andrewmcdonough

$ echo "export PATH=.bundle/bin:$PATH" >> .rvmrc
$ bundle install --binstubs=.bundle/bin
$ cd ..
$ cd <app-dir>

installs binstubs into app_dir/bin, and rvm adds ./bin to your path automatically (and takes it away again when you cd out of the app dir)
no more bundle exec

andrewmcdonough

Firstly, I was having problems accessing port 3000 on localhost, so I switched to pow,
so I could access http://spotview.dev (http://pow.cx/)

Secondly, the manifest.json file is only reloaded when you close and reopen the app,
so when you add your http://myapp.dev to the RequiredPermissions array, make sure you
close and reopen.

Finally, you need to set a response header of Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *.  I did this
in rails with a filter in the controller, but you could do this more cleanly with rack 
or a custom responder.  My (slightly dirty) solution:

andrewmcdonough

Front-end developer
===================
Tribesports are in the process of building tribesports.com, a next generation 
sports social network where people can share, celebrate and improve their 
sporting performance.  We are just about to enter our second phase of 
development, and we are looking for a talented front-end web developer to join 
the team.  Our platform is built in Ruby on Rails, and although ruby experience 
is highly desirable, we will consider candidates with strong front-end 
development skills and experience in other languages, who are keen to work with 
ruby.  A passion for standards-compliant, semantic HTML and CSS is absolutely 

andrewmcdonough

<...existing universal settings...>  

case `uname` in
'Darwin')
# Mac specific settings

  <...put Mac specific settings in here...>  

# End Mac specific settings
;;

andrewmcdonough

Sys Admin and Application Development for sportcentric
======================================================

sportcentric is the market-leader in the provision of websites and online applications and databases to the international sports industry.

The company has its headquarters in Notting Hill, London and an office in Lausanne, and its client base includes Olympic, international
and national associations and governing bodies, professional sports franchises, and sports businesses.

sportcentric is looking for a new Technical Support person. We are looking for a technical person who enjoys client interaction.

andrewmcdonough

# Add these two lines to your .vimrc to get shortcuts h1 and h2 to create markdown headers with a nice length.
# Works by coping and pasting the current line, then substituting any character with a = (for h1) or - (for h2)

:map h1 yyp:s/./=/g<ENTER>
:map h2 yyp:s/./-/g<ENTER>

andrewmcdonough

# tail -f log/development.log
logger.debug("\e[H\e[2JThis log message will appear on a cleared screen")

andrewmcdonough

gunzip -c production.log.1.gz |awk '/MyController#create/ {freq[substr($7,0,5)]++} END {for (time in freq) printf "%d\t%s\n", freq[time], time }' | sort -nr | head -n 5

andrewmcdonough

#!/bin/bash

# Written by Andrew McDonough
# Prerequisites: xdotool must be installed and in your path (http://tinyurl.com/xdotool)
# A simple bash script that uses xdotool to move the window that is currently in focus to different parts of the screen.
# Particularly useful for reading web pages with flexible layouts on wide monitors.
# Assign the various options to keyboard shortcuts e.g. '<Super>Left' assigned to 'swind left'
# See http://tinyurl.com/ubuntukeys for help with assigning keyboard shortcuts.