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csanz / to generate a human readable time range using ruby on rails
Created November 9, 2010 18:58
to generate a human readable time range using ruby on rails
def humanize secs
[[60, :seconds], [60, :minutes], [24, :hours], [1000, :days]].inject([]){ |s, (count, name)|
if secs > 0
secs, n = secs.divmod(count)
s.unshift "#{n.to_i} #{name}"
end
s
}.join(' ')
end
@lusis
lusis / dba-user.json
Created January 7, 2011 11:24
Managing MySQL user accounts with Chef
{
"id":"dbauser",
"uid":506,
"comment":"DBA User",
"shell":"/bin/bash",
"groups": [
"sysadm",
"dba"
],
"ssh_key": "XXXXXXXXXX"
@technicalpickles
technicalpickles / gist:839919
Created February 23, 2011 02:58
Rails 3 Application Template for making RVM, RVM gemsets, Passenger, and ruby-debug play nice-nice
file "config/setup_load_paths.rb", <<FILE
# based on http://blog.ninjahideout.com/posts/the-path-to-better-rvm-and-passenger-integration
if ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME'] && ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME'].include?('rvm')
begin
rvm_path = File.dirname(File.dirname(ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME']))
rvm_lib_path = File.join(rvm_path, 'lib')
$LOAD_PATH.unshift rvm_lib_path
require 'rvm'
RVM.use_from_path! File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))
rescue LoadError
@justinvt
justinvt / snippet.txt
Created April 6, 2011 00:18
# baseline REE environment settings for server environments
# http://www.rubyenterpriseedition.com/documentation.html#_garbage_collector_performance_tuning
## ruby defaults
# RUBY_HEAP_MIN_SLOTS=10000
# RUBY_HEAP_SLOTS_INCREMENT=10000
# RUBY_HEAP_SLOTS_GROWTH_FACTOR=1.8
# RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT=8000000
# RUBY_HEAP_FREE_MIN=4096
@ryanb
ryanb / rails_3_1_rc4_changes.md
Created May 6, 2011 01:10
The Changelogs for Rails 3.1 Beta 1

Railties 3.1 RC4

  • The new rake task assets:clean removes precompiled assets. [fxn]

  • Application and plugin generation run bundle install unless --skip-gemfile or --skip-bundle. [fxn]

  • Fixed database tasks for jdbc* adapters #jruby [Rashmi Yadav]

  • Template generation for jdbcpostgresql #jruby [Vishnu Atrai]

@t9md
t9md / vagrant-snapshot.rb
Created June 4, 2011 16:21
vagrant snapshot management command for one vm.
## place this file to same directory of `Vagrantfile' then simply require "snap.rb" in Vagrantfile
module Snap
module VBox
class SnapShot
require "forwardable"
extend Forwardable
def_delegators :@snap, :name, :uuid, :time_stamp
@@snaps = []
class << self
@Bregor
Bregor / spec__requests__history_items_spec.rb
Created June 29, 2011 09:09
Capybara request helpers for devise
require 'spec_helper'
describe "HistoryItems" do
before(:each) {login_as :user}
describe "GET /history_items" do
it "works!" do
visit history_items_path
response.should be_success
end
end
@kathgironpe
kathgironpe / precompile_assets.textile
Created July 7, 2011 16:55
Rails 3.1: Precompile Assets for Cloudfront/CDN support

Naming files and using asset_path

application.scss.erb
- use <%= asset_path 'background.jpg' %>

on config/environments/production.rb


  


  





    


          
    

      

        
        

          

              @chriseppstein
          

          

            
                chriseppstein
                / readme.md
            
            

              Created
              August 31, 2011 21:57
                — forked from mislav/Gemfile
            

              
                How to integrate Compass with Rails 3.1 asset pipeline
              
          

        

      

        


      

      

    
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              @litchfield
          

          

            
                litchfield
                / doubledecode.py
            
            

              Created
              October 12, 2011 21:53
            

              
                Double decode utf8 and cp1252
              
          

        

      

        


      

    
    


        



  


  

        

          
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          Ever had a mysqldump of utf8 data stored in latin1 tables, dumped in utf8 and 
        

        

          
          munged with windows cp1252? 
        

        

          
          

        

        

          
          If so this is your friend. Just pipe it through this little baby and spare 
        

        

          
          yourself hours of unicode hell- it'll take your dirt and spit out clean utf8.
        

        

          
          

        

        

          
          You can also import it and use it in your python code.