hpeikemo

/*
 * Customize Footnotify on your site by adding custom css.
 * 
 * This file is NOT loaded by the script and must be
 * implemented on the site in order to apply.
 *
 * More info: https://gist.github.com/1046538
 *
 */

oodavid

Deploy your site with git

This gist assumes:

• you have a local git repo
• with an online remote repository (github / bitbucket etc)
• and a cloud server (Rackspace cloud / Amazon EC2 etc)
  • your (PHP) scripts are served from /var/www/html/
  • your webpages are executed by apache
• apache's home directory is /var/www/

anthonyshort

// Media Queries in Sass 3.2
//
// These mixins make media queries a breeze with Sass.
// The media queries from mobile up until desktop all 
// trigger at different points along the way
//
// And important point to remember is that and width
// over the portrait width is considered to be part of the
// landscape width. This allows us to capture widths of devices
// that might not fit the dimensions exactly. This means the break

froots

if (typeof (AC) === "undefined") {
    AC = {}
}
AC.ImageReplacer = Class.create({
    _defaultOptions: {
        listenToSwapView: true,
        filenameRegex: /(.*)(\.[a-z]{3}($|#.*|\?.*))/i,
        filenameInsert: "_☃x",
        ignoreCheck: /(^http:\/\/movies\.apple\.com\/|\/105\/|\/global\/elements\/quicktime\/|_(([2-9]|[1-9][0-9]+)x|nohires)(\.[a-z]{3})($|#.*|\?.*))/i,
        attribute: "data-hires",

marcel

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# giftube – Generates an animated gif from a YouTube url.
#
# Usage:
#
#   giftube [youtube url] [minute:second] [duration]
#
#   ex.
#

nicoleslaw

Tiny Content Framework

About the project

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.

Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email (nicole@nicolefenton.com).

Contents

harrisj

A Simple Solution for Faked Tweets

Recently, a somewhat large selection of my timeline was shocked by the discovery that it's simple to make a fake-looking tweet on the web. Some feared it would be only a matter of time before some news organization is suckered by a fake tweet that seems to come from a real source.

Luckily, the solution already exists, and it's something you already use constantly: GNU PrivacyGuard signatures Here is an approach for verifying a tweet is authentic and hasn't been tampered with that is so simple even @KimKardashian could figure it out. To get started, we just need to do a little setup first:

1. Of course, you have already installed GnuPG for your own use, generated a keypair and uploaded it to a keyserver so that other people can look it up. Its email address must be publicly listed in your twitter profile.
2. Then, you must collect the public keys of the people you fo

kissane

Style Book

We're currently using the Chicago Manual of Style. It's imperfect, but it's better than the alternatives, so far.

Style Basics & Deviations From the Stylebook

• We don't wrap article titles within text in quotes, but we do link to them on first usage
• We don't italicize the names of publications in article text
• We don't cap "The" in publication titles in article text, but we do in Organization entries
• Commas and periods go inside closing quotation marks

jveldboom

vaguity

Hacks/Hackers NYC: Encryption and Operational Security for Journalists (2013-09-16)

Jennifer Valentino, Wall Street Journal (@jenvalentino)

These notes come straight from Jennifer's presentation; slides at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2HGtAJEbG8PdzVPdHcwekI2V2M/edit

Background

• NSA covers 75% of internet traffic; not all is collected or sifted
• Big issues with suveillance are not the NSA but leak investigations, subpoenas, accidental disclosure and chilling effects on sources