John Schimmel johnschimmel

Note: this guide explains step by step how to add Firebase to PWA Starter Kit.

If you already have some Firebase knowledge and you just want to get everything ready out of the box, you might want to checkout the Firebase branch on the PWA Starter Kit repo, that already contains all the needed files.

Deploying `prpl-server` to Firebase

Firebase Hosting alone is not sufficient for hosting the prpl-server build since it requires some server-side processing of the user agent string. Instead, you will have to use Firebase Functions for that.

Sign up for a Firebase account

#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

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Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

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How to stream the London 2012 Olympics

There have been several HOWTOs posted regarding streaming the 2012 Olympics using HTTP / SOCKS proxies via SSH and other similar methods. None of these actually work using the latest Flash on Mountain Lion (with Firefox, Chrome or Safari). Additionally, the third-party streaming sites don't provide BBC's amazing interface, which lets you quickly skip to individual competitors and events. However, setting up an OpenVPN server does work, with some tweaks. You'll get the exact same UX that people in England receive.

Get a Linode VM in the UK. The 512MB server for $20 works just fine. (If you want to use my referral link, go for it: http://bit.ly/OuzdVe)
Follow the standard OpenVPN installation documentation. (Basically, 'apt-get install openvpn' or 'yum install openvpn' and then follow these docs: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html). For an OS X client, I prefer Viscosity: http://www.thesparklabs

	// 3D Dom viewer, copy-paste this into your console to visualise the DOM as a stack of solid blocks.
	// You can also minify and save it as a bookmarklet (https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-are-bookmarklets/)
	(() => {
	const SHOW_SIDES = false; // color sides of DOM nodes?
	const COLOR_SURFACE = true; // color tops of DOM nodes?
	const COLOR_RANDOM = false; // randomise color?
	const COLOR_HUE = 190; // hue in HSL (https://hslpicker.com)
	const MAX_ROTATION = 180; // set to 360 to rotate all the way round
	const THICKNESS = 20; // thickness of layers
	const DISTANCE = 10000; // ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

	/*
	**
	** Example of Interprocess communication in Node.js through a UNIX domain socket
	**
	** Usage:
	** server> MODE=server node ipc.example.js
	** client> MODE=client node ipc.example.js
	**
	*/

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	set -o errexit
	set -o nounset
	set -o pipefail

	# Automatically update your CloudFlare DNS record to the IP, Dynamic DNS
	# Can retrieve cloudflare Domain id and list zone's, because, lazy

	# Place at:
	# /usr/local/bin/cf-ddns.sh

	# Flask related imports
	from flask import Flask, render_template, jsonify, abort, request, make_response, session, redirect, url_for

	# Flask extensions
	from flask.ext.mongoengine import MongoEngine
	from flask_debugtoolbar import DebugToolbarExtension

	# Flask blueprints
	import companies
	from companies.views import companies

	import struct
	import SocketServer
	from base64 import b64encode
	from hashlib import sha1
	from mimetools import Message
	from StringIO import StringIO

	class WebSocketsHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
	magic = '258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11'

John Schimmel johnschimmel

Deploying prpl-server to Firebase

Python 2.x

Debugging & Profiling Node.js - Moved! Click here to be redirected to the new location.

How to stream the London 2012 Olympics

Deploying `prpl-server` to Firebase