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mysql install, mac os x leopard

**Update: If you already have MAMP installed, you can just use the MAMP MySQL which is at /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql Socket (if MAMP is running) is at:/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock I had previously read that using MAMP’s mysql DB with Rails was a problem. But it works for Sinatra at least.** Installing mysql without macports. Posting these instructions b/c I [...]

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Ansuz

Ansuz http://www.ansuzcms.com/ I am giving up on Ansuz for now, was not worth the hassle. Was not even able to create and view a page. Page would not load. Other rails apps on my machine are running fine. If you care to install: Has a call to environment.rb to a gem “datanoise-actionwebservice”. This gem proved [...]

Amethyst

Amethyst http://www.hulihanapplications.com/projects/amethyst not so impressed. Out of the box, does not work. Very little information in the Install and ReadMe docs. Trying to access what I guessed was the admin area, gives me a nil object error. In any case, this app seems like it would be useful for blogging, but not so much as [...]

Rails blogs/cms: Radiant, Typo, Mephisto, Browsercms, Amethyst, Ansuz

Starting a series of blog posts on the following blogs and cms software: Radiant Typo Mephisto BrowserCMS Amethyst Ansuz any others I come across and have time/ energy to install and play with. I’ve been using wordpress a lot lately and while I really enjoy a lot of it’s features and themes, I like Ruby [...]

Updates, enso, ubiquity, ruby on rails

Now time for bed. But before I go, must say I’m addicted to enso launcher. I type a few keys and I’m opening things without minimizing windows etc. Also watched a demo for ubiquity… downloaded prototype a second time to test it… first time crashed my firefox. But before bed a few updates. After much [...]

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create a file from content on your clipboard

You’re on github or something, reading code. You need to add some code to your project. You could: curl or wget the file URL clone the repo, extract single file, move it on file system create the file, open an editor, and paste in the content save as Here’s a terminal command I like. From [...]

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