Have GNU, Will Travel.tag:digitalhominid.apesseekingknowledge.net,2005:TypoTypo2007-01-06T04:45:59+00:00jpburn:uuid:41f8e92a-d2c7-43f9-83ff-45f4c59642ca2007-01-05T08:59:00+00:002007-01-06T04:45:59+00:00Moving back to Blogger<p>I’m leaving these posts here so links don’t go dead, but all new posts are going to be back on the old blogger.com <a href='http://digitalhominid.blogspot.com'>blog</a>.</p>
<p>What with the new job, I haven’t had time for the care and feeding of blog software and it’s easier to just use blogger.</p><p>I’m leaving these posts here so links don’t go dead, but all new posts are going to be back on the old blogger.com <a href='http://digitalhominid.blogspot.com'>blog</a>.</p>
<p>What with the new job, I haven’t had time for the care and feeding of blog software and it’s easier to just use blogger.</p>jpburn:uuid:36e1215a-520c-4d1c-8be6-cd9399d197732006-09-22T20:36:19+00:002006-09-22T20:36:19+00:00Mongrel 0.3.13.4 Released for Unix<p>Bug fixes. This release fixes the problem of Start, Restart, Stop, and Stats class names clashing with people’s Rails models.</p><p>Bug fixes. This release fixes the problem of Start, Restart, Stop, and Stats class names clashing with people’s Rails models.</p>jpburn:uuid:0d1a554e-4fa6-42bd-ba8f-700b9c2dfbb32006-09-20T20:03:56+00:002006-09-20T20:03:56+00:00Fink 0.25 released<p>Essentially, faster indexing, better cleanup, better dealing with build locks.</p>
<p>Read the details about it <a href='http://www.racoonfink.com/archives/000703.html'>here</a>.</p><p>Essentially, faster indexing, better cleanup, better dealing with build locks.</p>
<p>Read the details about it <a href='http://www.racoonfink.com/archives/000703.html'>here</a>.</p>jpburn:uuid:602d112e-c2ab-48d0-86df-e91e87770b102006-07-31T22:03:00+00:002006-08-01T02:00:10+00:00Cool virtual desktop utility add-on<p>If you’re using <a href="http://www.virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktop</a> to manage virtual desktops, there’s an add on for it called <a href="http://blog.medallia.com/2006/06/shadowbook.html">ShadowBook</a> that will let you change desktops just by waving your hand over the left speaker of your <span class="caps">MBP</span>.</p><p>If you’re using <a href="http://www.virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktop</a> to manage virtual desktops, there’s an add on for it called <a href="http://blog.medallia.com/2006/06/shadowbook.html">ShadowBook</a> that will let you change desktops just by waving your hand over the left speaker of your <span class="caps">MBP</span>.</p>jpburn:uuid:83660220-45b4-4af3-9667-ba82cb7ed6e72006-07-20T16:27:47+00:002006-07-20T16:27:47+00:00JumpCut<p>Utility of the day – <a href='http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/'>JumpCut</a>.</p>
<p>Jumpcut gives you access to a configurable number of recent items that have been on your clipboard. It does one thing, and does it well.</p><p>Utility of the day – <a href='http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/'>JumpCut</a>.</p>
<p>Jumpcut gives you access to a configurable number of recent items that have been on your clipboard. It does one thing, and does it well.</p>jpburn:uuid:1bd31061-3655-4e01-ac05-f4b4ade256482006-07-15T21:02:07+00:002006-07-15T21:02:07+00:00Moving<p>I’m moving out to the left coast (San Francisco Bay Area) this week, so posting will be even more erratic than usual.</p><p>I’m moving out to the left coast (San Francisco Bay Area) this week, so posting will be even more erratic than usual.</p>jpburn:uuid:1451dc0f-0e39-4731-8bb6-ed53ed6ee62f2006-07-15T13:43:19+00:002006-07-15T13:43:19+00:00Convert Bootcamp partition to Parallels<p>Checklist of how to convert your Bootcamp Windows partition into a VM you can use in Parallels <a href='http://forum.parallels.com/thread3261.html'>here</a>.</p><p>Checklist of how to convert your Bootcamp Windows partition into a VM you can use in Parallels <a href='http://forum.parallels.com/thread3261.html'>here</a>.</p>jpburn:uuid:7015288e-0569-465c-83b2-ee56cd8c638f2006-07-15T02:11:00+00:002006-07-15T02:12:49+00:00Good article on producting high quality code<p>Ozone has an excellent list of good coding practices <a href='http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/04/26/producing-and-maintaining-high-quality-code/'>here</a>. They’re not Rails specific, but they are good.</p><p>Ozone has an excellent list of good coding practices <a href='http://ozone.wordpress.com/2006/04/26/producing-and-maintaining-high-quality-code/'>here</a>. They’re not Rails specific, but they are good.</p>jpburn:uuid:640ad21e-a1e8-47df-ad38-c39f8bde5b672006-07-14T23:18:50+00:002006-07-14T23:18:50+00:00Build a Rails Engine<p>There’s a good tutorial on creating your own engines for rails at <a href='http://alterlabs.com/ruby/how-to-build-a-ruby-on-rails-engine-in-depth-start-to-finish-tutorial/'>AlterThought</a>.</p><p>There’s a good tutorial on creating your own engines for rails at <a href='http://alterlabs.com/ruby/how-to-build-a-ruby-on-rails-engine-in-depth-start-to-finish-tutorial/'>AlterThought</a>.</p>jpburn:uuid:39342c4b-83d3-44f3-bf40-38caf77d3fe82006-07-11T13:01:05+00:002006-07-11T13:01:05+00:00TextMate footnote plugin<p>This plugin adds clickable links to the Rails backtrace when an error occurs, and clickable “footnotes” to the bottom of each page (in development mode only) that open the view or controller for the current page in Textmate.</p>
<p>In your plugins directory, install with:</p>
<code>
svn export svn://syncid.textdriven.com/svn/opensource/textmate_footnotes/trunk textmate_footnotes
</code><p>This plugin adds clickable links to the Rails backtrace when an error occurs, and clickable “footnotes” to the bottom of each page (in development mode only) that open the view or controller for the current page in Textmate.</p>
<p>In your plugins directory, install with:</p>
<code>
svn export svn://syncid.textdriven.com/svn/opensource/textmate_footnotes/trunk textmate_footnotes
</code>