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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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posting data with curl from the command line

Before i forget, an easy way to test if you can connect to an external api is to use CURL on the command line. This nice as a sanity check/proof of concept to ensure you have the right token, proper field mappings, submitting the right data. This saves you from setting up a test form, [...]

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