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# Testing exception_notifier the easy way:

class ActionController::Base
  alias :rescue_action_locally :rescue_action_in_public
end

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# Cycling Through A Set of Strings With Sequency
#
# It's pretty easy to use Sequency (http://github.com/commondream/sequency) to cycle through a set of 
# strings when creating factories.
#
# I got this data from the US Social Security Administration website (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/)

Sequence.define(:first_name) do |i|
  names = %w( Jacob Emily Michael Isabella Ethan Emma Joshua Ava Daniel	Madison	Christopher 
    Sophia Anthony Olivia William Abigail Matthew Hannah Andrew Elizabeth )

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-- Script to display the names of files that are missing from your iTunes Library
-- Adapted from the script at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2007031309145927

tell application "iTunes"
	set thePlaylist to library playlist 1
	set musicFiles to the file tracks of thePlaylist
	
	repeat with mf in musicFiles
		--the name of mf as string
		set hasLoc to ""

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# Getting postgres gem to install on OS X requires that you have the ARCHFLAGS environment variable set 
# correctly
sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386" gem install postgres

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# Reusable mocking of ActiveResource
#
# I use this technique when I need to mock ActiveResource in several tests and it gets a bit too keyboard
# heavy to use the default mechanism.

# Shortcut for typing ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to
def ar_mock(&block)
  ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to(&block)
end

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I'm thinking that the syntax for Industrial Revolution will be something like this:

Defining a Factory
==================

Factory.for Cat do
  defaults do
    cat = Cat.new
    cat.name = "Mr. Whiskers"
    cat.color = "Yellow"

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# My my.cnf file on my local system. Keeps me from having to type in -u root every time I run MySQL
[client]
user=root

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# My command prompt, ripped from someone online that I don't have a link for. Sorry!
function git_current_branch {
        git branch 2>/dev/null | awk '/^\* /{print " " $2}'
}

function git_dirty {
        git status 2>/dev/null | wc -l | awk '{if ($1 > 2) print "*"}'
}

export PS1="[\w\$(git_current_branch)\$(git_dirty)]: "

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# Using mk-table-checksum

# Setting up the checksums from the master
mk-table-checksum --replicate maatkit.checksum localhost

# Checking the checksums on the slave
mk-table-checksum --replicate maatkit.checksum --replcheck localhost

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NSCalendar *calendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *comps = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
[comps setDay:-7];
NSDate *weekAgo = [calendar dateByAddingComponents:comps toDate:self.currentDate options:0];