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# Setting up a local solr instance on a mac

# install solr with homebrew
brew install solr

# create the base solr index directory
mkdir -p /data/solr

# make sure you can write to the solr logs
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/Cellar/solr/

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source 'https://rubygems.org'

# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.0.0'

# Use mysql as the database for Active Record
gem "mysql2"

# Adds foreign key support to rails Active Record
# https://github.com/matthuhiggins/foreigner

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CarrierWave::ProcessingError (Failed to manipulate with MiniMagick, maybe it is not an image? Original Error: Command ("mogrify -crop '217x217+0+136' /var/folders/1_/fj3rk_750w32l91pxp59xz180000gn/T/mini_magick20130913-12950-ul75bn.jpg") failed: {:status_code=>1, :output=>"mogrify: invalid argument for option `'217x217+0+136'': -crop @ error/mogrify.c/MogrifyImageCommand/4227.\n"}):

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How to use a PS3 controller on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

1. Open Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Bluetooth and disable Bluetooth on Mac as well as any other nearby Macs or devices which will try to pair with and confuse the controller.

2. Reset PS3 controller by inserting paperclip into pinhole near L2 button.

3. Connect PS3 controller to Mac with USB cable.

4. Enable Bluetooth.

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Implement Routing for Subdomains

Rails 3.0 introduced support for routing constrained by subdomains.

A subdomain can be specified explicitly, like this:

match '/' => 'home#index', :constraints => { :subdomain => 'www' } 

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require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

class Chunked
  def initialize(data, chunk_size)
    @size = chunk_size
    if data.respond_to? :read
      @file = data
    end
  end

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def inspect data , depth = 0
	data.each do | key , value | 
		if value.class == Hash 	
			spacing = ''
			depth.times { spacing << '-' }
			puts spacing+' '+key.to_s

			inspect value , depth+1
		else 
			spacing = ''

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(function($){
    
    $.alphaRange = function(from , to , onlyLetters) {
        
         var startLetter = from || 'A',
             endLetter = to || 'Z',
             start = startLetter.charCodeAt(0),
             end = endLetter.charCodeAt(0),
             length = end - start,
             letter = 0,

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(function($){

  $.fn.popdown = function( trigger_at ) {

    var element = this;
    var trigger = trigger_at;

    $(document).scroll(function(e){
      var spos = $(document).scrollTop();
      if (spos >= trigger) {

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'sinatra'

PUBLIC_FOLDER = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__) , 'site')

set :public_folder , PUBLIC_FOLDER
set :static , true

get '/' do 
    File.open(File.join(PUBLIC_FOLDER , 'index.html') , 'r').read.to_s