From info at lojic.com Thu Oct 1 12:24:05 2009 From: info at lojic.com (Brian Adkins) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:24:05 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Testing Rails views Message-ID: <4AC4D7A5.7080406@lojic.com> What do y'all prefer for testing views in Rails? -- Brian Adkins Lojic Technologies, LLC http://lojic.com/ From info at lojic.com Thu Oct 1 12:25:43 2009 From: info at lojic.com (Brian Adkins) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:25:43 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Testing Rails views In-Reply-To: <4AC4D7A5.7080406@lojic.com> References: <4AC4D7A5.7080406@lojic.com> Message-ID: <4AC4D807.6040902@lojic.com> Brian Adkins wrote, On 10/1/09 12:24 PM: > What do y'all prefer for testing views in Rails? I should probably clarify - I'm looking more for something in the 'rake test' pipeline than something like selenium. For example, being able to integrate with functional tests would seem preferable. -- Brian Adkins Lojic Technologies, LLC http://lojic.com/ From tj at stank.us Thu Oct 1 12:45:41 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:45:41 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Testing Rails views In-Reply-To: <4AC4D807.6040902@lojic.com> References: <4AC4D7A5.7080406@lojic.com> <4AC4D807.6040902@lojic.com> Message-ID: Cucumber/Webrat. For view output I generally limit the tests to dynamic output. -TJ On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Brian Adkins wrote: > Brian Adkins wrote, On 10/1/09 12:24 PM: >> >> What do y'all prefer for testing views in Rails? > > I should probably clarify - I'm looking more for something in the 'rake > test' pipeline than something like selenium. For example, being able to > integrate with functional tests would seem preferable. > > -- > Brian Adkins > Lojic Technologies, LLC > http://lojic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From steve at iannopollo.com Thu Oct 1 16:26:52 2009 From: steve at iannopollo.com (Steve Iannopollo) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:26:52 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Job Opportunity Message-ID: <01786A1F-E5FC-4BFB-8E7F-6711C1694AE2@iannopollo.com> I am currently transitioning from one project to another, but the project I am leaving is still in need of a couple more weeks worth of work. It is a Rails app, with the work being mainly UI pretty-fication and jQuery goodness (fully tested, of course!). They are nice enough guys to work for and do a pretty good job communicating daily. Since they are in no big hurry to get stuff done, it sounds like they would be fine with part time work. The work is also telecommute. If anyone is interested, reply back and if I know you I can send along a glowing recommendation, and if I don't know you I can tell them you are a crazy, reclusive hacker. But seriously, let me know if you're interested and I can pass your info along. Thanks! -Steve From steve at iannopollo.com Thu Oct 1 21:00:44 2009 From: steve at iannopollo.com (Steve Iannopollo) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:00:44 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Errors & Omission insurance Message-ID: I know this list has had this conversation a few times, but I couldn't find it in the online archives (http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/raleigh-rb-members/ ) browsing all the way back to Nov 2006. Can anyone point me to the relevant conversations? Any help is appreciated. Thanks! -Steve From mike at hales.ws Thu Oct 1 21:11:55 2009 From: mike at hales.ws (Michael Hale) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:11:55 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Errors & Omission insurance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60190a730910011811h5f0cce93j89bb44b46d663e88@mail.gmail.com> Try: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/raleigh-rb-members/2008-December/002049.html I know we don't have a search function on the mailing list, but I thought I would try using google to search the archive. Here is the query I used to find the thread: "insurance site:http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/raleigh-rb-members/" On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Steve Iannopollo wrote: > I know this list has had this conversation a few times, but I couldn't find > it in the online archives > (http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/raleigh-rb-members/) browsing all the way > back to Nov 2006. Can anyone point me to the relevant conversations? Any > help is appreciated. Thanks! > > -Steve > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From seancribbs at gmail.com Fri Oct 2 16:05:38 2009 From: seancribbs at gmail.com (Sean Cribbs) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:05:38 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Anyone interested in presenting on Cap or Chef? In-Reply-To: <66187124-35AC-4B85-BB6F-C219CEBB33F0@gmail.com> References: <9FF69050257FC0479018211CD530F8BC1183E7AA@CORP2K3MAIL.corp.peopleclick.com> <6AB4057F-7905-4641-9C44-399D08C03D3B@gmail.com> <4AC02A83.7060601@gmail.com> <66187124-35AC-4B85-BB6F-C219CEBB33F0@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AC65D12.9080108@gmail.com> Good point. We'll be relaunching on Monday, FYI. Sean Christopher Redinger wrote: > Sean, > It might be nice to do a http://lowdownapp.com demonstration. > > On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:16 PM, Sean Cribbs wrote: > >> I have a Cucumber talk prepared that I wasn't able to give at Evil >> Robot Conf. I'd love to give it. >> >> Sean Cribbs >> >> Jared wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I organize the local Agile User's Group (AgileRTP) and we're having >>> a tools shoot out... more of a tools demo. If anyone is interested >>> in presenting in 10 to 15 minutes on Capistrano and/or Chef, we'd >>> welcome you. >>> >>> We're also considering Cucumber entries as well... >>> >>> Here's the email I received from an attendee. >>> >>> Jared >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> I don?t know if open source tools fit your intent for the December >>>> meeting, but I would love to hear about Capistrano and/or Chef, >>>> especially regarding their applicability for deploying apps that >>>> aren?t Ruby/Rails or aren?t targeted for Unix. 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URL: From rick.denatale at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 19:56:00 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:56:00 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] IChat for remote pair programming Message-ID: I've been using iChat the past couple of days to do pair programming. It's worked quite well except for the annoying feature that several times an hour it drops the screen sharing, and I have to reinvite my partner to share my screen. Usually, but not always, I need to ping him with a text im and get a reply before the invite menu item gets re-enabled. This is using Snow Leopard 10.6.1, and iChat Version 5.0 (741). Any ideas? