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/" });
These are not in any specific order. Also, some might be available on other operating systems.
Tomboy
This is the best note taking app I’ve ever used. It sits in your taskbar, doesn’t annoy you and doesn’t hog your cpu cycles or memory. When you wanna jot down something, hit a global shortcut, type away, and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Top 5 Linux Apps That’ll Boost Your Productivity", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2008/10/top-5-linux-apps-thatll-boost-your-productivity/" });
This falls under “Why Didn’t I Think of This Before?”
Not being able to remain focused and get things done while working on a computer is common. There’s a countless number of things to do even offline. You can, and probably do:
Organize folders/desktop/etc
Finally get around to actually opening up an ebook you’ve downloaded
Customize your desktop (and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Simple and Effective Productivity Tip When Working on the Computer", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2008/07/simple-and-effective-productivity-tip-when-working-on-the-computer/" });
Hardware acceleration is not available in fullscreen mode for Linux yet, at least not with Adobe’s Flash 9.x plugin. This isn’t much of a problem with small videos, but it results in choppy, sluggish playback in fullscreen mode. Fortunately, there’s a simple way around this while we wait for Adobe to address the issue.
Workaround
If [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How to Speed Up Fullscreen Flash Playback in Linux", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2008/07/how-to-speed-up-fullscreen-flash-playback-in-linux/" });
NOTE: If you are experiencing segmentation faults with vim and rails.vim, see this post.
When coding in Ruby on Rails, you’ll usually be switching between files and running scripts a lot. It can be time-consuming and frustrating coding Rails using a traditional text editor designed for working on big files individually. Vim lets you hop around [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Using Vim as a Complete Ruby on Rails IDE", url: "http://biodegradablegeek.com/2007/12/using-vim-as-a-complete-ruby-on-rails-ide/" });
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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