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sbussard / installing node
Created February 17, 2011 02:09
installing node.js on a new rackspace cloud instance of ubuntu 10.10
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# so far as I can tell you need to do at least this much to install node on a new rackspace cloud instance of ubuntu 10.10
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sudo su #to save time, if not root
apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential openssl pkg-config git-core libssl-dev python
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure
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sbussard / codeview.html
Created February 26, 2011 19:38
drag source files to browser to view as plain text
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge;chrome=1" />
<style type="text/css">
body {padding:0;margin:0;}
#codearea {
width: 80%;
border-radius: 10px;
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sbussard / calculator.js
Created February 27, 2011 17:16
graphing calculator using html5 canvas and web workers
var sin = Math.sin;
var cos = Math.cos;
var tan = Math.tan;
var ln = Math.log;
var log = Math.LOG10E;
var pi = Math.PI;
onmessage = function (event) {
var n = event.data;
var p = [];
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sbussard / cruncher.js
Created February 27, 2011 20:49
animated plotter where i is the parameter
var sin = Math.sin;
var cos = Math.cos;
var tan = Math.tan;
var ln = Math.log;
var log = Math.LOG10E;
var pi = Math.PI;
var wi,hi;
var n;
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sbussard / snippets.less
Last active September 26, 2015 13:37
css3 snippet
.no-select {
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-o-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
.no-drag {
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
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sbussard / price.js
Created August 19, 2011 18:06
Price validation using jQuery
// usage: $("#price").priceField();
$.fn.getCaret = function() { // adapted from http://blog.vishalon.net/index.php/javascript-getting-and-setting-caret-position-in-textarea
var ctrl = this[0];
var CaretPos = 0; // IE Support
if (document.selection) {
ctrl.focus();
var Sel = document.selection.createRange();
Sel.moveStart('character', -ctrl.value.length);
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sbussard / upsshipping.html
Created August 26, 2011 20:03
Get UPS Shipping Rates
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- converted from php http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial213_Creating-a-UPS-Shipping-Calculator.html -->
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Unofficial UPS Shipping Calculator</title>
</head>
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sbussard / setup
Created November 15, 2011 22:49
rackspace + wordpress
sudo su
apt-get update
apt-get install unzip apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server phpmyadmin
# go through the wizards and set up the passwords, making sure to write them down / memorize!
a2enmod rewrite
nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
# change AllowOverride setting for /var/www from None to All, save then quit
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sbussard / minivalidator.js
Created December 8, 2011 05:15
quick email validation
function validate(name, email) {
var errors = [];
var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/;
if(name === '') {
errors.push('You forgot to enter your name');
}
if(email === '' || !emailReg.test(email)) {
errors.push('Your e-mail address is invalid');
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sbussard / gist:2777767
Created May 23, 2012 20:57
animated neon thingies
/*
Author: Stephen Bussard
Twitter: @sbussard
*/
var sin = Math.sin;
var cos = Math.cos;
var tan = Math.tan;