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From kevin at hypotheticalabs.com Sat Oct 3 20:45:54 2009 From: kevin at hypotheticalabs.com (Kevin A. Smith) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 20:45:54 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] IChat for remote pair programming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FWIW -- I've been using the screen sharing feature on Skype to do remote code reviews. It's been stable without hardly any drops. --Kevin On Oct 3, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > I've been using iChat the past couple of days to do pair programming. > > It's worked quite well except for the annoying feature that several > times an hour it drops the screen sharing, and I have to reinvite my > partner to share my screen. Usually, but not always, I need to ping > him with a text im and get a reply before the invite menu item gets > re-enabled. > > This is using Snow Leopard 10.6.1, and iChat Version 5.0 (741). > > Any ideas? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From rick.denatale at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 21:07:11 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:07:11 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] IChat for remote pair programming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We tried that, but got lousy screen resolution. I'm sharing a 22" display. If I remember correctly, it also only allowed my pairing partner to see what I was doing, not to interact. On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Kevin A. Smith wrote: > FWIW -- I've been using the screen sharing feature on Skype to do remote > code reviews. It's been stable without hardly any drops. > > --Kevin > On Oct 3, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > >> I've been using iChat the past couple of days to do pair programming. >> >> It's worked quite well except for the annoying feature that several >> times an hour it drops the screen sharing, and I have to reinvite my >> partner to share my screen. ?Usually, but not always, I need to ping >> him with a text im and get a reply before the invite menu item gets >> re-enabled. >> >> This is using Snow Leopard 10.6.1, and iChat Version 5.0 (741). >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Rick DeNatale >> >> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale >> WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From corey.reece at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 21:07:46 2009 From: corey.reece at gmail.com (Corey Reece) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:07:46 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] IChat for remote pair programming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've been remote pairing most days for about 10 months using iChat and sometimes Skype. It all depends on the network you and your pair are on and the weather wrt to disconnects. For some reason we have found using AIM to connect versus Jabber makes for a more reliable connect, we don't know why as it's the same VNC client. Also if you are having trouble with firewalls, try video first and then screensharing. Skype more reliably connects but the noise filtering is nowhere near as good as iChat and only the hoster can drive which really isn't pairing done right. A few times we devolved to using sharing with just ssh+gnu screen and audio because the latency much better. Corey On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > I've been using iChat the past couple of days to do pair programming. > > It's worked quite well except for the annoying feature that several > times an hour it drops the screen sharing, and I have to reinvite my > partner to share my screen. ?Usually, but not always, I need to ping > him with a text im and get a reply before the invite menu item gets > re-enabled. > > This is using Snow Leopard 10.6.1, and iChat Version 5.0 (741). > > Any ideas? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From jareds.lists at gmail.com Sun Oct 4 14:38:10 2009 From: jareds.lists at gmail.com (Jared) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:38:10 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] IChat for remote pair programming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29269ED3-FB55-4B05-BB5A-AB58C29E498C@gmail.com> No mention of subethaedit? I've paired across the country with Skype for audio and SubEtha for code sharing. Worked great. Has anyone tried the netbeans or eclipse plugins for sharing screens (like SubEthaEdit does)? Jared http://AgileArtisans.com On Oct 3, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Kevin A. Smith wrote: > FWIW -- I've been using the screen sharing feature on Skype to do > remote code reviews. It's been stable without hardly any drops. > > --Kevin > On Oct 3, 2009, at 7:56 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > >> I've been using iChat the past couple of days to do pair programming. >> >> It's worked quite well except for the annoying feature that several >> times an hour it drops the screen sharing, and I have to reinvite my >> partner to share my screen. Usually, but not always, I need to ping >> him with a text im and get a reply before the invite menu item gets >> re-enabled. >> >> This is using Snow Leopard 10.6.1, and iChat Version 5.0 (741). >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Rick DeNatale >> >> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale >> WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From martin.streicher at gmail.com Sun Oct 4 16:26:08 2009 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 16:26:08 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Coworking facility for Rails folks? Message-ID: <57C3F799-5E44-4D43-BB33-060E688C0D99@gmail.com> I have a strange question: If there was a near-downtown Raleigh facility dedicated to Rails coworking and pairing, would you use it? There are a lot of empty offices in my neighborhood and I am wondering if any could be convinced to become a sharing space. I suppose some offices could be rented outright, and the rest of the space would be open to anyone. Hopefully, some conference room would be available to host classes, meetups, and meetings. Thoughts? Martin From jamey.cribbs at gmail.com Sun Oct 4 18:41:50 2009 From: jamey.cribbs at gmail.com (Jamey Cribbs) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:41:50 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Coworking facility for Rails folks? In-Reply-To: <57C3F799-5E44-4D43-BB33-060E688C0D99@gmail.com> References: <57C3F799-5E44-4D43-BB33-060E688C0D99@gmail.com> Message-ID: <64217eee0910041541nbc7a4e4qee016867d72c2791@mail.gmail.com> Hey, Martin. I'm a Rails freelancer who just moved to downtown Raleigh a week ago. I would be interested in using a co-working space at least part of the time. Are you a downtown Rails programmer? We should get together and say hi sometime. Jamey Cribbs On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Martin Streicher wrote: > > I have a strange question: If there was a near-downtown Raleigh facility > dedicated to Rails coworking and pairing, would you use it? There are a lot > of empty offices in my neighborhood and I am wondering if any could be > convinced to become a sharing space. I suppose some offices could be rented > outright, and the rest of the space would be open to anyone. Hopefully, some > conference room would be available to host classes, meetups, and meetings. > > Thoughts? > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Mon Oct 5 10:14:29 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:14:29 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer