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<?php

echo 'default locale: ' . \Locale::getDefault();
echo PHP_EOL;
echo 'default timezone: ' . \date_default_timezone_get();
echo PHP_EOL;

// see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.8 for example datetimes
// bug report on missing fractions support: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51950
// feature request for fractions support in constructor: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49779

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OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

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/*
 * upload_to_ambition.cs
 * Simple program demonstrating how to upload data to the Ambition Data API
 *
 * This code needs to be linked to the System.Web.Extensions assembly.
 *
 * For mono, use 'gmcs ambition_api_c#_example.cs -r:System.Web.Extensions'
 */

using System;