aws-scripting-guy

# Get IAM Role name from Instance Profile Id
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/info

# Get credentials
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/<role-name>

# More info
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html

ktmud

var BatchStream = require('batch-stream2')
var gulp = require('gulp')
var coffee = require('gulp-coffee')
var uglify = require('gulp-uglify')
var cssmin = require('gulp-minify-css')
var bower = require('gulp-bower-files')
var stylus = require('gulp-stylus')
var livereload = require('gulp-livereload')
var include = require('gulp-include')
var concat = require('gulp-concat')

shevron

Copyright (c) 2015, Shahar Evron
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, 
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this 
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 

benbalter

# Bulk convert shapefiles to geojson using ogr2ogr
# For more information, see http://ben.balter.com/2013/06/26/how-to-convert-shapefiles-to-geojson-for-use-on-github/

# Note: Assumes you're in a folder with one or more zip files containing shape files
# and Outputs as geojson with the crs:84 SRS (for use on GitHub or elsewhere)

#geojson conversion
function shp2geojson() {
  ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON -t_srs crs:84 "$1.geojson" "$1.shp"
}

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:

niallo

/*
 * parse_link_header()
 *
 * Parse the Github Link HTTP header used for pageination
 * http://developer.github.com/v3/#pagination
 */
function parse_link_header(header) {
  if (header.length == 0) {
    throw new Error("input must not be of zero length");
  }

colbyr

cd /usr/local/Library/Formula
git checkout 9e18876 tomcat.rb
brew install tomcat

signed0

'''Provides utility functions for encoding and decoding linestrings using the 
Google encoded polyline algorithm.
'''

def encode_coords(coords):
    '''Encodes a polyline using Google's polyline algorithm
    
    See http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/polylinealgorithm.html 
    for more information.