Message-ID: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> Hey guys, I'm Jimmy Thrasher, a freelancer hailing from the great unincorporated town of Efland. Some of you know me, but I've never been to a RaleighRb meeting (though I've wanted to!). Anyway, Nathaniel suggested I post this here: ----- Hi, I'm in search of a software developer who learns quickly, has a broad experience, and turns code around fast. Must have a good head for design. Position would be contract, full-time (with a serious potential for full-time employment), and in the Triangle area of NC. If you know someone who's interested, please send them my way and I can discuss more details. Thanks, Jimmy PS - here are some keywords: Python, C, Javascript, embedded, Linux, but NB - I'm looking for someone who learns quickly, so I don't mind if there's no direct experience with each of these. From tj at stank.us Mon Oct 5 10:20:35 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:20:35 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: A couple questions spring to mind... > Must have a good head for > design. Position would be contract, full-time (with a serious 'design' as in software design or graphic design? Also, does the work involve Ruby? Thanks, -TJ From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Mon Oct 5 10:26:47 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:26:47 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> Hey TJ, Good questions: - design === software design - the work doesn't involve Ruby directly Jimmy On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:20 AM, TJ Stankus wrote: > A couple questions spring to mind... > >> Must have a good head for >> design. Position would be contract, full-time (with a serious > > 'design' as in software design or graphic design? > > Also, does the work involve Ruby? > > Thanks, > > -TJ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From tj at stank.us Mon Oct 5 10:35:12 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:35:12 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > Good questions: > - design === software design > - the work doesn't involve Ruby directly Thanks for the clarification Jimmy. You might also want to post to the mailing list for http://trizpug.org/, especially if you're looking for someone with Python experience. -TJ From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Mon Oct 5 11:17:24 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:17:24 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <214f16690910050817w3be6ca7ct1b9193baabc6bdfa@mail.gmail.com> Hey TJ, Thanks for the idea. Only thing is I'm generally comfortable with the quality of the folks in the Ruby community, whereas I know next to nothing about the Python community or the people in it. I'll give it a shot, though. Jimmy On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:35 AM, TJ Stankus wrote: >> Good questions: >> - design === software design >> - the work doesn't involve Ruby directly > > Thanks for the clarification Jimmy. You might also want to post to the > mailing list for http://trizpug.org/, especially if you're looking for > someone with Python experience. > > -TJ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 13:26:13 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:26:13 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Back in the hunt for a wired router Message-ID: So, I've been running into problems with iChat dropping screen sharing connections on me. And I've decide to first upgrade my DSL connection from 3mbps to 12 mbps, that's in the works. And in running speed tests I'm finding that my Netgear FVS318 which has been quite reliable for many years now, seems to be limiting the bandwidth to slightly less than 3mpbs right now. So I'm in need of a new router. As far as I can tell, the latest FVS318 (which CompUSA carries although I don't know if the local store has it in stock yet) is a new version which does support a 100 mpbs WAN connection, so that's one option. The other seems to be the Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast 4-port Cable/DSL router, which seems readily available. I always used to rely on the reviews on practicallynetworked.com, but they seem to have not reviewed wired routers in quite some time. Any advice? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 17:33:57 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:33:57 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Upgrading from 1.2.x to 2.3 in steps In-Reply-To: <4ACA1FE4.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> References: <4ACA1FE4.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: I assume we're talking Rails versions here. Going from 1.2.x to 2.3 is a big step. In my experience, there were actually more changes between 2.1 and 2.2 than between 1.2.x and 2.0 this is because some pretty drastic changes (partial updates and dirty tracking) went into ActiveRecord with that release. Personally I'd recommend going from 1.2.x to 2.1 and then making the next step. On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Ed Gehringer wrote: > Hi group, > > I've posted one or two questions about upgrading before, and I'd like to get > your feedback on this approach. > > Our Expertiza application (100-200 classes) needs to be upgraded from 1.2.6 > to 2.3. ?It's a lot for a single individual to break off, especially since > the app is constantly changing. ?So one of the students had this idea: > ?Upgrade a simple app (a half-dozen controllers or so) from 1.2.6 to 2.3, > and develop a document explaining the steps that need to be followed. ?Then, > the students who helped upgrade the small app would be in a good position to > help out on upgrading the large app. > > Does this make sense? ?Any suggestions on fine-tuning the strategy? > > Thanks, > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From steve.pinkham at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 20:14:34 2009 From: steve.pinkham at gmail.com (Steve Pinkham) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:14:34 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Back in the hunt for a wired router In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ACA8BEA.1080800@gmail.com> Small net builder is my favorite place to go for reviews on such equipment. