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# If your workers are inactive for a long period of time, they'll lose
# their MySQL connection.
#
# This hack ensures we re-connect whenever a connection is
# lost. Because, really. why not?
#
# Stick this in RAILS_ROOT/config/initializers/connection_fix.rb (or somewhere similar)
#
# From:
#   http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/activerecord-threading-issues-and-resolutions/

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 Warren Merrifield
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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# In response to:
# http://mlomnicki.com/ruby/tricks-and-quirks/2011/02/10/ruby-tricks2.html
# Ruby 1.9.2 has some neat stuff that lets us make a readable
# alternative case statement that calls each method in turn.

# 1.9.2 features used:
#   * hashes are ordered in 1.9.2
#   * cool JSON-style hash syntax
#   * concise lambda syntax

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class Application < Sinatra::Base
  get '/:domain/:project' do
    tickets = HTTParty.get(
      "https://#{params[:domain]}.lighthouseapp.com/projects/#{params[:project]}/tickets.xml?q=#{params[:q]}"
    )['tickets']

    builder do |xml|
      xml.instruct! :xml, :version => '1.0'
      xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
        xml.channel do

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# RSpec 2.0 syntax Cheet Sheet by http://ApproachE.com

# defining spec within a module will automatically pick Player::MovieList as a 'subject' (see below)
module Player
	describe MovieList, "with optional description" do
		  
	  it "is pending example, so that you can write ones quickly"
	  
	  it "is already working example that we want to suspend from failing temporarily" do
		pending("working on another feature that temporarily breaks this one")

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Here are some resources that I found helpful and found inspiration from when I was writing the talk.

• How To Design A good API and Why It Matters by Joshua Bloch
• Albert Einstein Quotes from Brainy Quote
• The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Steven Raymond

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require "uri"

(URI::REGEXP.constants - ["PATTERN"]).each do |rc|
  puts "#{rc}: #{URI::REGEXP.const_get(rc)}"
end

URI::REGEXP::PATTERN.constants.each do |pc|
  puts "#{pc}: #{URI::REGEXP::PATTERN.const_get(pc)}"
end

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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <AddressBook/AddressBook.h>

@interface SFBestGuess : NSObject {
    NSMutableArray *_cities;
    NSMutableArray *_states;
    NSMutableArray *_zipCodes;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *cities;

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Pagination 101

Article by Faruk Ateş, [originally on KuraFire.net][original] which is currently down

One of the most commonly overlooked and under-refined elements of a website is its pagination controls. In many cases, these are treated as an afterthought. I rarely come across a website that has decent pagination, and it always makes me wonder why so few manage to get it right. After all, I'd say that pagination is pretty easy to get right. Alas, that doesn't seem the case, so after encouragement from Chris Messina on Flickr I decided to write my Pagination 101, hopefully it'll give you some clues as to what makes good pagination.

Before going into analyzing good and bad pagination, I want to explain just what I consider to be pagination: Pagination is any kind of control system that lets the user browse through pages of search results, archives, or any other kind of continued content. Search results are the o

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def share_with_facebook_url(opts)

    # Generates an url that will 'share with Facebook', and can includes title, url, summary, images without need of OG data.
    #
    # URL generate will be like
    # http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?s=100&p[title]=We also do cookies&p[url]=http://www.wealsodocookies.com&p[images][0]=http://www.wealsodocookies.com/images/logo.jpg&p[summary]=Super developer company
    #
    # For this you'll need to pass the options as
    #
    # { :url     => "http://www.wealsodocookies.com",