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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/2605632137/changing-from-utc-offset-to-time-zone-identifier-in

identifier = {
  -11  => 'Samoa',#International Date Line West, Midway Island
  -10  => 'Hawaii',
  -9   => 'Alaska',
  -8   => 'Pacific Time (US & Canada)',#Tijuana
  -7   => 'Mountain Time (US & Canada)',#Arizona, Chihuahua, Mazatlan
  -6   => 'Central Time (US & Canada)',#Central America, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, Saskatchewan
  -5   => 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)',#Bogota, Indiana (East), Lima, Quito

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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/2613268281/changing-from-tz-database-identifiers-to-rails-friendly
{
  "Australia/Adelaide"             => "Adelaide",
  "Australia/Broken_Hill"          => "Adelaide",
  "America/Anchorage"              => "Alaska",
  "America/Juneau"                 => "Alaska",
  "America/Nome"                   => "Alaska",
  "America/Yakutat"                => "Alaska",
  "Pacific/Gambier"                => "Alaska",
  "Asia/Almaty"                    => "Almaty",

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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/2592867566/disqus-the-missing-manual

require 'net/http'
require 'open-uri'

# The list of files to download
files = {
  # used in production
  'build' => {
    # Disqus translations

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blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/2592867566/disqus-the-missing-manual

http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/ar.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/af.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/bg.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/zh.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/zh_HANT.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/cs.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/da.js
http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1295633860/build/lang/nl.js

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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/3230523402/use-the-dokdok-api-from-ruby

require 'base64'
require 'openssl'
require 'httparty'

class DokDok
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'api.dokdok.com'

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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/3385815540/how-to-generate-an-opml-file-with-ruby

require 'open-uri'
require 'builder'
require 'truffle-hog'
require 'nokogiri'

# CHANGE ME
urls = %w(http://example.com/ http://example.org/)

jpmckinney

# snippet from HackMTL 2010

require 'httparty'

YELLOW_API_KEY = 'demo'

class String
  # Transliterates French accents
  def transliterate
    { /[àâ]/   => 'a',

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# snippet from HackMTL 2010

require 'httparty'

OPEN_CALAIS_KEY = 'demo'

class Calais
  include HTTParty
  base_uri 'api.opencalais.com'

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// blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/4047203519/mixins-for-underscore-js

_.mixin({
  // @param array obj An array of two-element arrays, where the first element is
  //   the key and the second element is the value.
  // @returns object A JavaScript object declaring key-value pairs.
  toObj: function (obj) {
    return _.reduce(obj, function (memo, array) {
      memo[array[0]] = array[1];
      return memo;

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# blog post: http://blog.slashpoundbang.com/post/6087617126/how-to-add-yourself-to-your-own-twitter-list
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'twitter'

# Replace the four strings below with your own values.
Twitter.configure do |config|
  config.consumer_key = 'CONSUMER_KEY'
  config.consumer_secret = 'CONSUMER_SECRET'
  config.oauth_token = 'OAUTH_TOKEN'
  config.oauth_token_secret = 'OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET'