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Category Archives: Apple & Mac OS X

Launchd Item for Mysql

19-May-05

I had to reinstall Mysql because it wasn’t one of the things I backed up before erasing my hard drive. Since I’m now running Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger”, I decided to set it up to start when the system boots, but the system for creating startup items has changed slightly. So I saved the […]

Out of office?

18-May-05

If I’m slow to respond over the next few days, it’s because I’ve had a hard drive crash and must backup and reinstall my operating system…
(Good news… with minimal loss of data, I’m back up and running.. I did lose some old database info and code, but thankfully most everything came through.. And […]

Lighttpd on DarwinPorts, too.

15-May-05

_This post is obsolete. I am now the official maintainer for the DarwinPorts lighttpd port. I’ve posted a tutorial on using [DP to install lighttpd][1] on my blog… please follow those directions instead of this post. I’ve left it here for Google._
[1]: http://blog.unquiet.net/archives/2005/06/17/installing-lighttpd-on-mac-os-x-tiger-with-darwinports/
While I’m at it, I also created a Portfile for Lighttpd a while […]

Fixing a memory leak

15-May-05

_This post is obsolete. My update for rb-fcgi is now committed to DarwinPorts and can be installed easily:_
sudo port install rb-fcgi
_At the same time, the fcgi gem was also updated to 0.8.6, independently of my efforts, so you can also install it as a ruby gem if you prefer:_
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Continuous Testing with OS X and Rails

14-May-05

I got sick of typing `rake recent` every time I wanted to test a change in my current programming project, and remembered something I’d downloaded a while ago but didn’t have a use for at the time: a little utility called [Stakeout][stake] for the Mac OS X command line. Its purpose in life? To watch […]