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@paulirish
paulirish / gist:292907
Created February 2, 2010 18:50
ascii art that's perfect for code comments
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@hubgit
hubgit / file-exists-ci.php
Created June 28, 2010 16:10
Check if a file exists, with case-insensitive file name.
<?php
function file_exists_ci($file) {
if (file_exists($file))
return $file;
$lowerfile = strtolower($file);
foreach (glob(dirname($file) . '/*') as $file)
if (strtolower($file) == $lowerfile)
@jakebellacera
jakebellacera / ICS.php
Last active April 19, 2024 09:06
A convenient script to generate iCalendar (.ics) files on the fly in PHP.
<?php
/**
* This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
*
* Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
* distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
* binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
* means.
*
@caseyjustus
caseyjustus / median.js
Created August 23, 2011 19:34
calculate the median of an array with javascript
function median(values) {
values.sort( function(a,b) {return a - b;} );
var half = Math.floor(values.length/2);
if(values.length % 2)
return values[half];
else
return (values[half-1] + values[half]) / 2.0;
@JeffreyWay
JeffreyWay / gist:1525217
Created December 27, 2011 21:29
Instant Server for Current Directory
alias server='open http://localhost:8000 && python -m SimpleHTTPServer'
@henrik
henrik / eu_country_codes.rb
Last active December 20, 2023 12:20
EU (European Union) country codes, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. (This Gist is from 2012. Please see comments for updates.)
# Note: VAT identification numbers for Greece use "EL", not "GR".
COUNTRY_CODES_EU = %w[
AT BE BG CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE GR HU IE IT
LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SI ES SE GB
]
@jeromer
jeromer / orthodromicdistance.py
Created February 22, 2012 10:06
Orthodromic distance using the Harversine formula in Python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import math
def calculate_orthodromic_distance(pointA, pointB):
"""
Calculates the great circle distance between two points.
The great circle distance is the shortest distance.
This function uses the Haversine formula :
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haversine_formula
@maxrice
maxrice / us-state-names-abbrevs.php
Created May 23, 2012 18:32
US State Names & Abbreviations as PHP Arrays
<?php
/* From https://www.usps.com/send/official-abbreviations.htm */
$us_state_abbrevs_names = array(
'AL'=>'ALABAMA',
'AK'=>'ALASKA',
'AS'=>'AMERICAN SAMOA',
'AZ'=>'ARIZONA',
'AR'=>'ARKANSAS',
@max-mapper
max-mapper / readme.md
Created August 22, 2012 05:08
things I wish github notified me about

the new github notifications (https://github.com/blog/1204-notifications-stars) leaves me wanting more!

  • when someone comments on a gist that I either own or have also commented on
  • when someone comments on a commit (in a project that I'm not part of) that I have commented on
  • when someone makes a commit to a fork of one of my repos

notifications settings should let you choose whether or not to receive emails for the above things. there should also be a web UI that shows you a list of all comments/messages for the above scenarios. at the moment https://github.com/notifications only shows you github issue names which is less useful than showing the actual message (the old notifications page showed actual messages)

function ordinal($number) {
$ends = array('th','st','nd','rd','th','th','th','th','th','th');
$mod100 = $number % 100;
return $number . ($mod100 >= 11 && $mod100 <= 13 ? 'th' : $ends[$number % 10]);
}