briancavalier

function keepTrying(otherArgs, promise) {
	promise = promise||new Promise();
	
	// try doing the important thing
	
	if(success) {
		promise.resolve(result);
	} else {
		setTimeout(function() {
			keepTrying(otherArgs, promise);

kennym

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Convert blogger (blogspot) posts to jekyll posts
#
# Basic Usage
# -----------
#
#   ./blogger_to_jekyll.rb feed_url
#
#  where `feed_url` can have the following format:

henrik

Install ImageMagick for image conversion:

brew install imagemagick

Install tesseract for OCR:

brew install tesseract --all-languages

Or install without --all-languages and install them manually as needed.

henrik

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

litodam

@ECHO OFF
setlocal
cd /D %~dp0

SET WebSiteProjectFilePath=%1
SET WebSiteProdPath=C:\inetpub\%2
SET IISAppPool=%2
SET IISBinding=%3
SET IISSiteName=%4
SET SqlServer=%5

mikeflynn

#!/bin/bash

HOSTSFILE="/etc/hosts"
BAKFILE="$HOSTSFILE.bak"
DOMAINREGEX="^[a-zA-Z0-9]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+$"
IPREGEX="^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$"
URLREGEX="^https?:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9\/\.\-]+$"

backup()
{

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:

stevenkuhn

#
# Assumptions
#
# 1. If you have a Octopus release deployed, say 1.0.0.73, there is a git
#    tag set for that commit in GitHub that is "v1.0.0.73".
#
# 2. You have TeamCity label each successful build in GitHub with the format
#    "v{build number}. Sidenote: it appears that TeamCity only labels the
#    default branch, but not feature branches.
#

willurd

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

KevM

var textExtractor = new TextExtractor();

var result = textExtractor.Extract(@"c:\projects\tikaondotnet\src\TikaOnDotNet.Tests\files\Tika.doc");

// View the result on the console

Console.WriteLine("Content Type: " + result.ContentType);
Console.WriteLine("\n\n" + result.Text.Trim());