Handy function for converting bytes to KB, MB, GB, etc.

Use this Gem to programmatically take screenshots of websites with this completely open source and free library. We have also provided easy to follow online tutorials and sample applications to help you set up GrabzIt as quickly as possible.

First run:

gem install grabzit

Then register a new account on http://grabz.it to get your application key and application secret.

Then use the code as shown below!

Placed after dummy for picker

The "Mastermind" Game, Digitized

Simple test showing how to make a request to Spotify's API.

Monster Beats by Dr.Dre headset Pro

The Blackberry AppWorld portal allows you to schedule reports which are delivered as CSV.zip files. Although the CSV file offers a lot of detail about operating system and date of download, most of the time I just want to know which users downloaded the app from which countries. So usually I choose "Country, then date", unpack the .zip and run this (verbose) ruby script.

Works fine for MacRuby applications

If you need to do any sort of screen capturing using FFMPEG, you might need this one day

From the Pickaxe, 4th edition, p. 352:

A rescue clause with no parameter is treated as if it had a parameter of StandardError. This means that some lower-level exceptions will not be caught by a parameterless rescue class. If you want to rescue every exception, use this:

Almost the same as my snippet for groovy, but for jruby