isaacs

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

elivz

server {
    # Redirect yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com
    server_name         yoursite.com;
    rewrite ^(.*)       http://www.yoursite.com$1 permanent;
}

server {

    # Tell nginx to handle requests for the www.yoursite.com domain
    server_name         www.yoursite.com;

chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

rawsyntax

# say we start with an empty bash command history
bash-3.2$ history
    1  history


# enter a command that requires a password
bash-3.2$ sudo rm -i some_file
Password:
# accidentally ^C and type your password
# into the prompt and hit enter

mikejolley

/**
 * Add the field to the checkout
 **/
add_action('woocommerce_after_order_notes', 'my_custom_checkout_field');

function my_custom_checkout_field( $checkout ) {
	
	echo '<div id="my_custom_checkout_field"><h3>'.__('My Field').'</h3>';
				
	/**

remy

/**
* author Remy Sharp
* url http://remysharp.com/tag/marquee
*/

(function ($) {
    $.fn.marquee = function (klass) {
        var newMarquee = [],
            last = this.length;

palexander

# Thanks to @samsonjs for the cleaned up version:
# https://gist.github.com/samsonjs/4076746

PREFIX=$HOME
VERSION=1.2.3

# Install Protocol Buffers
wget http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/protobuf-2.4.1.tar.bz2
tar -xf protobuf-2.4.1.tar.bz2 
cd protobuf-2.4.1

havvg

jQuery(function($) {
    $('form[data-async]').live('submit', function(event) {
        var $form = $(this);
        var $target = $($form.attr('data-target'));

        $.ajax({
            type: $form.attr('method'),
            url: $form.attr('action'),
            data: $form.serialize(),

erikreagan

Mac web developer apps

This gist's comment stream is a collection of webdev apps for OS X. Feel free to add links to apps you like, just make sure you add some context to what it does — either from the creator's website or your own thoughts.

— Erik

paulrouget

/**
 * How to have floating scrollbars in Firefox (Linux, Windows & Mac).
 * Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/bn44L.png
 * You need Firefox > 18. Just run this code in a browser-scratchpad:
 *
 * Ping me on Twitter (@paulrouget) if you run into problems. 
 *
 * 1. Go to about:config - Set devtools.chrome.enabled to true
 * 2. Starts Scratchpad (Shift-F4)
 * 3. In Scratchpad's menubar, check "Environment > Browser"