Author Archives: James Badger
Passenger and nginx Maintenance Page
I recently had the pleasure of moving a Rails app from Apache/Passenger based system to an nginx/Passenger system, deployed by Capistrano. In Apache, I had a setup where I could take a production site down for maintenance by touching ‘tmp/stop.txt’ … Continue reading
Lighttpd + Mongrel + Rails + Windows
I recently worked on a project that required me to host a rails application on Windows XP Home, something I had no experience with but took on as our options were limited. We wanted a load-balanced server running a Rails … Continue reading
Cut Wifi Login Times (University of Calgary)
Those at the University of Calgary with laptops know that there is a public wireless network available for students. It’s unencrypted, but requires a login through a portal before internet services are provided. I found that whenever I moved between … Continue reading