January 2008
46 posts
Jan 1st
December 2007
42 posts
ruby_inline permission denied when starting...
The cause is the project is trying to read /root/.ruby_inline/Inline_ImageScience_aa58.c, yet the user running the rails project is the one specified in the /config/mongrel_cluster.yml (usually some other user that is NOT root). When the project references anything to do with ImageScience, it will complain that it has insufficient rights to read the c library file, of course, since it’s in root’s...
Dec 24th
iPhoneSender.com - free and easy way to send a... →
Dec 23rd
why ie sucks, reason #3242599
yesterday we ran into a huge problem with a live site not playing any flash content.  of course, it only happened in ie6. and to make it even more strange, it was working fine locally on our test servers. after following different trails (swfobject problem? caching issues? xml header incorrect? flash?), i finally nailed down that the problem was due to a server configuration  (much thanks to a...
Dec 22nd
Table or Booth: Rails Load Path Resolution Tip →
Dec 22nd
Slicehost Articles: Ubuntu Gutsy - Nginx Virtual... →
Dec 21st
Adobe - Player Licensing : File Format... →
Dec 21st
kaourantin.net: SWF & FLV file format... →
Dec 21st
CSS Star Rating Redux » Blog » Komodo Media →
Dec 21st
New Nginx.conf with optimizations →
Dec 21st
MediaCatalyst » Flash IE6 problem with loading xml →
Dec 21st
NginxGettingStarted - Nginx Wiki →
Dec 21st
random crap of the day part three (php mail)
how to use the often overlooked fourth parameter while using mail function in php:bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ) The additional_parameters parameter can be used to pass an additional parameter to the program configured to use when sending mail using the...
Dec 19th
random crap of the day part two (wordpress)
this might be common sense, but wordpress will not display published posts whose dates are set in the future. how did this come up? client complains that her posts aren’t showing up anymore. strange, because they show up in the backend and they work if you directly view them from there. i suspect that it’s a problem with wordpress’s have_posts() or the_post() method, but no luck...
Dec 19th
random crap of the day part one (command line)
why you should test your command before using * and -R ex 1: gzip -r -v * will zip every file recursively into its own archive. ex 2: rm -f -R *.gz will recursively remove all files with the extension gz i realize #1 after i see all my files have been zipped. i realize #2 after i start rm -R’ing the gz’s without realizing the original copies are zipped. crap. thank god for...
Dec 19th
Dec 16th
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X... →
Dec 16th
Orangoo Labs - Download →
Dec 16th
Andre on Tech: Lightbox for Modal Dialogs Redux →
Dec 16th
Dec 15th
ruby block variables
“If a local variable (including a block parameter) is first assigned in a block, it is local to the block. If instead a variable of the same name is already established at the time the block executes, the block will inherit that variable” - Programming Ruby, p. 333 
Dec 15th
when using flvtool2 to trim flv's...
use the -a switch to collapse space between cut regions (i.e. resets duration and keyframes from 0)
Dec 15th
FLVTool2 broken →
Dec 14th
Securing SSH — Fedora Solved →
Dec 13th
Graham Glass, etc.: Rails Sessions/Remember Me →
Dec 12th
Basic User Authentication in Rails | aidanf.net →
Dec 12th
Changing Password and Forgot Password methods -... →
Dec 12th
Setting up extension development environment - MDC →
Dec 11th
Building Firefox Extensions →
Dec 11th
roachfiend.com » How to create Firefox extensions →
Dec 11th
dict.org: Resources →
Dec 8th
definr - incredibly fast dictionary →
Dec 8th
google analytics: tracking ajax requests →
Dec 8th
DEMO: Javascript SHA1 →
Dec 7th
Ruby on Rails Command Line Access →
Dec 6th
InstallingMacPorts - MacPorts - Trac →
Dec 4th
Ruby Video Processing →
Dec 4th
Rail Spikes: RVideo 0.9 is now available →
Dec 4th
media temple: install ffmpeg on media temple dv or... →
Dec 4th
escapegoat.org: Video Conversion in Ruby on Rails →
Dec 4th
Tethering iPhone with $5.99 T-Mobile Web – Works!... →
Dec 2nd
LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line.... →
Dec 2nd