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Auto-deploying built products to gh-pages with GitHub Actions

This is a set up for projects which want to check in only their source files, but have their gh-pages branch automatically updated with some compiled output every time they push.

A file below this one contains the steps for doing this with Travis CI. However, these days I recommend GitHub Actions, for the following reasons:

It is much easier and requires less steps, because you are already authenticated with GitHub, so you don't need to share secret keys across services like you do when coordinate Travis CI and GitHub.
It is free, with no quotas.
Anecdotally, builds are much faster with GitHub Actions than with Travis CI, especially in terms of time spent waiting for a builder.

Exporting (iCloud) Keychain and Safari credentials to a CSV file

Update (October 2021)

Exporting password + one-time code data from iCloud Keychain is now officially supported in macOS Monterey and Safari 15 (for Monterey, Big Sur, and Catalina). You can access it in the Password Manager’s “gear” icon (System Preferences > Passwords on Monterey, and Safari > Passwords everywhere else), or via the File > Export > Passwords... menu item). You shouldn't need to hack up your own exporter anymore.

Original, Obsolete Content (2014)

After my dad died, I wanted to be able to have access any of his online accounts going forward. My dad was a Safari user and used iCloud Keychain to sync his credentials across his devices. I don’t want to have to keep an OS X user account around just to access his accounts, so I wanted to export his credentials to a portable file.

Open Conemu
Open Settings -> Tasks or go to new tab button -> Setup tasks.
Click + to add a new task
Enter the name as Git Bash or whatever you like

Task parameters:

 /icon "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\git.ico" /dir "C:\_git"

Command:

Requirements

Install VirtualBox
Install Vagrant
Download Ubuntu Server ISO

Prepare virtual machine

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

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:

	-- randomise a column's values using a list of specified values

	IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'ShuffleTable')
	DROP TABLE [ShuffleTable];
	IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'InsertDataListTable')
	DROP TABLE [InsertDataListTable];

	GO

	CREATE TABLE [InsertDataListTable] ([TargetColumn] NVARCHAR(50));

	#!/bin/bash

	mkdir -p ~/.ssh

	# generate new personal ed25519 ssh keys
	ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -C "rob thijssen <[email protected]>"
	ssh-keygen -o -a 100 -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_robtn -C "rob thijssen <[email protected]>"

	# generate new host cert authority (host_ca) ed25519 ssh key
	# used for signing host keys and creating host certs

	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());

	#
	# 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.
	#