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miebach / xenmigrate.py
Last active March 16, 2024 02:33
xenmigrate - convert a Citrix *.xva file to a XEN *.img file.
"""
Original Location: http://www.robotics.net/wp-content/uploads/xenmigrate.py
Quote from the Documentation: http://www.robotics.net/2009/06/06/converting-citrix-xva-to-xenorg-img/ :
'The file formats of the commercial and open source Xen are totally different.
The open source is a standard image file, you can mount it, fdisk it, whatever you would like.
The Citrix Xen Virtual Appliance .XVA file is quite different. It is actually a tar file
with ova.xml meta data and directories starting with Ref full of 1M files that make up the
rive volumes of the virtual image.
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miebach / Install nodejs as service
Created May 31, 2012 16:04
Install nodejs as a service on windows
1) Download nssm from http://nssm.cc/download/?page=download and extract nssm.exe, for example to %windir%\system32\
2) Install your service:
nssm.exe install my-node-service c:\programs\nodejes\node.exe c:\my\server.js
3) Start it using net start:
net start my-node-service
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miebach / rotate-a-wb-page-javascript.rst
Last active November 14, 2023 18:28
Rotate a web page 90 degree counter clockwise:

Rotate a web page 90 degree counter clockwise

Chrome

javascript: document.body.setAttribute( "style", "-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);");

paste into JS console: Ctrl-Shift-C -> "Console" from top menu

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miebach / gist:5525117
Last active July 5, 2023 06:00
God Mode for NT
Create a Desktop folder and name it:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
A list of other commands that also create special folders:
{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
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miebach / git-log-pretty
Last active February 22, 2022 05:25
pretty git log graph with coloured branches
# Visualizing branch topology in git on the commandline
git log --graph --oneline --full-history --all
git log --graph --full-history --all --pretty=format:"%h%x09%d%x20%s"
# With colors in Bash:
git log --graph --full-history --all --color --pretty=format:"%x1b[31m%h%x09%x1b[32m%d%x1b[0m%x20%s"
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miebach / script-declutter
Created October 11, 2013 18:05
Removes control characters from a typescript created with the linux "script" command.
#!/usr/bin/perl -wp
# clean up control characters and other non-text detritus that shows up
# when you run the "script" command.
# From http://impson.tzo.com/~jdimpson/bin/script-declutter
# Copyright Jeremy Impson - http://impson.tzo.com/~jdimpson/
# Also see http://jdimpson.livejournal.com/7040.html
BEGIN {
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miebach / dump_object.py
Created October 16, 2011 15:42
Python debugging and inspection: print (or return as string) a nicely formatted overview of a python object. Works on a module, class or instance.
# recipe-137951-1.py
# from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/137951-dump-all-the-attributes-of-an-object/
# created by (C) Philip Kromer http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/552075/
# forked as https://gist.github.com/1291055
# licence = psf http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/meta:license=psf/
# On python attributes and methods read: http://www.cafepy.com/article/python_attributes_and_methods/python_attributes_and_methods.html
from cStringIO import StringIO
import sys
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miebach / post-checkout
Last active March 20, 2017 11:43
post-checkout hook for python pyc files on git. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1504724/a-git-hook-for-whenever-i-change-branches and http://codeinthehole.com/writing/a-useful-git-post-checkout-hook-for-python-repos/
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# gist at https://gist.github.com/miebach/7391024
# save this file to .git/hooks/post-checkout
# and also to .git/hooks/post-merge
# and make it executable
# Delete .pyc files and empty directories from root of project
cd ./$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
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miebach / ff-extensions+settings.md
Last active January 4, 2016 21:59
Firefox extensions and settings

Options

Options - Gerneral - Browsing

  autoscrolling
  smooth scrolling
x hardware acceleration
  check spelling
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miebach / py3.patch
Created January 27, 2014 00:42
copy of couchdb-python patch from https://code.google.com/p/couchdb-python/issues/detail?id=231#c10
diff -r 961ac99baa29 couchdb/client.py
--- a/couchdb/client.py Sun Aug 18 18:41:46 2013 +0200
+++ b/couchdb/client.py Fri Jan 17 11:03:56 2014 +0100
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
>>> doc_id, doc_rev = db.save({'type': 'Person', 'name': 'John Doe'})
>>> doc = db[doc_id]
>>> doc['type']
-'Person'
+u'Person'
>>> doc['name']