Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@SlexAxton
SlexAxton / .zshrc
Last active March 24, 2025 17:35
My gif workflow
gifify() {
if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
if [[ $2 == '--good' ]]; then
ffmpeg -i $1 -r 10 -vcodec png out-static-%05d.png
time convert -verbose +dither -layers Optimize -resize 600x600\> out-static*.png GIF:- | gifsicle --colors 128 --delay=5 --loop --optimize=3 --multifile - > $1.gif
rm out-static*.png
else
ffmpeg -i $1 -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 > $1.gif
fi
else
@johnkary
johnkary / vagrant-nfs-vpn-solution.md
Last active April 8, 2020 10:30
Workaround for using an NFS mount with Vagrant and VirtualBox while connecting to a VPN network restricting local network connections

Fixing NFS disconnecting with Vagrant and VirtualBox on Mac OS

Symptoms and Known Conditions

  • Mac OS host machine (10.6+)
  • VirtualBox (4.1+)
  • Vagrant (1.0+)
  • Connecting via VPN to a remote network
  • Mounting a directory from your host machine to the guest machine using NFS with something like this:
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active April 1, 2025 01:48
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

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.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@mkoby
mkoby / Keymap.xml
Last active June 9, 2019 13:40
XBMC Keymap File for Logitech Harmony Remote
<!-- PLACE IN .xbmc/userdata/keymaps/Keymap.xml -->
<!-- This file contains the mapping of keys (gamepad, remote, and keyboard) to actions within XBMC -->
<!-- The <global> section is a fall through - they will only be used if the button is not -->
<!-- used in the current window's section. Note that there is only handling -->
<!-- for a single action per button at this stage. -->
<!-- For joystick/gamepad configuration under linux/win32, see below as it differs from xbox -->
<!-- gamepads. -->
<!-- The format is: -->
<!-- <device> -->
@codrineugeniu
codrineugeniu / gist:3874787
Created October 11, 2012 19:11
Pidgin Solarized Colorscheme
# Zoresvit (c) 2012 <[email protected]>
# Solarized colorscheme for pidgin. This file seats in
# ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0
style "pidgin-solarized" {
font_name = "Sans 11"
base[NORMAL] = "#002B36"
text[NORMAL] = "#839496"
# Change the color of hyperlinks.
GtkIMHtml::hyperlink-color = "#268BD2"
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active April 3, 2025 13:20
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active April 5, 2025 07:27
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@harlantwood
harlantwood / push_to_github.rb
Created June 15, 2012 07:27
Commit and push via Github REST API, from ruby RestClient
# Committing changes to a repo via the Github API is not entirely trivial.
# The five-step process is outlined here:
# http://developer.github.com/v3/git/
#
# Matt Swanson wrote a blog post translating the above steps into actual API calls:
# http://swanson.github.com/blog/2011/07/23/digging-around-the-github-api-take-2.html
#
# I was not able to find sample code for actually doing this in Ruby,
# either via the HTTP API or any of the gems that wrap the API.
# So in the hopes it will help others, here is a simple function to
@lancejpollard
lancejpollard / meta-tags.md
Created March 5, 2012 13:54
Complete List of HTML Meta Tags

Copied from http://code.lancepollard.com/complete-list-of-html-meta-tags/

Basic HTML Meta Tags

<meta name="keywords" content="your, tags"/>
<meta name="description" content="150 words"/>
<meta name="subject" content="your website's subject">
<meta name="copyright"content="company name">
<meta name="language" content="ES">
@jgv
jgv / gist:1502777
Created December 20, 2011 19:03 — forked from trevorturk/gist:34895
Allow "uploads via url" with Rails and Paperclip
#
# See also: http://almosteffortless.com/2008/12/11/easy-upload-via-url-with-paperclip/
#
# Allow "uploads via url" with Rails and Paperclip
#
# http://www.thoughtbot.com/projects/paperclip
# http://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/tree/master
# http://groups.google.com/group/paperclip-plugin/browse_thread/thread/456401eb93135095
#
# This example is designed to work with a "Photo" model that has an "Image" attachment