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#!/usr/bin/env python

# Name generating code
# Copyright (c) 2010 Ninite.com
#
# Released into the public domain - enjoy!
#
# Story at http://blog.ninite.com/post/620277259/how-ninite-was-named-by-a-computer-program

from datetime import datetime, date

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Norman Schur's 1000 Most Important Words

This is Norman Schur's list of the 1,000 "most important" words. There are actually 1,019 here because of those that are similarly spelled, opposites of one another, etc. I've gone through and marked with asterisks the ones (*) that I'm somewhat uncomfortable with (177 of these), as in I'd be slightly apprehensive if you challenged me to pinpoint their meaning, and the ones (**) that I'm basically clueless about (26 of these). I feel roughly fluent with the rest.
abashed
*abate
abdicate
aberrant
abominate
abrasive
abrogate

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defaults: &defaults
    adapter: postgresql
    encoding: utf8
    username: username 
    password: password
    host: localhost
    pool: 10

development:
  database: application_name_development

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# http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
(?i)\b((?:https?://|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))

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# http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1571894
# A quick tips when creating block DSLs in Ruby:

def search(&blk)
  if blk.arity == 1
    blk.call(self)
  else
    self.instance_eval(&blk)
  end
end

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class DashboardController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :require_user
  
  def index
    @feed_items = FeedItem.followed_by(current_user.id).
                          includes(:post).paginate(:page => params[:page])
    @page_title = "#{APP_CONFIG['site_name']} | Dashboard"
  end
  
end

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def tip(msg); puts; puts msg; puts "-"*100; end

#
# 30 Ruby 1.9 Tips, Tricks & Features:
# http://www.igvita.com/2011/02/03/new-ruby-19-features-tips-tricks/
#

tip "Upgrading to Ruby 1.9 is simple: rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2"

tip "Ruby 1.9 supports named captures in regular expressions!"

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def destroy_data
  puts "==  Data: Destroying all data ".ljust(79, "=")
  sql = ActiveRecord::Base.connection()
 
  sql.execute "SET autocommit=0"
  sql.begin_db_transaction
 
  if sql.adapter_name == "MySQL"
    sql.execute("/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */")
    sql.execute("/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */")

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module GoogleAnalyticsHelper 
 def google_analytics_for(account, domain)
    unless account.blank?
      <<-ANALYTICS
        <script type="text/javascript">
        
          var _gaq = _gaq || [];
          _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '#{account}']);
          _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', '#{domain}']);
          _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

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  before_update :update_ranking

  def self.calculate_ranking(score, created_at)
    order = Math.log10(([score.abs,1].max))

    if score > 0
      sign = 1
    elsif score < 0
      sign = -1