Computer Science
Qt C++: Threaded Communication with Artema Hybrid on Linux
Communicating with an Artema Hybrid CC Payment device is actually deceptively simple. I’ve written an application what uses a webkit widget exclusively for the UI display, and so I hook into the Javascript to provide some extra functionality to the app, in this case, reading and writing to/from the Artema Hybrid device. The documentation that [...]
Tags: C++, C/C++, HowTo, QT, Tips and Tricks
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A Letter to the Creators of EVE
A Response to CCP Hellmar’s Letter. The estrangement from CCP that many of you have been feeling of late is my fault, and for that I am truly sorry. There are many contributing factors, but in the end it is I who must shoulder the responsibility for much of what has happened. I appreciate both [...]
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Rails 3 – PHP Style Global Variables, $_SESSION, $_GET, $_POST in the models, and everywhere.
PHP Globals in Rails 3 So, as part of my slow descent into hell for even showing this stuff, I thought I would make a quick and dirty post about getting PHP like globals into your models in Rails. I wrote a longer article about globals in the model in rails which you can check [...]
Posted in: Computer Science, PHP Tutorials, PHP/MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Ruby on Rails, Tips and Tricks, Topics, Tutorials | No Comments »
Never Again! Backing up your rails .sqlite3 dbs
Well, with mysql, it’s pretty hard to overwrite your dbs, but with sqlite, it’s real easy. I did this, luckily I only lost about a days worth of work, but nevertheless, I have instituted a new rule for sqlite3 dbs: Hourly backups. Here’s the script: #!/bin/sh D=`date +%H` cp -f /var/www/app/db/production.sqlite3 /var/www/fapp/db/production.sqlite3.bak.$D Related Posts:Rails will_paginate [...]
Tags: Backups, Rails, Ruby on Rails, Shell Scripting, Sqlite3
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Deploy Ruby on Rails to the Desktop (Ubuntu), as a Debian Package
Introduction to deploying Rails Applications to the Desktop Some things you’ll learn in this series of articles: How to distribute a Rails App to an Ubuntu Desktop How to Compile a custom Ruby installation to avoid conflicting with an existing Ruby install Get automatic updates to all users for free by virtue of being a [...]
Posted in: C/C++ Programming, Computer Science, General Computing, Ruby on Rails, Tutorials, Writings | 1 Comment »
Love Ruby, Hate Rails, but still use it — or Ruby vs PHP
Okay, that title was a bit extreme, I don’t really hate Rails. I don’t get why people feel the need to be so completely polarized about a framework, or a language. It’s either the best thing since sliced bread, or the worst, and nowhere in between. Still, most developers who aren’t Ruby purists, can tend [...]
Tags: PHP, RoR, Ruby, Ruby on R
Posted in: Computer Science, PHP/MySQL, Ruby on Rails, Topics, Web Design, Writings | 6 Comments »
Rails 3 Migrations Cmdline Builder
This is a little helper for making migrations.
Tags: HowTo, RoR, Ruby on Rails
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Ruby on Rails Session in Models: Not So Evil Actually
I just finished reading this post from m.onkey.org on how to put your session into your models. First off, I love this guy, and his site, and most of what he says, but I’ve had it up to here with this nonsense. I also kind of felt a little dissed by the PHP comment. I [...]
Tags: OOP, RoR, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Singleton
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OSX Server, appcelerator, and the iOS SDK
Well, I finally did it. I installed OSX on VirtualBox. Normally, I am pretty anti-apple, and I still maintain they are evil. But after using OSX for a bit, I can say that a lot of my opinions on it were informed more by Apple corporate policy than how it actually functions. It is, after [...]
Tags: Computer Science, iFaggotry, iOS, News
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HowTo set hostname/domainname on linux
If you’ve gotten this error: hostname: Name or service not known when typing hostname -f, then here is a solution. I got this error while trying to install Plesk. I couldn’t find a single clear response, most people spent their time showing how smart they are by explaining how host names work, and what it [...]
Tags: Command Line Commando, HowTo, Linux, Server
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