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com See especially the router performace chart: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/ and price/performance chart: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/task,guide/chart,119/ Personally, I still run a Linksys WRT54g, and it does a fine job as a pure wired router on my 10mb/512kb connection with openwrt, even running QOS. Openwrt is highly recommended, it has better performance and capability then I've seen from vendor's software. It actually comes with a decent web interface now, if you've only seen it in the old days. If I was going to buy hardware today, I'd get an ALIX (~$120)or Routerstation board (~$50) and throw openwrt on it. Either of those are much faster then typical routers. If you're not a DIY kinda guy, small net builder will have other recommendations for you. Honestly, all but the worst routers can handle that load, yours just happens to be one of the worst ;-) Steve Rick DeNatale wrote: > So, I've been running into problems with iChat dropping screen sharing > connections on me. And I've decide to first upgrade my DSL connection > from 3mbps to 12 mbps, that's in the works. > > And in running speed tests I'm finding that my Netgear FVS318 which > has been quite reliable for many years now, seems to be limiting the > bandwidth to slightly less than 3mpbs right now. > > So I'm in need of a new router. > > As far as I can tell, the latest FVS318 (which CompUSA carries > although I don't know if the local store has it in stock yet) is a new > version which does support a 100 mpbs WAN connection, so that's one > option. > > The other seems to be the Linksys BEFSR41 Etherfast 4-port Cable/DSL > router, which seems readily available. > > I always used to rely on the reviews on practicallynetworked.com, but > they seem to have not reviewed wired routers in quite some time. > > Any advice? > -- | Steven E. Pinkham | | Security Researcher, Maven Security | | http://www.mavensecurity.com | | GPG public key ID CD31CAFB | From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 22:33:16 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:33:16 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Back in the hunt for a wired router In-Reply-To: <4ACA8BEA.1080800@gmail.com> References: <4ACA8BEA.1080800@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Steve Pinkham wrote: > Small net builder is my favorite place to go for reviews on such equipment. > http://www.smallnetbuilder.com > See especially the router performace chart: > http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/ > and price/performance chart: > http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/task,guide/chart,119/ > > Personally, I still run a Linksys WRT54g, and it does a fine job as a pure > wired router on my 10mb/512kb connection with openwrt, even running QOS. > > Openwrt is highly recommended, it has better performance and capability then > I've seen from vendor's software. It actually comes with a decent web > interface now, if you've only seen it in the old days. > > If I was going to buy hardware today, I'd get an ALIX (~$120)or > Routerstation board (~$50) and throw openwrt on it. ?Either of those are > much faster then typical routers. > > If you're not a DIY kinda guy, small net builder will have other > recommendations for you. ?Honestly, all but the worst routers can handle > that load, yours just happens to be one of the worst ;-) It's not that I'm not a DIY guy. The router has to go into a structured wiring box, so there are some physical restrictions. I looked at the small net builder site, and they just happened to be featuring the latest version of my NetGear router the FVS318G which is a gigabit router. From the review, it looks quite tempting. I called CompUSA and they don't carry that model, but Amazon does have it. So I'm probably going to go that way after I sleep on it. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Tue Oct 6 07:26:08 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:26:08 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: <4AC9FBB4.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> <4AC9FBB4.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <214f16690910060426y745f673ane53949008852a72b@mail.gmail.com> Hi Ed, Not sure about a student visa. I can look into it. Aren't there restrictions on what kinds of jobs students can get? I'm not sure we'd be able to provide a co-op program or anything like that to accommodate students, unfortunately. Any ideas? Jimmy On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Ed Gehringer wrote: > Hi Jimmy, > > I don't really have anyone in mind right now, but if I think of someone, it > would likely be someone currently on a student visa. ?Would you wish to > consider such candidates? > > Thanks, > > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From nwalls at ismedia.org Wed Oct 7 15:29:19 2009 From: nwalls at ismedia.org (Nathan L. Walls) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:29:19 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] DBA Job Opportunity Message-ID: <99BF7B2C-B2B1-4675-865C-B8FD43DFD3ED@ismedia.org> Hi all; WebAssign has an job opening for a Database Administrator. There's no direct Ruby involvement, but on the chance someone might be interested, I figured I'd share: http://www.webassign.net/info/employment/database_administrator.html Cheers, Nathan From tj at stank.us Wed Oct 7 15:29:29 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:29:29 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] No West End Ruby tonight Message-ID: We're skipping the October meeting. In November we'll start the beginner-oriented presentations that we discussed at the last raleigh.rb meeting. Look for a more detailed announcement in the next couple of weeks. Thanks, -TJ From redinger at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 11:49:47 2009 From: redinger at gmail.com (Christopher Redinger) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:49:47 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] looking for very basic github help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <094EAB17-B16A-4574-AEE4-85F526FEE87A@gmail.com> Sounds like you want to do something like this: $ git checkout SHA1 -b production_patch # SHA1 is the commit that you want to branch from here # hack, hack, hack, commit $ git push $ cap deploy -s branch=production_patch Good luck. Christopher On Oct 8, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Jeff Keating wrote: > Any help would be appreciated. > > I have a github repo that is about one week past the latest > production deployment. I need to create a branch on the remote repo > at the deployment commit, called perhaps production_patch, then > check out that branch and create a local tracking branch so that I > can make a change to prod, and push it back out. > > Seems like the steps are: > > (1) create production_patch branch on remote at the correct location > in the past. > (2) check it out and create a local tracking branch against this > remote branch. > (3) make changes, push > (4) deploy from the production_branch > > It seems like this should be totally simple and straightforward, but > after cruising the cheat sheets it's not immediately obvious to me > how to do this... > > Is anyone comfortable doing this? And am I just being dense while > reading the cheat sheets? > > -jeff > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -- Christopher Redinger http://agiledisciple.com Agile Ruby and Rails Development From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Thu Oct 8 12:16:52 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:16:52 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] looking for very basic github help In-Reply-To: <094EAB17-B16A-4574-AEE4-85F526FEE87A@gmail.com> References: <094EAB17-B16A-4574-AEE4-85F526FEE87A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <214f16690910080916x730ef0d2x9faf363bc4952fcc@mail.gmail.com> Probably should change the git push to: $ git push origin production_patch to get the branch onto the remote repo (assuming origin is the remote you're using for this). Otherwise, I agree with Christopher. From there on out you can just do git pushes and both master and production_patch will get pushed. Jimmy On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Christopher Redinger wrote: > Sounds like you want to do something like this: > > $ git checkout SHA1 -b production_patch # SHA1 is the