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djacobs / ThinkUp on EC2 Ubuntu 10.10 User-Data Script
Created January 6, 2011 15:56 — forked from delfuego/ThinkUp on EC2 Ubuntu 10.10 User-Data Script
#!/bin/bash -ex
exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1
# install ThinkUp on EC2 Ubuntu instance:
#
# @spara 12/23/10
# @waxpancake 1/3/11
# install required packages
sudo apt-get update
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djacobs / copy_and_paste.py
Created July 24, 2010 21:31 — forked from bretthoerner/copy_and_paste.py
# credit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1543915
# in ipythonrc:
# execfile copy_and_paste.py
def copy(data):
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
Popen(["xclip", "-selection", "clipboard"], stdin=PIPE).communicate(str(data))
def paste():
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djacobs / snippet.html
Created July 7, 2010 22:53
function createExcerpt(str,maxwords){
if(str) {
var excerpt = '';
var words_arr = [];
str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,""); //trims spaces from start and end of string
str = stripTags(str);
words_arr=str.split(' ');
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djacobs / gist:413207
Created May 25, 2010 14:47 — forked from btrott/gist:383188
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Activity widget</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; }
#note-list li { list-style: none; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999; }
#note-list li span.avatar { padding-right: 10px; }
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djacobs / gist:383542
Created April 29, 2010 12:48 — forked from btrott/gist:383188
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Activity widget</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="note-list"></ul>
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djacobs / gist:375437
Created April 22, 2010 16:19
require WWW::Instapaper::Client;
my $paper = WWW::Instapaper::Client->new(
username => 'hellotypepad@mac.com', # E-mail OR username
password => '',
);
my $result = $paper->add(
url => 'http://hello.typepad.com/hello/2010/04/hbos-treme-creator-david-simon-explains-it-all-for-you.html',
title => "Treme Story", # optional, will try to get automatically if not given
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djacobs / clients.md
Created April 18, 2010 18:23 — forked from defunkt/clients.md

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djacobs / typepad_external_asset_lookup.php
Created April 7, 2010 17:23 — forked from nataliepo/typepad_external_asset_lookup.php
<html>
<body>
<h3>External Assets Example</h3>
<?php
/***** Utility methods + constants ******/
define ("DEFAULT_DEBUG_MODE", 1);
define ("ROOT_TYPEPAD_API_URL", "http://api.typepad.com");
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djacobs / gist:352564
Created April 2, 2010 00:16 — forked from btrott/gist:350788
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Prompt;
use Try::Tiny;
use WWW::TypePad;
use WWW::TypePad::CmdLine;
my $tp = WWW::TypePad::CmdLine->initialize( requires_auth => 1 );
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djacobs / bobcousy.htaccess
Created November 3, 2009 18:12
bobcousy@bobcousyslisp.com [~/public_html]# cat .htaccess
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
# rewrite url request enabled
RewriteEngine On
# if the FILENAME requested isn't an actual file, perform the next command
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# send requested urn to the dispatch.fcgi to be processed
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]