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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# upload a local image or an image on the web to imageshack

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

require 'open-uri'
require 'uri'

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# sparkline showing the number of lines in a file
# run from cron at regular intervals

require 'rubygems'
require 'sparklines'

file_to_count = '/tmp/growing_file'
count_file = "#{file_to_count}.linecount"

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require 'pp'

temps = {}

temps['video'] = `aticonfig --od-gettemperature`.match(/Temperature - (\d+\.\d+) C/).captures.first.to_f

sensors_output = `sensors`


(['CPU', 'System'] + (0..3).to_a.map {|c| "Core #{c}"}).each do |x|

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
# gmail unread message count

require 'open-uri'
require 'rexml/document'

unread_count = open('https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom',
  :http_basic_authentication=>['you', 'secret']) do |f|
  doc = REXML::Document.new(f.read)
  doc.root.elements['//feed//fullcount/text()'].value.to_i

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# Google Calendar backup for custom domain

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'

domain, user, pass = ARGV

unless [domain, user, pass].include?(nil)

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# get latitude and longitude from a photo
# known to work with iphone photots

require 'rubygems'
require 'exifr'

x = EXIFR::JPEG.new(ARGV[0])

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function add_youtube_thumbs() {
  var m;
  $('a').map(function() {
    m = /http:\/\/(?:(?:www|uk)\.)?youtube\.com\/watch\?v=(.+?)(?:&|$)/.exec(
      $(this).attr('href'));
    if (m) {
      $(this).prepend($('<img />').attr({
        'class' : 'youtube_thumb',
        'src' : 'http://img.youtube.com/vi/' + m[1] + '/1.jpg'
      }));

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# get number of active and allowed connections from a DD-WRT router

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/ssh'

Net::SSH.start('192.168.0.1', 'root') do |ssh|
  max = ssh.exec!('cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_max').strip
  tcp = ssh.exec!('grep -c ^tcp /proc/net/ip_conntrack').strip

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'

symbol = ARGV[0]

open("http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NasdaqRSS.aspx?data=quotes&symbol=#{symbol}") do |f|
  doc = Hpricot(f)
  desc = (doc/"//rss/channel/item/description").first.inner_html

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

# show recent anonymous edits to a Wikipedia article from interesting domains

require 'hpricot'
require 'open-uri'
require 'socket'
require 'yaml'

article = 'Henry_Paulson'