commit that you want > to branch from here > > # hack, hack, hack, commit > $ git push > > $ cap deploy -s branch=production_patch > > Good luck. > Christopher > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Jeff Keating wrote: > >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> I have a github repo that is about one week past the latest production >> deployment. I need to create a branch on the remote repo at the deployment >> commit, called perhaps production_patch, then check out that branch and >> create a local tracking branch so that I can make a change to prod, and push >> it back out. >> >> Seems like the steps are: >> >> (1) create production_patch branch on remote at the correct location in >> the past. >> (2) check it out and create a local tracking branch against this remote >> branch. >> (3) make changes, push >> (4) deploy from the production_branch >> >> It seems like this should be totally simple and straightforward, but after >> cruising the cheat sheets it's not immediately obvious to me how to do >> this... >> >> Is anyone comfortable doing this? And am I just being dense while reading >> the cheat sheets? >> >> -jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > -- > Christopher Redinger > http://agiledisciple.com > Agile Ruby and Rails Development > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From rick.denatale at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 19:38:29 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:38:29 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X Message-ID: I'm thinking of using some form of cloud backup for my laptop. The two candidates I have in mind are Jungle Disk and Carbonite. Jungle Disk is 2/month and 0.15/GB/month It allows storage either using Amazon S3 or RackSpace's own storage, the difference being that S3 has additional upload and download charges. Carbonite is $55/year for unlimited data. So the break-even point seems to be 20GB. On the other hand, Carbonite seems to be new to the Mac, and doesn't currently work with Snow Leopard, they claim that 10.6 support is expected in November. Any experience with either? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From bburdick at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 20:08:13 2009 From: bburdick at gmail.com (Ben Burdick) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:08:13 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> I use JungleDisk and its great. The client allows for easy configuration of automatic backups, manual backups and it also allows you to mount it like a network drive, which I find very handy. JungleDisk also has the benefit of being available for Mac, Windows and Linux. There is even a server version that was just released a few days ago. Whether you choose Amazon or Rackspace cloudfiles, your files will be on a CDN, which carbonite doesn't appear to offer. I've never heard of Carbonite, but am very happy with Jungledisk. Ben On Oct 11, 2009, at 7:38 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > I'm thinking of using some form of cloud backup for my laptop. > > The two candidates I have in mind are Jungle Disk and Carbonite. > > Jungle Disk is 2/month and 0.15/GB/month > It allows storage either using Amazon S3 or RackSpace's own > storage, the difference being that S3 has additional upload and > download charges. > Carbonite is $55/year for unlimited data. > > So the break-even point seems to be 20GB. > > On the other hand, Carbonite seems to be new to the Mac, and doesn't > currently work with Snow Leopard, they claim that 10.6 support is > expected in November. > > Any experience with either? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From rick.denatale at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 20:21:45 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:21:45 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Ben Burdick wrote: > I use JungleDisk and its great. ?The client allows for easy configuration of > automatic backups, manual backups and it also allows you to mount it like a > network drive, which I find very handy. ?JungleDisk also has the benefit of > being available for Mac, Windows and Linux. ?There is even a server version > that was just released a few days ago. > > Whether you choose Amazon or Rackspace cloudfiles, your files will be on a > CDN, which carbonite doesn't appear to offer. > > I've never heard of Carbonite, but am very happy with Jungledisk. > > Ben Well I figured that YOU would like Jungledisk -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From tj at stank.us Sun Oct 11 21:24:14 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:24:14 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > I'm thinking of using some form of cloud backup for my laptop. > > The two candidates I have in mind are Jungle Disk and Carbonite. > > Jungle Disk is 2/month and 0.15/GB/month > ? It allows storage either using Amazon S3 or RackSpace's own > storage, the difference being that S3 has additional upload and > download charges. > Carbonite is $55/year for unlimited data. > > So the break-even point seems to be 20GB. There's also backblaze.com. I haven't used it, but it looks like the first one I'd try. -TJ From mriffe at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 21:43:48 2009 From: mriffe at gmail.com (Mel Riffe) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:43:48 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <43362a720910111843l59d75a10gb0106b58c41660f1@mail.gmail.com> Giving backblaze.com a try... Thanks for the tip TJ --Mel On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM, TJ Stankus wrote: >> I'm thinking of using some form of cloud backup for my laptop. >> >> The two candidates I have in mind are Jungle Disk and Carbonite. >> >> Jungle Disk is 2/month and 0.15/GB/month >> ? It allows storage either using Amazon S3 or RackSpace's own >> storage, the difference being that S3 has additional upload and >> download charges. >> Carbonite is $55/year for unlimited data. >> >> So the break-even point seems to be 20GB. > > There's also backblaze.com. I haven't used it, but it looks like the > first one I'd try. > > -TJ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From raleigh-rb at liskar.com Sun Oct 11 21:55:19 2009 From: raleigh-rb at liskar.com (Karl Towle) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:55:19 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <43362a720910111843l59d75a10gb0106b58c41660f1@mail.gmail.com> References: <43362a720910111843l59d75a10gb0106b58c41660f1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <12eb6ba80910111855t893cb4ai71a444da2a7a800a@mail.gmail.com> I could never get through the initial backup with BackBlaze, and it seemed a little resource intensive, if I remember correctly. I use Jungledisk as my primary backup and have about 180GB of files, photos, videos and music backed up - the cost starts to add up, but it's been the most reliable of all I've tried, and I like the redundancy they provide. Carbonite is my go-to on PCs, but their first attempt on the Mac was a real resource hog. They've supposedly improved, so may try again. I was in the beta of Mozy for Mac, but never could get it working correctly, even after they went to 1.0, and they weren't helpful. My second choice for Mac currently is CrashPlan - you can pay a reasonable amount to use their central vault if you