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<p>For the longest time, I never actually pay attention on how this works:</p> <pre><code>(function($) {<br />&nbsp; // plugin code here, use $ as much as you like<br />})(jQuery);</code></pre> <p>What above does:</p> <ul> <li>Create an anonymous function that get executed immediately.</li> <li>We pass jQuery to that anonymous function.</li> </ul>

Simple tutorial on 0MQ send and receive operations (in Python)

<pre><code>git rev-list --all --branches --max-count=100</code></pre> <p>The tags are chronologically ordered.</p>

<pre><code>git ls-remote --heads origin {your branch} </code></pre> <p><strong>Notes</strong>: You can either pass --heads or --tags</p> <p><strong>Reference:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.gitready.com/intermediate/2009/02/13/list-remote-branches.html" target="_blank">http://www.gitready.com/intermediate/2009/02/13/list-remote-branches.html</a></li> </ul>

<p>Who knew that designers have this problem as well.</p>

Good blog post on how to connect to redis from node.js server

<p>Learning how to design is indeed very difficult, at least for me.</p> <p>This QA contains lots of recommended books to read if you want to be better at user experience in general.</p>

Awesome StackOverflow article on Python features

<p>When administering rc.d scripts, it is recommended on Ubuntu to use the sysv_rc_conf (run level configurator for System V like init.d scripts).</p> <p>The command line tool itself has user friendly GUI that makes configuration process painless. Just check/uncheck by using spacebar.</p> <p>Ubuntu <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1321119" target="_blank">community</a> seemed to endorse it over chkconfig (which is a RedHat tool).</p> <h4>Installation</h4> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf</code></pre> <h4>To Add a Service</h4> <pre><code>sysv-rc-conf nginx on</code></pre> <h4>To Use the GUI</h4> <pre><code>sysv-rc-conf</code></pre> <p>Read its documentation <a href="http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>

Github, tutorial on how to push to different remote branch