Mike Manzano leftspin

Doing stuff with things.

leftspin / gist:7745e0ab72427a3b20713ab771bf35c4

Created February 3, 2017 19:12

	I am writing to you today to urge your vote to decline Betsy DeVos for the Secretary of the Department of Education.

	Ms. DeVos is allegedly a long-time advocate for students; however, she has been instrumental in destroying Michigan’s "public educational system" (sic) by allowing ideologies with no sound scientific backing to guide her actions. She is grossly under-qualified for this position.

	She believes in expanding private educational opportunities that fit her ideologies instead of supporting what's best for our childrens' education. Instead of helping to improve public school systems, a system available to all Americans regardless of economic status, she pushes "educational opportunities outside of the public school system" that are loosely vetted and are only available to those whose families can afford them. All children, regardless of their family’s background, should have the opportunity to succeed in the classroom and not be held back in favor of unscrupulous people making a buck.

	Ms. DeVos

leftspin / gist:3896ad2675c804244a55

Created July 25, 2014 21:13

Estimote Beacons

	// In our location manager's init:

	_estBeaconManager = [[ESTBeaconManager alloc] init];
	_estBeaconManager.delegate = self;
	ESTBeaconRegion *region = [[ESTBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:[[NSUUID alloc] initWithUUIDString:beaconUUID] identifier:@"com.delectable.beacon"];
	region.notifyEntryStateOnDisplay = YES;
	[_estBeaconManager startMonitoringForRegion:region];

	// The delegate methods:

leftspin / gist:e31795627e411c7e6a29

Created June 27, 2014 17:14

	- (void) start
	{
	if(self.isCancelled)
	{
	self.finished = YES;
	return;
	}
	self.executing = YES;

	__block UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier delayedTask = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^

leftspin / URI Replacement

Created April 9, 2014 07:13

	require 'URI'

	# string to be parsed
	rawString = 'This is the http://sameurl.com and a http://sameurl.com and yet another http://sameurl.com. Regardless, here\'s https://google.com and how much the Amazon Fire (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/04/amazon-fire-tv-misses-the-same-marks-as-ouya-other-media-boxes/) sucks'

	puts "-- ORIGINAL --\n#{rawString}"

	# extract an array of URLs from rawString
	urls = URI.extract(rawString)

leftspin / gist:4542452

Created January 15, 2013 21:52