pdc

import unittest
from mock import *
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import time # so we can override time.time

mock_time = Mock()
mock_time.return_value = time.mktime(datetime(2011, 6, 21).timetuple())

class TestCrawlerChecksDates(unittest.TestCase):
    @patch('time.time', mock_time)

bradleyayers

def fill_page_with_image(path, canvas):
    """
    Given the path to an image and a reportlab canvas, fill the current page
    with the image.
    
    This function takes into consideration EXIF orientation information (making
    it compatible with photos taken from iOS devices).
    
    This function makes use of ``canvas.setPageRotation()`` and
    ``canvas.setPageSize()`` which will affect subsequent pages, so be sure to

wolever

import os
import fcntl

from gevent.core import wait_read, wait_write

class GeventFD(object):
    """ Wrap a file descriptor so it can be used for non-blocking reads and writes with gevent.
        >>> stdin = GeventFD(sys.stdin.fileno())
        >>> stdin.read(5)
        'hello'

mitjat

import base64
import json
import matplotlib, matplotlib.pyplot
import numpy
import types 

def show_plot(width, height=None):
    """
    A decorator -- show the matplotlib plot after `f` completes.
    Takes optional parameters (width, height) determining the size of the plot.

aaronzirbes

#!/bin/bash

echo "Finding and Purging Big Files From Git History"
echo "=============================================="
echo ""
echo "http://naleid.com/blog/2012/01/17/finding-and-purging-big-files-from-git-history/"
echo ""

pushd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" > /dev/null

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:

kevinhughes27

#include "FlyCapture2.h"

#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>

#include <iostream>

using namespace FlyCapture2;

int main()

avar

I get asked by people wanting to visit Iceland what they should do while they're there. Rather than re-type (and mostly forget) the whole thing I just give them a link to this.

Stuff that isn't this guide

...as if you didn't know how to use Google.

• I'm partial to The Lonely Planet guides whenever I visit other places. I haven't checked the one for Iceland but it's probably

floer32

from UserDict import IterableUserDict
import collections


__author__ = 'github.com/hangtwenty'


def tupperware(mapping):
    """ Convert mappings to 'tupperwares' recursively.

urschrei

""" 
required packages:
numpy
matplotlib
basemap: http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html
shapely: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely
descartes: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/descartes
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