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ianoxley / proxy.py
Created December 7, 2011 16:24
Access URL's from behind a proxy in Python
""" proxy.py
Wires up a proxy server so you can access URL's via Python.
Based on this answer from Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/a/35443
TODO:
1. use proper command line args via optparse / OptionParser
"""
import urllib2
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ianoxley / dateutils.js
Created March 7, 2012 13:41
JavaScript function to parse an ASP.NET JSON-serialised DateTime and extract the UNIX timestamp
/**
* Returns the UNIX timestamp from the ASP.NET JSON-serialised DateTime
*
* @param d - a string in the format /Date(1331127585489)/
* @return UNIX timestamp extracted from d, or zero
* @see http://www.hanselman.com/blog/OnTheNightmareThatIsJSONDatesPlusJSONNETAndASPNETWebAPI.aspx
* for possible changes to the way DateTime objects are serialised to JSON
*
* Example usage:
* var jsonDateTime = '/Date(1331127585489)/';
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ianoxley / Config.cs
Created March 7, 2012 17:38
A dynamic config object to access <appSettings>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Dynamic;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
namespace Ox.Models
{
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ianoxley / console.xml
Created March 16, 2012 16:15
Console2 settings file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<settings>
<console change_refresh="10" refresh="100" rows="25" columns="80" buffer_rows="500" buffer_columns="0" shell="" init_dir="" start_hidden="0" save_size="0">
<colors>
<color id="0" r="0" g="0" b="0"/>
<color id="1" r="0" g="0" b="128"/>
<color id="2" r="0" g="150" b="0"/>
<color id="3" r="0" g="150" b="150"/>
<color id="4" r="170" g="25" b="25"/>
<color id="5" r="128" g="0" b="128"/>
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ianoxley / AssemblyInfo.cs
Created May 21, 2012 08:11
Code snippets for the Albacore article
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("ACME")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("AlbacoreDemo")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Wile E. Coyote")]
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
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ianoxley / canvas_transform.html
Created June 28, 2012 15:38
Canvas transformations demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Canvas Transforms</title>
<style>
canvas {
border:1px solid #ccc;
}
</style>
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ianoxley / fullscreen.css
Created September 25, 2012 22:21
:-webkit-full-screen .gist {
overflow-y:auto;
}
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ianoxley / favicon.sh
Last active December 14, 2015 16:49
#!/usr/bin/bash
# Favicon and Apple Touch Icon Generator
#
# This bash script takes an image as a parameter, and uses ImageMagick to convert it to several
# other formats used on modern websites. The following copies are generated:
#
# * apple-touch-icon-144x144-precomposed.png
# * apple-touch-icon-114x114-precomposed.png
# * apple-touch-icon-57x57-precomposed.png
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ianoxley / CsvActionResult.cs
Created May 3, 2013 07:41
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
public sealed class CsvActionResult : FileResult
{
private readonly DataTable _dataTable;
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ianoxley / weather.py
Created August 15, 2012 08:58
#!/usr/bin/env python
""" Script that prints out tomorrow's weather forecast, using the Yahoo Weather API.
You'll need to get your location's WOEID, which you can get from entering your
location in the form on http://weather.yahoo.com/ - currently where it says
'Enter city of zip code'.
The WOEID numerical id will be in the URL of the page you get redirected to
after submitting the form e.g. in the URL
http://weather.yahoo.com/united-kingdom/england/newcastle-upon-tyne-30079/ the