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Pass Optional Arguments to Ruby Method

24 Jul 2008

Ruby makes it super-simple to pass optional arguments with default values.

Symlink Your Samba Shares

23 Jul 2008

Oftentimes a symbolic link is just the quickest/easiest solution to the task at hand.

ip2loc

19 Jul 2008

ip2loc is a simple tool which visualizes location data for a given IP address using the Google Maps API.

My Perfect OS X FTP Server

17 Jul 2008

Sometimes you need to set up a quick and dirty FTP server for one-time use. This is what I use to do it.

Traversing Directories with Ruby

15 Jul 2008

A few quick tips on traversing directories with Ruby.

New GitHub Repo: AWS Ruby Miscellany

14 Jul 2008

I decided to source out a few random Ruby scripts I use to interface with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) from the command line.

Capify - public key deployment

11 Jul 2008

I’ve been playing with Capistrano a lot lately and loving it. Here is an example of how easy it is to write tasks and use them on multiple remote servers.

SliceHost + Debian + FireHOL gotchas

20 Jun 2008

Securing your slice with FireHOL is a really, really good move. Here are a few notes that may save you some time

Rails: Nested Layouts

20 Jun 2008

Sometimes one layout (application.html.erb) just doesn’t cut it, but you don’t want a separate layout for each controller in your app. You can use the following technique to nest your Rails app’s layouts.

htop: like top, but awesome

03 Jun 2008

If you’ve been hacking at your linux CLI for a little while, you’re probably familiar with the pic below. If not, just type `top` and your terminal will spring to life with an ever-updating process and usage display.