want, but if you (or friends) have machines in disjoint locations with space, or that you can add an external drive to, you can do your offsite backup absolutely free, and it's worked pretty well for me. I back up a collection of PCs to and external drive on my Mac using CrashPlan. Karl On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Mel Riffe wrote: > Giving backblaze.com a try... Thanks for the tip TJ > > --Mel > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM, TJ Stankus wrote: > >> I'm thinking of using some form of cloud backup for my laptop. > >> > >> The two candidates I have in mind are Jungle Disk and Carbonite. > >> > >> Jungle Disk is 2/month and 0.15/GB/month > >> It allows storage either using Amazon S3 or RackSpace's own > >> storage, the difference being that S3 has additional upload and > >> download charges. > >> Carbonite is $55/year for unlimited data. > >> > >> So the break-even point seems to be 20GB. > > > > There's also backblaze.com. I haven't used it, but it looks like the > > first one I'd try. > > > > -TJ > > _______________________________________________ > > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raleigh-rb at liskar.com Sun Oct 11 23:23:34 2009 From: raleigh-rb at liskar.com (Karl Towle) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:23:34 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <4AD26015.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <9AD6C676-9361-4AE9-9670-D447A1F80220@gmail.com> <4AD26015.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <12eb6ba80910112023p4dba39a5s38584407f8d9413@mail.gmail.com> I could never get through the initial backup with BackBlaze, and it seemed a little resource intensive, if I remember correctly. I use Jungledisk as my primary backup and have about 180GB of files, photos, videos and music backed up - the cost starts to add up, but it's been the most reliable of all I've tried, and I like the redundancy they provide. Carbonite is my go-to on PCs, but their first attempt on the Mac was a real resource hog. They've supposedly improved, so may try again. I was in the beta of Mozy for Mac, but never could get it working correctly, even after they went to 1.0, and they weren't helpful. My second choice for Mac currently is CrashPlan - you can pay a reasonable amount to use their central vault if you want, but if you (or friends) have machines in disjoint locations with space, or that you can add an external drive to, you can do your offsite backup absolutely free, and it's worked pretty well for me. I back up a collection of PCs to and external drive on my Mac using CrashPlan. Karl On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Ed Gehringer wrote: > Is that $5/yr. per computer? > > Thanks, > Ed > > >>> Martin Streicher 10/11/2009 9:54 PM >>> > > I use Backblaze -- it's $5 per computer with no limits. CTO there is very > smart. Works at least on Windows and Mac. > I also have wanted to look more into CrashPlan. > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tj at stank.us Mon Oct 12 10:17:49 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:17:49 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <88EBAF05-7261-41FF-AF5E-1F1E28217D58@gmail.com> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <9AD6C676-9361-4AE9-9670-D447A1F80220@gmail.com> <4AD26015.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <88EBAF05-7261-41FF-AF5E-1F1E28217D58@gmail.com> Message-ID: > I use Backblaze -- it's $5 per computer with no limits. CTO there is very > smart. Works at least on Windows and Mac. > I also have wanted to look more into CrashPlan. I have no affiliation with backblaze, but here's a pretty interesting blog post detailing how they designed their storage hardware setup http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ From steve.pinkham at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 10:40:12 2009 From: steve.pinkham at gmail.com (Steve Pinkham) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:40:12 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AD33FCC.9000904@gmail.com> Jared wrote: > For synchronizing several boxes, you might want to try dropbox. > > http://www.getdropbox.com > > I've found it's very nice, but not a great way to back up an entire box. > > Jared > Unison is also quite useful for synchronizing data across multiple computers. I use dropbox for some non-sensitive data, but don't quite trust it with all my data. Unison syncs quite reliably and quickly without involving any outside providers. Of course, for coding projects git or hg works better, but for my non-code working directories Unison makes it easy to keep everything up to date on my desktop and laptop. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ Steve -- | Steven E. Pinkham | | Security Researcher, Maven Security | | http://www.mavensecurity.com | | GPG public key ID CD31CAFB | From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 13:16:23 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:16:23 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> Message-ID: Right. I'm already using dropbox for synching selected stuff between my Linux server an my macbook, and it's great for that. For example, every night the server does a mysql dump of my blog's db, compresses it, and then rsyncs that along with the public/files folder (which holds any images I might have uploaded for use in articles) to the dropbox folder. But it's not for general backup. I'm trying out backblaze as a free trial and so far it looks good, initial backup IS slow, but they all are. I just now got my DSL connection upgraded to 12Mbps down, and 650 Kbps up or so, so it might finish before the free trial period . On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Jared wrote: > For synchronizing several boxes, you might want to try dropbox. > http://www.getdropbox.com > I've found it's very nice, but not a great way to back up an entire box. > Jared > > On Oct 11, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Ed Gehringer wrote: > > I have a question too.? I have a number of different computers that I would > like to back up.? Some of them (e.g., my home PC and my laptop) have some of > the same data, but not all. > > With Jungledisk or Carbonite, could I back up multiple systems without > having multiple accounts? > > Besides the cost savings of a common account, it would be nice to put all of > my data (personal, work, etc.) into a single hierarchy and be able to > download it from the same site whenever I need it. > > Thanks, > Ed > >>>> Rick DeNatale 10/11/2009 8:21 PM >>> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Ben Burdick wrote: >> Whether you choose Amazon or Rackspace cloudfiles, your files will be on a >> CDN, which carbonite doesn't appear to offer. > >> I've never heard of Carbonite, > > Then you have not listened to the Kim Komando show :-) > > but am very happy with Jungledisk. > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From tj at stank.us Mon Oct 12 14:17:42 2009 From: tj at stank.us (TJ Stankus) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:17:42 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> Message-ID: > trial and so far it looks good, initial backup IS slow, but they all > are. ?I just now got my DSL connection upgraded to 12Mbps down, and > 650 Kbps up or so, so it might finish before the free trial period After having tried out several cloud