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@codeforkjeff
codeforkjeff / solarize.sh
Created November 27, 2011 06:43
shell script for setting gnome-terminal color palette to use Solarized theme
#!/bin/sh
#
# Shell script that configures gnome-terminal to use solarized theme
# colors. Written for Ubuntu 11.10, untested on anything else.
#
# Solarized theme: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
#
# Adapted from these sources:
# https://gist.github.com/1280177
# http://xorcode.com/guides/solarized-vim-eclipse-ubuntu/
@doitian
doitian / knife.rb
Created December 20, 2011 11:47
Configuration files for chef-solo and knife, so they all use directories inside the chef repo, instead of default global pathes such as /etc, /var
log_level :info
log_location STDOUT
node_name 'solo'
client_key File.expand_path('../solo.pem', __FILE__)
cache_type 'BasicFile'
cache_options( :path => File.expand_path('../checksums', __FILE__))
cookbook_path [ File.expand_path('../../cookbooks', __FILE__) ]
@alotaiba
alotaiba / google_text2speech.md
Created February 3, 2012 07:31
Google Text to Speech API

Google Text to Speech API

Base URL: http://translate.google.com/translate_tts
It converts written words into audio. It accepts GET requests.

GET

q
The query string to convert to audio

tl
Translation language, for example, ar for Arabic, or en-us for English

bash -c '
<%= "export http_proxy=\"#{knife_config[:bootstrap_proxy]}\"" if knife_config[:bootstrap_proxy] -%>
yum install -y wget
wget <%= "--proxy=on " if knife_config[:bootstrap_proxy] %>http://rbel.co/rbel5
rpm -Uvh rbel5
yum install -y rubygem-chef
'
@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active November 17, 2024 13:10
Useful PostgreSQL Queries and Commands
-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
@ndarville
ndarville / business-models.md
Last active October 23, 2024 17:18
Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.

Business Models

Advertising

Models Examples
Display ads Yahoo!
Search ads Google
@ragingwind
ragingwind / Backend Architectures Keywords and References.md
Last active July 4, 2024 13:00
Backend Architectures Keywords and References