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Web tools link dump from last night
Yesterday, at Forskningsavdelningen (geeking every Tuesday night!) we had a blazingly fast run-through of web tools. This link-dump will probably be amended. I had time to set up a Redis, and do a test run with Rediska – a PHP … Continue reading
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I’m Porticus! I’m Porticus!
I have yet to start using the popular package management system Homebrew (brew install postgres), so I was happy to find the simple, graphical Porticus package browser, written by a Richard Laing. Porticus is a Cocoa GUI for the MacPorts … Continue reading
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Reminds me, I don’t watch TV
IMG_8811 Originally uploaded by David Tolnem But, as a wise woman often says: “…it’s not television, it’s HBO.”
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Weaving at home
Weaving at home Originally uploaded by olleolleolle This picture is now a part of a huge collection of images of looms. I just love the Internet for that.
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Using find
When not using ack, my favorite search tool, you can still exclude SVN folders. Here is an example of me looking for a file: $ find . -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -name ‘EosController*’ ./web/models/controllers/EosController.php ./web/models/controllers/EosControllerTest.php This mode of … Continue reading
Contribute: Low-hanging fruit in PEAR
Here is a list of very simple bugs to fix, to make PEAR better: Deprecation bugs for PEAR code. I fixed two. The list was a wee bit shorter when I reloaded its tab. How many of these bugs remain?
Workstyle: Add vendor tests before using new library code
Hello again. Here is a snag-resolving article about a maintenance problem. There should be a thick volume called “Web Maintenance Pearls”, which everyone should be forced to read. Here’s the situation: You want to throw out a dependency. It’s an … Continue reading
Thank you, MacPorts: How to add OpenSSL support to your PHP
Many interesting web APIs require SSL, for instance Google’s GData API. This adds OpenSSL support to your MacPorts-installed PHP, so that you can use the “ssl” transport layer: sudo port install php5-openssl Done. Thanks, jmr_mp in the MacPorts IRC channel, … Continue reading
Discourse
How to be immortal: become a word. Maes-Garreau Law. Via article about AI.
Random ruleset: Guidelines for my bank’s credit card image customization
I’m a sucker for customization. Here’s a random thing. My bank’s rules for VISA card image settings: Riktlinjer och regler för användning av egen bild: Bilden får inte kränka annans upphovsrätt, rätt till varumärke eller annan liknande rättighet och ska … Continue reading
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