First, some background Confession time. I used to be a die hard Apple fan. I remember second grade when the Apple IIe and I first made eye contact. I’m pretty sure I saw the computer smile at me. I was in love. Sure, over the years I occasionally flirted with PCs running Microsoft operating systems …
Category Archives: Linux
64-bit Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar add-ons for Linux
For some reason, finding the Mozilla Thunderbird calendar add-ons that are compatible with 64-bit Linux were not as easy to find as I thought they would be. It took me several Google searches to finally turn up this link: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b2/contrib/linux-x86_64/ When I went to either the Lightning install page or the Provider for Google Calendar …
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Kubuntu 9.04 WiFi Problem Solved
I just upgraded to the latest beta version of Kubuntu 9.04 and after a reboot found that my wireless no longer worked. I believe this is because Kubuntu no longer uses the KNetworkManager app to configure wifi connections. If you’re having a similar issue try these steps: Right-click on the Task Manager bar and select …
How to Schedule a Ruby on Rails Rake Task Via Cron
If you ever want to run a Rails Rake task on a schedule via cron, here is the entry you need to make in crontab: */5 * * * * cd /var/www/apps/rails_app/ && /usr/local/bin/rake RAILS_ENV=production rake_task:goes_here The above snippet will run the given Rails Rake task using the production environment every 5 minutes. Note that …
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Benevolent Dictators
Yesterday I read a short white paper about some experiences with developing open source software for the Department of Defense (DoD.) It was a good read and relevant considering that we (Gestalt) have been pushing more and more of our software for the DoD coming out of the Joplin, MO office to the open source …
VirtualBox 1.4 is great (plus a fix for Vista guest networking)
I was sceptical that VirtualBox, an open source desktop virtualization software package, could be a viable alternative to VMWare and Parallels. I’m happy to report that my early experiences with it have been fantastic. The biggest issue I had was with my Microsoft Vista Home Premium guest OS (i.e. an OS running inside of VirtualBox) …
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