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11:14 <reiddraper> drev1: at a higher level, my goal is to launch a
Riak cluster on ec2 and have them join a cluster together without having to manually call "join"
11:15 <reiddraper> drev1: should I just launch one node first,
call it the master, and then write a script which calls join with
that node -- for the other machines?
11:16 <drev1> yes
11:16 <reiddraper> drev1: if I am launching a large cluster,
@hh
hh / usb_gprs_signal_strength.rb
Created March 5, 2011 05:38
This snippit allows me to look at the signal strength of the cell towers used by my ZTE usb modem.
# quick hack to monitor signal strength
# based on info from: http://www.pcurtis.com/ubuntu-mobile.htm#signal_strength
require 'rubygems'
require 'serialport'
require 'time'
class GSM
def initialize(options = {})
@wez
wez / wez.itermcolors
Created March 2, 2011 01:11
Wez's iTerm 2 Colour selection
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Ansi 0 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.0</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.0</real>
@bklang
bklang / adhearsion-rhel5.sh
Created February 25, 2011 15:35
Adhearsion QuickStart for RedHat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5
bash < <( curl https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer )
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
yum install -y gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel zlib zlib-devel libyaml-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel make bzip2 autoconf automake libtool bison iconv-devel
rvm install 1.9.3
rvm use --default 1.9.3
gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri adhearsion
@koshigoe
koshigoe / mount-ram.sh
Created February 11, 2011 14:57
Like tmpfs in Mac OSX
#!/bin/sh
# This program has two feature.
#
# 1. Create a disk image on RAM.
# 2. Mount that disk image.
#
# Usage:
# $0 <dir> <size>
#
@jmlacroix
jmlacroix / aws_cf_invalidate.rb
Created September 21, 2010 03:14 — forked from nbibler/amazon_cloudfront_invalidation.rb
Command line script to invalidate cloudfront objects
require 'rubygems'
require 'hmac-sha1'
require 'net/https'
require 'base64'
s3_access='S3_ACCESS_KEY'
s3_secret='S3_SECRET_KEY'
cf_distribution='CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID'
if ARGV.length < 1
@matthewtodd
matthewtodd / GoogleVoiceDialerAction.scpt
Created December 9, 2009 09:05
Command-line Google Voice dialer and Mac OSX Address Book Plug-In
-- Drop this script in ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins
-- Edit the path in the "do shell script" line
using terms from application "Address Book"
on action property
return "phone"
end action property
on action title for aPerson with aNumber
return "Dial with Google Voice"
end action title
@matthewmccullough
matthewmccullough / gist:47267
Created January 15, 2009 05:15 — forked from halbtuerke/gist:31934
Show Git dirty status in your Unix bash prompt (symbols not compatible with CygWin)
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"