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My GitHub workflow - managing forks

Keeping my fork updated last updated: 17th May 2022 Stage 0: git setup Workflow assumptions: Upstream project in son Github The upstream project has a develop branch Developers contributes by forking the upstream

Wordpress, XML-RPC and Security

XML-RPC is for sure one of the two Achille's heels of Wordpress. It is a notorious target for hackers who like to do one of these three things or a combination of them

PostgreSQL backup strategies

Migrating from Octopress to Ghost

in one word, straightforward. I used this NPM package: OGhost The only hiccup, was the out of memory error that caused the import to fail. My Node.Js app was running with 128MB.

How to install Ghost.js on IBM Bluemix

Step 1 out of 1: Follow instructions on this blog (https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/2014/03/17/deploying-ghost-js-ibm-bluemix/) Remarks I found it easier to install Cloud Foundry CLI to install the app

Getting RubyMotion working on a fresh install of Mac OS X Lion

On Wednesday, I wanted to start hacking with RubyMotion. Because I was about to leave for a trip to HK, I didn't try it on my Mountain Lion (10.8) running iMac and

Installing Puppet on Mac OS X

Puppet Puppet is an open source (with enterprise version and support available)  client/server tool from Puppet Labs to facilitate the configuration and management of computer systems. Written in ruby and available on

Introduction to Event-Driven Programming and the Reactor Design Pattern

I gave this 5mn lightning talk to my team: Presentation on Scribd I will post more on the subject in the future: One of my personal project involves PubSubHubbub and EventMachine and I'm

Networking in Debian 4.0 (Etch) VMWare images

Recently I've come across a couple of vmware images of Debian Linux 4.0 (Etch) where the network didn't work. A call to ifconfig didn't show 'eth0' at all. I've tried to compare

Git

I've been kind of working on a git tutorial for a while now. I've recently realized that there are two different work flows ( git+subversion and github.com) that I use regularly and

Update to the MogileFS setup guide

I've done minor changes to  the installaion guide for MogileFS following feedback from Craig. In addition, he noticed that on some Xen VMs, you may encounter the following error: ERROR: Need to be

Testing flash.now with rspec

I've spent a couple of hour trying to test a Rails controller. More specifically one of the action is suppose to display flash.now notice and I want to test that and it

Setting up high availability storage with MogileFS

** 1. Environment** I used 4 Xen virtual images running ubuntu 8.04. Two will run a tracker and the database, the other two will be the storage nodes. Lets say the IP addresses

Ruby on Rails with_scope and returning

This week in my current project I've come across two ruby constructs that were new to me. with_scope and returning. Found a blog where they are both nicely explained: with_scope returning

Beach close-ups (cc)

[Beach close-ups (cc)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunstan/2398525947/) Originally uploaded by [Dunstan Orchard](http://www.flickr.com/people/dunstan/) Flickr has today announced support for video media. I'm impressed on how

Microformats and Safari

Firefox users have been able to use microformats-enabled web sites (like the schedules on Upcoming or BBC Programmes) for a long time thanks to a couple of extensions (Operator and Tails Exports). Now

Your Company’s App

A funny but familiar comic strip :-) Your Company's App: "Company's" (Via Daring Fireball.)

Flowchart: How D&D is a gateway drug to every flavor of nerdiness

Another silly diagramme unearthed by the people at BoingBoing and themed on Dungeons and Dragons whose creator Gary Gygax died recently. When you look at the full version of the diagramme, you'll see

London Transport Museum

I've come back from the open weekend organised by The London Transport Museum Depot in Acton. Part of it consisted in a tour of all the posters, maps and the original artworks they

World Metro Map by Mark Ovenden

World Metro Map by Mark Ovenden Originally uploaded by Annie Mole This is a map I've just found on Flickr even if it's quite old news (sorry). It's the metro map of the

Proposed solution for Microsoft's browser issues and illustrative pie chart

I've started to miss making blog posts with fancy diagramme, mind-blowing pie charts. The Open letter from Opera's CTO published in The Register has given me the opportunity to drawn this blog under

When subversion is not good enough

I hate subversion right now. For reasons outside my control I have to keep development branches open for a long time and therefore I need to sync them regularly with trunk and these

Ruby On Rails tips

Recently, I've been working on a Rails project for the first time. It's a nice change after years of perl. There are quite a few little things that I knew how to do

About Yahoo! And Microsoft

I'm quite annoyed at Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo! I'm a happy user of several Yahoo services but given the services overlap between the two and what Microsoft wants Yahoo! for, I fear

Namibian ghost-town turning back into sand-dunes

Seen today on Boing Boing, strange and beautiful photos: _ Namibian ghost-town turning back into sand-dunes: "Check out these haunting and beautiful photos and video of the abandoned Namibian town of Kolmanskop, a

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