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StevenBlack / Sites_Using_Jekyll.md
Last active December 11, 2015 01:08
Salvaged from the Jekyll repo as it seems maintainers there are apt to nix this.

Sites using Jekyll

It’s interesting to see what designs and features others have come up with. Link to Jekyll-powered blogs and other sites here.

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StevenBlack / gist:4459239
Last active December 10, 2015 16:09
Bash script for the #YGK twitter hashtag. Uses the 't' command line client (a Ruby gem). This script uses Gist #4297661 to filter #ygk hashtag spam. https://gist.github.com/4297661
#!/bin/bash
# First install 't', the Twitter command line client: https://github.com/sferik/t#readme
# This is a Ruby gem and if you are on Mac OS X or any flavour of *nix you're probably got Ruby.
# Next ensure you have 'curl' installed (on Mac OS X you probably do)
# Given these two prerequisites then...
# Step 1: Grab the latest #ygk fluff filter from Gist #4297661 in raw form
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StevenBlack / defaultsOptionsSettings.js
Created December 15, 2012 18:37
Shows the semantic difference between the terms "defaults", "options", and "settings". * A setting is what your program runs-with in this particular instance. * A default is what your program runs-with in the absence of a provided option. * An option is a user-provided value that overrides a default.
// assuming jQuery for its extend method.
// Calling program does this, and passes-in the options
var options = { validate: true, name: "bar" };
function myThing ( options ) {
// Internally your program does this
var empty = {}
var defaults = { validate: false, limit: 5, name: "foo" };
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StevenBlack / preProcessPost.js
Created December 15, 2012 18:23
Generative function to create a method and corresponding Pre- and Post- hook methods,
c={}
e="someMethod";
preProcessPost =function(c,e) {
var e1=e+"Pre",e2=e+"Process",e3=e+"Post";
c[e]=function(o){
if (this[e1](o)) {
this[e2](o);
this[e3](o);
}
};
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StevenBlack / jQuery-Blueprint.js
Created December 15, 2012 18:21
Custom layout width for blueprint based layouts
// custom layout width for blueprint based layouts
// Original: http://www.consulenza-web.com/progetti/jquery_blueprint/
// from http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/regex-selector-for-jquery/
jQuery.expr[':'].regex = function(elem, index, match) {
var matchParams = match[3].split(','),
validLabels = /^(data|css):/,
attr = {
method: matchParams[0].match(validLabels) ?
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StevenBlack / kill-reset-rails.sh
Created December 15, 2012 18:17
Create aliases to kill and reset Rails
# from http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/5002
alias dierails='ps -a|grep "/usr/local/bin/ruby script/server"|grep -v "grep /usr"|cut -d " " -f1|xargs -n 1 kill -KILL $1'
alias resetrails='ps -a|grep "/usr/local/bin/ruby script/server"|grep -v "grep /usr"|cut -d " " -f1|xargs -n 1 kill -HUP $1'
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StevenBlack / Twitter search expression for #ygktraffic. This mutes several dimensions of chatter.
Last active December 9, 2015 16:38
ygktraffic -rt -from:YGKTraffic -from:cityofkingston -mt -ckws -dog -thank -thanks -love -/via -ticket -sidewalk -sidewalks
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StevenBlack / TwitterSpamFilterForYGK.txt
Last active December 9, 2015 16:38
Twitter SPAM filter for #ygk -- strips out the tweets from some well-known #ygk hashtag abusers. Feel free to tweak this list for your own use.
#ygk -rt -nailaj -ckws* -morril -vieiraflytrap -jason_michael -realtoranselmo -KingstonFronts -frontsingame -JoeDKtown -bbbaugh2 -buyingsolo -thebrickriocan -ddsnorth -moradio1043 -kingstonteam -whiglive -west_surgeoner -tmj_on_nursing -shima_ygk -AtomicaKingston -ChienNoirBistro -KEYS_Employment -983FLYFM -989THEDRIVE -FM96Ktown -west76grill -Sold85 -jmillard01 -tourismkingston -megaloskingston -dianegiberson -brenda_slomka -I2W2013 -rsourcetweets -tmj_ON_health -ygktraffic -ygkrts
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StevenBlack / gist:960189
Created May 7, 2011 04:05
getContrastYIQ(hexcolor)
// for contrasting text color
// Original article: http://24ways.org/2010/calculating-color-contrast
function getContrastYIQ(hexcolor){
var r = parseInt(hexcolor.substr(0,2),16);
var g = parseInt(hexcolor.substr(2,2),16);
var b = parseInt(hexcolor.substr(4,2),16);
var yiq = ((r*299)+(g*587)+(b*144))/1000;
return (yiq >= 131.5) ? 'black' : 'white';
}
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StevenBlack / underscore.mixin.filterObj.js
Created February 7, 2011 19:13
Underscore.js _mixin: _.prune
// Return an object who's members match a reference array of keys
// reference=["b","c","f","r"];
// obj={"a":1, "b":2, "c":3, "d":4, "r":18};
// _.filterObj(obj, reference)
// => { b : 2, c : 3, r : 18}
_.mixin( {
filterObj : function( obj, reference ) {
if ( reference && typeof reference == 'object' ) { reference=_.keys( reference ); }
var intersect = _.intersect(reference, _.keys(obj)), retObj= {};
_.map( intersect, function( el) { retObj[el]=obj[el];})