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scribu / backtrace-errors.php
Created October 14, 2010 07:25
Backtrace Errors
<?php
// Forked from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1159216/how-can-i-get-php-to-produce-a-backtrace-upon-errors/1159235#1159235
function process_error_backtrace($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) {
if(!(error_reporting() & $errno))
return;
switch($errno) {
case E_WARNING :
case E_USER_WARNING :
case E_STRICT :
@iansheridan
iansheridan / git-cheat-sheet.md
Created March 15, 2011 14:25
A cheat sheet for GIT

Setup

git clone <repo>

clone the repository specified by ; this is similar to "checkout" in some other version control systems such as Subversion and CVS

Add colors to your ~/.gitconfig file:

@isaacsanders
isaacsanders / Equity.md
Created January 21, 2012 15:32
Joel Spolsky on Equity for Startups

This is a post by Joel Spolsky. The original post is linked at the bottom.

This is such a common question here and elsewhere that I will attempt to write the world's most canonical answer to this question. Hopefully in the future when someone on answers.onstartups asks how to split up the ownership of their new company, you can simply point to this answer.

The most important principle: Fairness, and the perception of fairness, is much more valuable than owning a large stake. Almost everything that can go wrong in a startup will go wrong, and one of the biggest things that can go wrong is huge, angry, shouting matches between the founders as to who worked harder, who owns more, whose idea was it anyway, etc. That is why I would always rather split a new company 50-50 with a friend than insist on owning 60% because "it was my idea," or because "I was more experienced" or anything else. Why? Because if I split the company 60-40, the company is going to fail when we argue ourselves to death. And if you ju

@boucher
boucher / gist:1750375
Created February 6, 2012 07:09 — forked from siddarth/gist:1379745
Stripe PHP simple example
<?php
require 'path-to-Stripe.php';
if ($_POST) {
Stripe::setApiKey("YOUR-API-KEY");
$error = '';
$success = '';
try {
if (!isset($_POST['stripeToken']))
throw new Exception("The Stripe Token was not generated correctly");
@henrik
henrik / ocr.markdown
Created March 3, 2012 17:07
OCR on OS X with tesseract

Install ImageMagick for image conversion:

brew install imagemagick

Install tesseract for OCR:

brew install tesseract --all-languages

Or install without --all-languages and install them manually as needed.

@jlong
jlong / uri.js
Created April 20, 2012 13:29
URI Parsing with Javascript
var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";
parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port; // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search; // => "?search=test"
parser.hash; // => "#hash"
parser.host; // => "example.com:3000"
@jtallant
jtallant / html5doctype.php
Created October 15, 2012 18:00
WordPress Genesis HTML5 Doctype
remove_action('genesis_doctype', 'genesis_do_doctype');
add_action('genesis_doctype', 'child_html5_doctype');
/**
* Removes the Genesis doctype and replaces it with an HTML5 doctype
*
* @author Justin Tallant
*/
function child_html5_doctype() {
$doctype = '<!DOCTYPE html>
<html dir="' . get_bloginfo("text_direction") . '" lang="' . get_bloginfo("language") . '">
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active May 17, 2024 02:53
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

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.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

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

@2called-chaos
2called-chaos / install_nginx_vim.sh
Created March 3, 2013 01:03
enable nginx vim syntax highlighting (on Ubuntu/Debian)
#!/bin/sh
mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax/
cd ~/.vim/syntax/
wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=19394
mv download_script.php\?src_id\=19394 nginx.vim
cat > ~/.vim/filetype.vim <<EOF
au BufRead,BufNewFile /etc/nginx/*,/usr/local/nginx/conf/* if &ft == '' | setfiletype nginx | endif
EOF
@ricardozea
ricardozea / ie67891011-css-hacks.txt
Last active February 2, 2023 15:17
IE CSS hacks - IE6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
IE6 Only
==================
_selector {...}
IE6 & IE7
==================
*html or { _property: }
IE7 Only
==================