http://jamesbadger.ca Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:59:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 app with a MySQL database. An XAMPP install was also ... http://jamesbadger.ca/2009/04/25/lighttpd-mongrel-rails-windows/ 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 classes or left my laptop off for more than half ... http://jamesbadger.ca/2009/03/05/cut-wifi-login-times-university-of-calgary/ One of the most handy tools for Mac has to be Quicksilver. It does 90% of my application launching, and has a plethora of plugins and other features too, like triggers. Triggers work like global hotkeys. For example, I can press control-F8 in (almost) any application and have iTunes skip ... http://jamesbadger.ca/2008/11/28/quicksilver-itunes-growl/