backup approaches, I gave up and went back to local external disks for precisely that reason - too slow. The services were fine, my connection speed isn't, unfortunately. Dreaming of the day I get fiber to the curb... -TJ From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 16:03:52 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:03:52 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> Message-ID: I'm still planning on local disk backup, but I also want off-site On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, TJ Stankus wrote: >> trial and so far it looks good, initial backup IS slow, but they all >> are. ?I just now got my DSL connection upgraded to 12Mbps down, and >> 650 Kbps up or so, so it might finish before the free trial period > > After having tried out several cloud backup approaches, I gave up and > went back to local external disks for precisely that reason - too > slow. The services were fine, my connection speed isn't, > unfortunately. Dreaming of the day I get fiber to the curb... > > -TJ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From ruby at bandkbroom.com Mon Oct 12 16:32:17 2009 From: ruby at bandkbroom.com (Brian Broom) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:32:17 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <4AD39251.8010702@bandkbroom.com> Carbonite is 1 account per computer. Brian Ed Gehringer wrote: > I have a question too. I have a number of different computers that I > would like to back up. Some of them (e.g., my home PC and my laptop) > have some of the same data, but not all. > > With Jungledisk or Carbonite, could I back up multiple systems without > having multiple accounts? > > Besides the cost savings of a common account, it would be nice to put > all of my data (personal, work, etc.) into a single hierarchy and be > able to download it from the same site whenever I need it. > > Thanks, > Ed > > > >>> Rick DeNatale 10/11/2009 8:21 PM >>> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Ben Burdick wrote: > > Whether you choose Amazon or Rackspace cloudfiles, your files will > be on a > > CDN, which carbonite doesn't appear to offer. > > > I've never heard of Carbonite, > > Then you have not listened to the Kim Komando show :-) > > but am very happy with Jungledisk. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Mon Oct 12 17:46:26 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:46:26 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Looking for developer In-Reply-To: <4ACB1134.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> References: <214f16690910050714g372912ep3df724146074f14e@mail.gmail.com> <214f16690910050726x5a925124oe6fe19e0c0a49648@mail.gmail.com> <4AC9FBB4.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <214f16690910060426y745f673ane53949008852a72b@mail.gmail.com> <4ACB1134.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <214f16690910121446u20d5e49bs640b29834a20aceb@mail.gmail.com> Hey Ed, Turns out visas would be a problem. Thanks for the ideas though. Jimmy On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Ed Gehringer wrote: >>>> Jimmy Thrasher 10/6/2009 7:26 AM >>> > Hi Ed, > > Not sure about a student visa.? I can look into it.? Aren't there > restrictions on what kinds of jobs students can get? > > Yes, they can't work off campus except in the summer.? But I am thinking of > someone who currently has a student visa, but would be doing Optional > Practical Training for one year afterwards, then applying for an H1B or a > green card. > > I'm not sure we'd be able to provide a co-op program or anything like that > to accommodate students, unfortunately.? Any ideas? > Probably 90% of the masters grads who are not currently employed full time > are international students.? That's why I'm asking. > > Bachelors grads, of course, are another story. > > -Ed > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From jareds.lists at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 08:10:28 2009 From: jareds.lists at gmail.com (Jared) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:10:28 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7AE66EEE-DF28-4A63-8051-F96599AFE44C@gmail.com> Sounds like what we really need are a bunch of external hard disks, a program like TrueCrypt, and a series of disk exchanges at local meetups. :) Jared http://AgileArtisans.com On Oct 12, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > I'm still planning on local disk backup, but I also want off-site > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, TJ Stankus wrote: >>> trial and so far it looks good, initial backup IS slow, but they all >>> are. I just now got my DSL connection upgraded to 12Mbps down, and >>> 650 Kbps up or so, so it might finish before the free trial period >> >> After having tried out several cloud backup approaches, I gave up and >> went back to local external disks for precisely that reason - too >> slow. The services were fine, my connection speed isn't, >> unfortunately. Dreaming of the day I get fiber to the curb... >> >> -TJ >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> > > > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jflores at ahayo.net Tue Oct 13 10:05:00 2009 From: jflores at ahayo.net (jose@ahayo.net) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:05:00 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: <7AE66EEE-DF28-4A63-8051-F96599AFE44C@gmail.com> References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> <7AE66EEE-DF28-4A63-8051-F96599AFE44C@gmail.com> Message-ID: Besides a eSata external HD, I use Apple's time-capsule and love the convenience. So many replies gave me an idea: Would there be a way to run a script in the time capsule that "carbonites" a "TrueCrypt " copy of that disk into the X-cloud. In that way we have it all: the peace of mind of a remote copy, plus the convenience of faster backup using local ethernet (WiFi-n) and let the time-capsule use its resources and bandwidth. Our computer is free to roam, backs-up into the time-capsule when home, and the time-capsule does the heavy uploading into the cloud when we are out or not using the uplink. Just an idea... Jose On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Jared wrote: > Sounds like what we really need are a bunch of external hard disks, > a program like TrueCrypt, and a series of disk exchanges at local > meetups. :) > > Jared > http://AgileArtisans.com > > On Oct 12, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > >> I'm still planning on local disk backup, but I also want off-site >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, TJ Stankus wrote: >>>> trial and so far it looks good, initial backup IS slow, but they >>>> all >>>> are. I just now got my DSL connection upgraded to 12Mbps down, and >>>> 650 Kbps up or so, so it might finish before the free trial period >>> >>> After having tried out several cloud backup approaches, I gave up >>> and >>> went back to local external disks for precisely that reason - too >>> slow. The services were fine, my connection speed isn't, >>> unfortunately. Dreaming of the day I get fiber to the curb... >>> >>> -TJ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rick DeNatale >> >> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale >> WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From rick.denatale at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 11:12:13 