Social Programming
April 22, 2008
While the supposed grand ole days of helpful and responsive use net forums went by before i even opened a script on a computer.. what's evolved of so called social networking is seemingly working it's way with dynamic apps into programming circles which makes sense considering... [Read more]
Postgres Python update..
April 16, 2008
Python 2.5.2, Postgres 8.3.1, and Django .96 i've been playing around again with python today... i went ahead and upgraded my postgresql and python on my machine... nothing too tough, although i spent an hour going in loops until i realize that the some of the python scripts... [Read more]
Wordpress 2.5
March 31, 2008
The latest stable release of WordPress (Version 2.5) is now available. WordPress.com hosts 2.7 million WordPress blogs...and in honor of that i put up my own little space on wordpress. Let's put wordpress into perspective for those of you who don't understand cms (content... [Read more]
Native Orleanian
March 2, 2008
Jerry Moran is a photographer in New Orleans that i had met while in a gallery there. He takes a lot of images of musicians from in and around norleans. he contacted me after we had left new orleans because he was in need a of new website and i was happy to help as he had... [Read more]
nginx
February 29, 2008
nginx (i'm guessing it's pronounced "engine x") usage on websites worldwide went up 800% from 07 as compared to January 08 according to netcraft.. apache still dominates in hosting, but i'm convinced that microsoft's portion will go down (even though the usage seems to still... [Read more]
binary data portability
February 23, 2008
i'm doing this logo for a contest because i believe in the cause and there's a free iphone to boot.. (i'm always on ginny's and i just installed a decent plugin for mobile editing of this site).. seems that Red Hat recently sent a Cease and Desist claiming that the DataPortability... [Read more]
audiovisual actionscript
February 22, 2008
Popforge is an Actionscript 3 code sandbox started by Andre Michelle and Joa Ebert.... it's hosted at google code.... they did the roland909 and 8bitboy - the amiga sound emulator.... and they've also got this great cubic vr processor for flashplayer9... and it's one of the... [Read more]
dynamic flash using ssp director
February 19, 2008
hey thanks.. imagemagick and todd dominey..who actually did all of the really hard work on this one.. dominey knows what he's doing.. smart move licensing director per domain..it's worth it..i'll gladly pay for it.... and i can customize and use it now pretty seamlessly..almost... [Read more]
wp - for cms president
February 18, 2008
and ck it.. Askimet has done a perfect job with spam... I've been working with digital stuff (professionally.. barely eaking a living at it since 2005)...i would like to lay down some simple facts that i've learned about the so aforementioned content management system. Managing... [Read more]
php5, mysql5, python2.4, ruby 1.8.5, centos5.
February 16, 2008
all standard pre-installed..time to migrate the dv as it's a fun saturday thing to do.... on feb 10th mt released the upgraded dedicated virtual mysql 5, php 5, centOS 5 (it's about time even though i know hosting companies that are years behind this setup).. and migrating is... [Read more]
iphone gps, where am i? and $40/hr?
February 14, 2008
Ginny and i found ourselves amused with the "where the hell am i" (as we call it) on the iphone.. what a nice feature in google maps... which speaking of.. Google anounced an update to Android.. fit with a media player and a geocoding api... mobile computing is going to be big... [Read more]
Magento
January 30, 2008
so i installed a couple local versions... and then put one on a server to test. Varien has done it right for anyone who wants all of the bells and whistles in ecommerce because they've certainly done their research. Reports, Inventory, Paypal Api, Import/export excel spreadsheets...... [Read more]
Pear and pdo_mysql in Apache2 on Leopard
January 25, 2008
seems to be a common issue with leopard's php install..folks are looking to add the modules for pdo_mysql and the pear libraries... before you go reinstalling apache and rebuilding php5 from source.. and getting lost in Leopards symbolic links to the php.ini and httpd.conf... [Read more]
Sun Micro aquires MySQL… SunSQL?
January 21, 2008
I think it's a good think for the continued use and development of MySQL. And i've noticed the ever adapting ability to use XML with MySQL. Read More →
back to my mac remote desktop
January 17, 2008
say goodbye to the static ip problems.. the router configuration and your possible denial of service from your ISP... I am doing a great deal of work from an office and (not wanting to give up my old days of working in my pajamas and not showering for days) i needed a way to... [Read more]
mod ssl and open ssl for https
January 6, 2008
Installing an ssl certificate on a local machine is pretty straightfoward. OpenSSL provides certificates for development. I found this tutorial the only one you need.. I also found a great way to make calls to Google Apps (like this) using the Zend framework and these in... [Read more]
MVC - and updating xcode to 2.5 for RubyCocoa..
January 4, 2008
after fighting it for a day.. make sure your SDK is up to date and upgrade to xcode 2.5 or higher.. update (from yesterday):just update upgrade to Leopard....solved my rubycocoa and dashcode install issues.. i'm sure theres a doc somewhere that i should of read.. Leopard solves... [Read more]
Ajax is just lipstick on a pig
January 1, 2008
and i just had to post that again... the audience enthusiasm is awesome Thanks Dave... I think my brother would agree... If you use a browser to interact with a server, you're using a half-duplex, forms-based device. The host sends down a form, you fill in the form, and send... [Read more]
Apache 2 PHP 5 and MySql 5 on Tiger 10.4.11
December 30, 2007
It took some tinkering.. but it's done... and it's not for the faint at heart. Don't go with the prefab installers... build it all from source, and be forewarned that it is easy to develop conflicts with an existing apache 1.3 install on a mac.. ...please back up your disk and... [Read more]
what is a server? …Core Image and Ruby Cocoa!
December 27, 2007
I recently got an email with a simple question "what is a server?".. so in the most simple terms a server is just another computer just like your desktop that is networked to the "web". I like to call it your public computer vs your private computer..and your public computer... [Read more]
Slice Host, Cake, and Commandshift
December 14, 2007
...even though it seems they having growing pains with network issues, i'm guessing that the new cluster server at (mt) - who have had they're own growing pains) will be similar and hacks don't have the money for the Engine Yard even though the only way to keep performance and... [Read more]
Bundle Fu, Rails 2.0, Django containers , the Unix-Demiurge, and the all important Readme..
December 13, 2007
A good thing to note..Media temple put Django containers into beta testing and i'm guessing they'll release with their cluster server and a bad thing to note.. there's a trick to running rails 2.0 on the gridserver... work with this and prey for no fsck.. Dennis Ritchie has... [Read more]
Google Android - Ten Million?
December 10, 2007
or the project page here on code.. Google is giving away $10,000,000 to the best applications. The Open Handset Alliance, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies, is developing Android: the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. Android is a software... [Read more]