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var mongoose = require('mongoose');

var db = mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/testdb");
var reconnTimer = null;

function tryReconnect() {
  reconnTimer = null;
  console.log("try to connect: %d", mongoose.connection.readyState);
  db = mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/testdb");
}

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Deploy Meteor app and migrate the built-in, local MongoDB to a remote server where the app is hosted.

It took me days to actually get this working, so I figured I would write out the steps I took to finally resolve the issue for my own assistance in the future and, hopefully, to help others who encounter this problem.

Create .deploy folder in your app's directory

cd .deploy
mup init

Configure the mup.js file to match your configuration. Here's an extremely basic example:

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Follow instructions below to get meteor emails sending correctly from heroku using amazon ses

1. set up smtp access via aws console, get your smtp credentials

2. using a javascript console (chrome dev tools / firebug) run

encodeURIComponent("SES_SMTP_USERNAME")

encodeURIComponent("SES_SMTP_PASSWORD")

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var geojsonStream = require('geojson-stream');
var mapnik = require('mapnik');
var fs = require('fs');

var input = 'test/data/world_merc.shp';
var output = './out.geojson';

// set up geojson output stream
var fileOut = fs.createWriteStream(output);
var geojsonOut = geojsonStream.stringify();

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Keyboard-only Mac Cheatsheet

Hi, I'm Lorna and I don't use a mouse. I have had RSI issues since a bad workstation setup at work in 2006. I've tried a number of extra hardware modifications but what works best for me is to use the keyboard and only the keyboard, so I'm in a good position and never reaching for anything else (except my coffee cup!). I rather unwisely took a job which required me to use a mac (I've been a linux user until now and also had the ability to choose my tools carefully) so here is my cheatsheet of the apps, tricks and keyboard shortcuts I'm using, mostly for my own reference. Since keyboard-only use is also great for productivity, you may also find some of these ideas useful, in which case at least something good has come of this :)

Apps List

There's more detail on a few of these apps but here is a quick overview of the tools I've installed and found helpful

Tool	Link	Comments

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Table Of Content

Skip to the relevant sections if needed.

• 2-min tutorial to do it the quick-and-dirty-way
• Concepts for resolving Git conflicts
• Setting up different editors / tool for using git mergetool
  • Finding out what mergetool editors are supported
• mergetool simple code example for vimdiff
  • Resolving conflict from a Git pull
• Other great references and tutorials

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brew install docker
brew install docker-machine
brew services start docker-machine
brew install virtualbox  # Requires SystemPreferences intervention
docker-machine create default --virtualbox-cpu-count 6 --virtualbox-memory 8192

# Create "docker" group and put me in it
sudo dseditgroup -o create docker
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a price -t user docker

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# 0 is too far from ` ;)
set -g base-index 1

# Automatically set window title
set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
set-option -g set-titles on

#set -g default-terminal screen-256color
set -g status-keys vi
set -g history-limit 10000

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import os
import subprocess
import shlex
import time
def convert_doc_to_pdf(ipfile_path, opfile_path):
    subprocess.Popen(shlex.split('libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf "{}" --outdir "{}"'.format(ipfile_path, opfile_path)), stdout=True)

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# pdfTextMiner.py
# Python 2.7.6
# For Python 3.x use pdfminer3k module
# This link has useful information on components of the program
# https://euske.github.io/pdfminer/programming.html
# http://denis.papathanasiou.org/posts/2010.08.04.post.html


''' Important classes to remember
PDFParser - fetches data from pdf file