mathiasbynens

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" -o -z "$1" ]; then cat <<EOF
appify v3.0.1 for Mac OS X - http://mths.be/appify
Creates the simplest possible Mac app from a shell script.

Appify takes a shell script as its first argument:

    `basename "$0"` my-script.sh

bmnick

EAS	001	George Eastman Hall
RIA	002	Frank Ritter Arena
CLK	003	George H. Clark Gymnasium
SAU	004	Student Alumni Union
WAL	005	Wallace Library
LBR	006	Liberal Arts Hall
UNI/VIG	007A	University Gallery/Vignelli Center for Design Studies
GAN     007B    Frank E. Gannett Hall
GOS     008     Thomas Gosnell Hall
GLE     009     James E. Gleason Hall

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

elmotec

#!python

"""See main.__doc__"""

import os
import logging
import glob
import unittest
import sys

aras-p

// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

phpfour

<?php

namespace LM\Bundle\CoreBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;

class AppController extends Controller
{

Dinnerbone

public class Foo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String x = "This is weird: \u0022\u003B\u0069\u006E\u0074\u0020\u0079\u003D\u0031\u002F\u0030\u003B\u0078\u003D\u0022???";
        System.out.println("x = " + x);
    }
}

23maverick23

##
# The MIT License (MIT)
# 
# Copyright (c) 2014 Ryan Morrissey
# 
# 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

umidjons

Creating PDF thumbnails in PHP

Install Ghostscript

Download and install right version of ghostscript. In my case my PHP was x86 architecture, so I download Ghostscript 9.14 for Windows (32 bit).

Enable ImageMagick