std::set phoenix;
phoenix.key_comp();
# RSpec 2.0 syntax Cheet Sheet by http://ApproachE.com | |
# defining spec within a module will automatically pick Player::MovieList as a 'subject' (see below) | |
module Player | |
describe MovieList, "with optional description" do | |
it "is pending example, so that you can write ones quickly" | |
it "is already working example that we want to suspend from failing temporarily" do | |
pending("working on another feature that temporarily breaks this one") |
# unregister broken GHC packages. Run this a few times to resolve dependency rot in installed packages. | |
# ghc-pkg-clean -f cabal/dev/packages*.conf also works. | |
function ghc-pkg-clean() { | |
for p in `ghc-pkg check $* 2>&1 | grep problems | awk '{print $6}' | sed -e 's/:$//'` | |
do | |
echo unregistering $p; ghc-pkg $* unregister $p | |
done | |
} | |
# remove all installed GHC/cabal packages, leaving ~/.cabal binaries and docs in place. |
This simple script will take a picture of a whiteboard and use parts of the ImageMagick library with sane defaults to clean it up tremendously.
The script is here:
#!/bin/bash
convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2"
#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather
Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.
####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an