is this thing on?

installing mysql ruby gem with macports mysql on snow leopard

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:25:00 -0400

sudo env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install mysql -- -with-mysql-dir=/opt/local —with-mysql-lib=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/mysql —with-mysql-include=/opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql

making snow leopard + selenium + firefox 3.5 happy

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:34:59 -0400

making snow leopard + selenium + firefox 3.5 happy

I have some strange friends…

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:07:57 -0400

I have some strange friends…

getting synergy to work on ubuntu login screen

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:54:00 -0400

Add these to the end of the specified files. I only needed the first one the last time I set this up, but I had done all three in the past.

/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup

/usr/bin/killall synergyc
sleep 1
/usr/bin/synergyc

/etc/kde4/kdm/Xstartup

/usr/bin/killall synergyc
sleep 1

/etc/kde4/kdm/Xsession

/usr/bin/killall synergyc
sleep 1
/usr/bin/synergyc

this is my friend matt, the gay fish

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:37:59 -0400

this is my friend matt, the gay fish

merb's provides/display in rails

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:27:00 -0500

DHH posted about merging merb’s provides/display into rails. He proposed used a dual of respond_to and respond_with, similar to merb’s provides/display, with a couple tweaks to allow each action to respond to different types. There are a couple things about the API he suggested which I don’t love:

I don’t like the way respond_with(@deals, :to => [:html, :json, :xml]) reads, why not flip that around and do respond_to(:html, :json, xml, :with => Deal.new). This would work very well with how the current responds_to method works in rails, just adding an :with option to allow converting that object instead of rendering a partial. (see the index action below)
When using the class-level respond_to, we could use respond_to(:with => Deal.new), or keep an alias of repond_with(Deal.new) (see the new action below)
It would be nice to have an easy way to use the defaults for some response types, but allow customization for others. (see the create action below)

class DealsController < SubjectsController
  respond_to :html, :xml, :json

  def index
    @deals = Deal.all
    respond_to(:html, :xml, :json, :atom, :with => @deals)
  end

  def new
    respond_to(:with => Deal.new)
    # uses the class-level defined response types (html, xml, and json)
    # maybe this is a good case for also having respond_with(Deal.new)
  end

  def create
    @deal = Deal.create!(params[:deal])
    respond_to(:xml, :json, :with => @deal) do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to @deal }
    end
  end
end

multi-line strings in javascript

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:23:00 -0500

var myString = '
  first line  \
  second line \
  third line  \
';

installing libxml-ruby on leopard

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:35 -0400

sudo port install libxml2
sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch i386” gem install libxml-ruby — —with-xml2-include=/opt/local/include/libxml2 —with-xml2-lib=/opt/local/lib

delete a remote git branch

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:09:00 -0400

git push origin :branch

If you ever replace drag/drop elements on the page (eg. through...

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:12:36 -0400

If you ever replace drag/drop elements on the page (eg. through rjs) make sure you unregister the old ones first, or IE will crash.

flooding on the carpet…

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:00:24 -0400

flooding on the carpet…

so my apartment flooded…

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:59:00 -0400

so my apartment flooded…

time machine with samba share

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:34:23 -0400

enable unsupported network drives

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

create a sparsebundle image file

sudo hdiutil create -size 320g -type SPARSEBUNDLE -nospotlight -volname “Backup of ” -fs “Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+” -verbose ~/Desktop/_.sparsebundle

copy the sparsebundle image file to the backup drive

cp ~/Desktop/_.sparsebundle /Volumes/

backup!

migrate from svn to git

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:11:25 -0400

pull the svn history into a new git repository:

mkdir project_name.svn
cd project_name.svn
git svn init path/to/svn/repo —no-metadata
echo “svn_username = Real Name ” > users.txt
git config svn.authorsfile users.txt
git svn fetch

make an svn-free git repository:

mkdir project_name.git
cd project_name.git
git init
git remote add origin path/to/git/repo
git pull project_name.svn
git push origin master

done!

no more student loans!

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:20:58 -0400

no more student loans!

i win (so far)

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:57 -0400

i win (so far)

yay me!

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:13:50 -0400

yay me!

Allow custom javascript/stylesheet expansion symbols

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:13:02 -0400

Allow custom javascript/stylesheet expansion symbols

Firefly Media Server

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:25:53 -0500

Firefly Media Server:

drop dead simple way to share music from a linux server to itunes

My grandpa, Erwin Holmquist, died today. He will be missed.

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:30:16 -0500

My grandpa, Erwin Holmquist, died today. He will be missed.