] % 32 + 9) % 25;
    chrs[final_len] = '\0';

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

endolith

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012 endolith

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:

steakunderscore

#!/bin/bash


mkdir toolchain
cd toolchain

wget ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/newlib/newlib-1.19.0.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.2.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.21.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.6.0/gcc-core-4.6.0.tar.bz2

leepa

#!/bin/bash

AWK_SCRIPT=/tmp/symbolizecrashlog_$$.awk
SH_SCRIPT=/tmp/symbolizecrashlog_$$.sh

if [[ $# < 2 ]]
then
	echo "Usage: $0 [ -arch <arch> ] symbol-file [ crash.log, ... ]"
	exit 1
fi

isaacs

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh