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@jterrace
jterrace / xvfb
Created June 11, 2012 18:46
xvfb init script for Ubuntu
XVFB=/usr/bin/Xvfb
XVFBARGS=":1 -screen 0 1024x768x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset"
PIDFILE=/var/run/xvfb.pid
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting virtual X frame buffer: Xvfb"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --background --exec $XVFB -- $XVFBARGS
echo "."
;;
stop)

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@csanz
csanz / encrypt_decrypt.js
Created August 30, 2011 16:06
Simple String Encryption & Decryption with Node.js
function encrypt(text){
var cipher = crypto.createCipher('aes-256-cbc','d6F3Efeq')
var crypted = cipher.update(text,'utf8','hex')
crypted += cipher.final('hex');
return crypted;
}
function decrypt(text){
var decipher = crypto.createDecipher('aes-256-cbc','d6F3Efeq')
var dec = decipher.update(text,'hex','utf8')
@ivanvanderbyl
ivanvanderbyl / gist:4222308
Created December 6, 2012 06:55
Postgres 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade guide for Ubuntu 12.04
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.2 postgresql-server-dev-9.2 postgresql-contrib-9.2
sudo su -l postgres
psql -d template1 -p 5433
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS hstore;
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp";
service postgresql stop
/usr/lib/postgresql/9.2/bin/pg_upgrade -b /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin -B /usr/lib/postgresql/9.2/bin -d /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main/ -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main/ -O "-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.2/main/postgresql.conf" -o "-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.1/main/postgresql.conf"
@joshkurz
joshkurz / app.js
Created August 9, 2012 03:21
AngularJs-twitterBootstrap-wysiHtml5
var demoApp = angular.module('demoApp', ['ngResource'], function($locationProvider) {
$locationProvider.hashPrefix('');
});
function MainCtrl($scope, Serv) {
$scope.selectedItem = {
value: 0,
label: ''
};
$scope.Wrapper = Serv;
@lucascaton
lucascaton / Gemfile
Created December 13, 2014 05:48
Car Sales checker (Ruby script)
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'mechanize'
gem 'pry'