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Mountable DVD images

2008-03-02T20:08:30Z

mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso dvdfiles/ hdiutil burn -noverifyburn dvd.iso

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Ruby Graph Library

2008-02-24T04:13:48Z

I just found this library. Its design is based on the well-known Boost library. To install: sudo gem install rgl After updating the metadata on 150+ gems (that I don't care anything about): Successfully installed stream-0.5 Successfully instal...

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Knifethrust Lives!

2008-02-18T09:07:31Z

Don has completed the 3rd series of Knifethrusts and has asked me to help him get them online as a sort of literary installation piece. (Not like the blog I setup for him, or the original site [soon to be repurposed].) This will involve both a l...

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Which Database?

2008-02-18T08:38:39Z

After installing Rails (Edge) on OS X, I started getting various errors about 'sqlite3'. So, I decided to do a little research. It turns out that SQLite3 is the new default (development) database for Rails and is also pre-installed on OS X (>Tig...

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Rails on the Edge

2008-02-18T08:31:48Z

Installing Rails is supposed to be easy. (This isn't in the instructions of the video, but I assume I need to actually install Rails at some point!) sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies --no-rdoc (I used '--no-rdoc' proactively.) Succe...

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Which Web Server?

2008-02-18T04:43:20Z

As I started to research this topic, there are several Slicehost tutorials on setting up various configurations. But there is a Slicehost blog entry that references the deprec stuff mentioned earlier. Mongrel is apparently the darling of the Rai...

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Which Distro?

2008-02-18T04:42:53Z

The first thing to consider is which supported Linux distro to use. (The comparison page, which turns out is not actually that useful.) This list is not exhaustive, however, as I also ran across a few discussions (and a podcast) about the use of...

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Host with the Most

2008-02-17T21:25:29Z

I had cause today to look into Rails VPS hosting services. I came across the Nuby on Rails article with a ton of comments which serve to validate and clarify various points. More searching turned up similar reviews. There is even a Rails-specif...

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Biting the Bullet

2008-02-14T07:28:13Z

After reading more about Ruby development on the Mac, especially about RubyCocoa, I just couldn't stand not having enough control over my system to install the latest-and-greatest bits. My goal: install Ruby 1.9 on Leopard. (I don't particularly...

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Leopard's Ruby

2008-02-13T05:32:40Z

Ruby is now an official part of Leopard. Well, it seems more complicated than that. It seems that there are difficulties updating the gems, since the gem system installed by default in Leopard is 0.94 (gem -v) and gems isn't Leopard-aware until ...

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