Biodegradable Geek

Script to Quickly Setup WebApp Environment and Domain

Just sharing a script I wrote to quickly deploy Wordpress (and eventually a few other webapps) sites, which somebody might find useful. This uses Linode’s API* to add the domain name to the DNS server along with some subdomains. If you’re using another server, (Slicehost, your own, etc), you can alter the dns class to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Script to Quickly Setup WebApp Environment and Domain", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2008/10/script-to-quickly-setup-webapp-environment-and-domain/" });

How to POST Form Data Using Ruby

Being able to post data on web forms from your own apps will give you the ability to write tools, services,and provide automation, by interacting with resources already available on the web. This is a very brief example on how this can be accomplished in Ruby, using Net::HTTPand this POST form example. Looking at the source [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to POST Form Data Using Ruby", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2008/04/how-to-post-form-data-using-ruby/" });