A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
#!/usr/bin/env node // This plugin replaces text in a file with the app version from config.xml. var wwwFileToReplace = "js/build.js"; var fs = require('fs'); var path = require('path'); var rootdir = process.argv[2]; function loadConfigXMLDoc(filePath) { var fs = require('fs'); var xml2js = require('xml2js'); var json = ""; try { var fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'ascii'); var …
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ssh http://t.co/E7Ilc0B0BC pic.twitter.com/CqYBR1WYO4 — Andrey Petrov (@shazow) December 13, 2014 If we can write a chatroom on top of SSH, why don’t we use it for more things? Interesting read packed with dozens of facts about the SSH protocol and why we should use it for more things. Why aren’t we using SSH for everything? …
When I got to GitHub, I checked my application.yml, and it was online with my [Amazon S3] API keys… Crap! I reverted the last few commits, and deleted all traces from GitHub. I was able to clean it up within about 5 minutes and no one else knew about the repo. After a close call, …
When working with Dual/Multiple Screens in OS X Mavericks and having “Displays have separate spaces” switched on, I noticed that the dock would unpredictably switch monitors from time to time. Fed up with this I spent a Google Search Coupon on the issue and guess what: it’s not a bug, it’s a(n undocumented) feature. To …
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The projection mapping “bioluminescent forest” is made by artists Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad. The artists spent six weeks in the forest fascinated by the silence and natural occurrences in nature, especially the phenomenon “bioluminescence”. They personified the forest to accentuate the natural beauty by creating luring luminescent plants and glowing magical mushrooms that …
The XY-mode of an oscilloscope is pretty straightforward. Two voltages specify the horizontal and vertical position of the ray, so by varying these as a function of time you can draw shapes. Basically you output a set of 2D points with coordinates in range [-1, 1], view it in XY-mode on the oscilloscope and Bob’s …
Why are we so confident these are the most detailed maps you’ll ever see from the 2014 Senate elections? Precincts are the smallest level of geography for publicly-reported election results. There were more than 175,000 precincts in the United States in 2012, fifty times the number of counties. The maps here show precinct-level results, where …
$scope.list = function() { fbAuth = fb.getAuth(); if(fbAuth) { var sync = $firebase(fb.child(“users/” + fbAuth.uid)); var syncObject = sync.$asObject(); syncObject.$bindTo($scope, “data”); } } Once syncObject is bound to $scope.data, which is provided by AngularFire, data will be synchronized consistently in three ways (UI, $scope.data, and Firebase): Calling $scope.data.todos.push({title: result}); will update the UI and also …
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