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module Jekyll
# Convert org-mode files.
require 'org-ruby'
class OrgConverter < Converter
safe true
def setup
# No-op
end

How to inform Eclipse and other Mac applications of the command line PATH

  1. Update Mac OS X's notion of PATH.
$ defaults write ~/.MacOSX/environment PATH "`echo $PATH`"
$ echo "setenv PATH $PATH" | sudo tee /etc/launchd.conf
  1. Restart Mac OS X.
@mankyKitty
mankyKitty / SolrQuerySyntaxPrimer.md
Last active July 12, 2024 12:29
The documentation around the basics of the Solr query syntax is terrible, this is an attempt to alleviate the doc-shock associated with trying to learn some fundamentals.

Solr Query Syntax Basics

This is a super basic beginners guide to Solr Lucene query syntax. We're going to cover running a straightforward query, as well as some of the more useful functionality such as filtering and creating facets. We'll point out some things you can't do and generally give you enough instruction so that you can get yourself into trouble.

For testing you need a REST client capable of sending requests to your Solr instance. Either RESTClient for Firefox or Postman for Chrome are good choices.

Misc

Request Specific Fields

To specify a list of fields to return instead of the default Solr response use fl and provide a comma delimited list of fields:

@urschrei
urschrei / latlon_to_bng.py
Last active December 27, 2019 16:29
A function to convert WGS84 lat, long points to BNG (OSGB36) Eastings and Northings. Based entirely on code by Hannah Fry: http://hannahfry.co.uk/2012/02/01/converting-british-national-grid-to-latitude-and-longitude-ii/
import math
def bng(input_lat, input_lon):
"""
Convert WGS84 lat and long (ie. from GPS) to OSGB36 (BNG)
Expects two floats as input
Returns a tuple of Easting, Northing floats
Accurate to ~5m
For testing purposes:
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active July 31, 2025 21:28
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:

@Saicheg
Saicheg / screenshare
Created December 7, 2012 07:46
Share screenshots on Ubuntu using Dropbox
#!/bin/bash
################
# Description:
# This script will take screenshot of your desktop
# or only active window ( running with -u param ),
# copy it to /Dropbox/Public/share/ with uniq name
# and save path to clipboard
#################
# Requirements:
# Dropbox
@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active August 4, 2025 14:48
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%'
@datagrok
datagrok / gist:2199506
Last active December 16, 2024 16:14
Virtualenv's `bin/activate` is Doing It Wrong
@noonat
noonat / gist:1649543
Created January 20, 2012 21:02
Rake Quick Reference
# Rake Quick Reference
# by Greg Houston
# http://ghouston.blogspot.com/2008/07/rake-quick-reference.html
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Running Rake
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# running rake from the command-line:
# rake --help
@liangzan
liangzan / .Xresources
Created January 19, 2012 23:26
Xresources for configuring urxvt
! urxvt
URxvt*buffered: true
URxvt*cursorBlink: true
URxvt*underlineColor: yellow
URxvt*font: xft:inconsolata:size=10:antialias=true
URxvt*depth: 32
URxvt*borderless: 1
URxvt*scrollBar: false
URxvt*loginShell: true
Urxvt*secondaryScroll: true # Enable Shift-PageUp/Down in screen