This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
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/ GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
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OS X Screencast to animated GIF
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/ parallel.js
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July 21, 2011 01:10
call multiple async methods in parallel and receive the result in a callback
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| function parallel() { | |
| var args = Array.apply(null, arguments) | |
| , callback = args.pop() | |
| , returns = [] | |
| , len = 0 | |
| args.forEach(function (el, i) { | |
| el(function () { | |
| var a = Array.apply(null, arguments) | |
| , e = a.shift() | |
| if (e) return callback(e) |
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # | |
| # usage: ./imax.sh "tron 2" | |
| # | |
| # Note, this doesn't always work as it is clearly scrapping imdb. | |
| # comment below for any suggested changes! | |
| # | |
| echo "Was it filmed in IMAX?" | |
| q=`echo $1 | sed -e s/\ /\+/g` |