Lincoln.rb A few nights ago I registered lincolnrb.org and I'm hoping to get something going there.  I know a few guys in town that are either into or interested in Ruby, so i'd be awesome to work on some projects together. ssh_vnc.rb We use ssh... (more)

I'm a little bit torn right now.  I really want to keep a blog and I want to start helping other Rails/Merb programmers by creating screencasts and by documenting the crazy things I run into, but I haven't had time.  I also want to work on ... (more)

Here's an init script I just wrote for nginx on my fedora 8 box. It should be easy enough to modify for your own systems. #!/bin/sh# Start/Stop nginx - Fedora Core 8# Created 4/15/08 by bryan thompson - http://www.skippidydoo.comPATH= "/usr/bin... (more)

Here's how I got all of this running last night. The install went much more smoothly on an intel mac, but I still haven't been able to get it to play together (specifically the do_mysql gem) on ppc. Anyway, I'm sure there are better ways to configu... (more)

This was entirely my fault and just a dumb programming mistake on my part, BUT it opened my eyes to a few weird things to look for while debugging. Short version: 1. Look for stuck/dead mongrels 2. check log sizes 3. check for stuck processes that a... (more)

I was cruising around this morning and saw some guy's convoluted way of making a retro sunburst effect, so I'm posting this method, which is a zillion times easier. 1. Draw a tall rectangle and use the subselect tool to delete a point. 2. Add som... (more)

I've been following some blogs regarding Merb and finally decided to give it a try. I've been a Rails guy for awhile, but it sounds like a lot of the effort I've had to go through on my own to optimize our sites has already been handled by the core ... (more)

When I first started learning programming, I used to get such a rush out of being able to create things that I'd literally spend days on end reading programming books and I'd get excited about every line I wrote.  Now that I've been doing it for... (more)