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:12:13 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> <7AE66EEE-DF28-4A63-8051-F96599AFE44C@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:05 AM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: > Besides a eSata external HD, I use Apple's time-capsule and love the > convenience. ?So many replies gave me an idea: ?Would there be a way to run > a script in the time capsule that "carbonites" a "TrueCrypt " copy of that > disk into the X-cloud. ? In that way we have it all: the peace of mind of a > remote copy, plus the convenience of faster backup using local ethernet > (WiFi-n) and let the time-capsule use its resources and bandwidth. ?Our > computer is free to roam, backs-up into the time-capsule when home, and the > time-capsule does the heavy uploading into the cloud when we are out or not > using the uplink. > > Just an idea... > Jose I think that the issue is that you don't want to send big chunks up to the cloud. Most of the cloud backup schemes rely on the backups being incremental. If you can only upload at 256Kbs-1Mbps uploading a large amount will take a long time. That's why the initial backups for all of the cloud backups take so long. I've been running the intial backup of my MacBook to BackBlaze for a couple of days now and it's gotten through less than 2Gb out of 25 or so. Once the initial mass of data is there, then only deltas need to be sent, and you typically don't change that much data that fast, or at least that's the theory. I do like the idea of having multiple levels of backup with and without geographical distribution. The recent sidekick fiasco shows one reason not to completely trust the cloud, and given some of what I've been hearing about the life-time of Time Capsules, I'm not sure I'd completely trust those either. Of course for a lot of my most important stuff, like source code, having it spread around in various git repositories gives a certain peace of mind! -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From jareds.lists at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 11:27:46 2009 From: jareds.lists at gmail.com (Jared) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:27:46 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Cloud backup for OS X In-Reply-To: References: <493A2D21-2D03-43E5-A12A-35E0F24E1CE3@gmail.com> <4AD24C25.7D16.00A7.0@gw.ncsu.edu> <17F283E8-5F3A-4DB3-9BA2-3B6195F3EB0B@gmail.com> <7AE66EEE-DF28-4A63-8051-F96599AFE44C@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > If you can only upload at 256Kbs-1Mbps uploading a large amount will > take a long time Would we have better bandwidth if segregated ourselves by ISP? I wonder if Time-Warner customers could back up to one another and see much better bandwidth? From martin.streicher at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 16:33:10 2009 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:33:10 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pointers to multi-domain, self-serve platform Message-ID: <241815BF-91EC-4E86-BD03-45B9669AE979@gmail.com> I have a friend (no, it's not me) looking for a starter Rails platform with these features: WIYSWYG blogging w/ photo upload multi-domain / registration support - just like wpmu or ning ability to aggregate content across domains / blogs ability for users to "subscribe" to other blogs / "follow" other users Are there any kits out there with these features? Could Radiant be turned into a white label blogging tool where people can register and get a subdomain named after their login? Thanks for pointers. Martin From rick.denatale at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 10:09:13 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:09:13 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? Message-ID: Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. The question is which one? If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? The middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual graphics. Is it worth the extra $300? Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to join the program? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From kevin at hypotheticalabs.com Fri Oct 16 10:12:19 2009 From: kevin at hypotheticalabs.com (Kevin A. Smith) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:12:19 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I got the mid-range model and added an aftermarket Intel SSD drive. I've been very happy with the purchase. The dual graphics cards let me engage in a bit of gaming which was painful on my older Macbook. I plan on keep the laptop for at least 2 years so the $300 seemed worth it. --Kevin On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. > > The question is which one? > > If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? The > middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual > graphics. Is it worth the extra $300? > > Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to join > the program? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jamey.cribbs at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 10:19:39 2009 From: jamey.cribbs at gmail.com (Jamey Cribbs) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:19:39 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64217eee0910160719v3dfe5d4h208d8c83bf6f931b@mail.gmail.com> I got the mid-range model, also, with the thought of doing some bootcamp windows game playing. The only issue with that is pretty much any game I play in windows causes the fan to run all the time, even if the game is not graphically intensive. In fact, sometimes I will play the same game in Parallels, because the fan does not run as much, so it probably has something to do with bootcamp using the faster video card all the time, as opposed to parallels using the slower video card. You will probably want to upgrade to 4gb as that made a big difference in performance with me. Jamey On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Kevin A. Smith wrote: > I got the mid-range model and added an aftermarket Intel SSD drive. I've > been very happy with the purchase. The dual graphics cards let me engage in > a bit of gaming which was painful on my older Macbook. I plan on keep the > laptop for at least 2 years so the $300 seemed worth it. > > --Kevin > On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > >> Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. >> >> The question is which one? >> >> If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? ?The >> middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual >> graphics. ?Is it worth the extra $300? >> >> Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to join >> the program? >> >> -- >> Rick DeNatale >> >> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale >> WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From kevin at hypotheticalabs.com Fri Oct 16 10:26:56 2009 From: kevin at hypotheticalabs.com (Kevin A. Smith) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:26:56 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: <64217eee0910160719v3dfe5d4h208d8c83bf6f931b@mail.gmail.com> References: <64217eee0910160719v3dfe5d4h208d8c83bf6f931b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2B19F5BD-8AC0-4693-A8CC-CA41A65D59DF@hypotheticalabs.com> Good point. Mine has the 4GB upgrade which makes it _really_ snappy. As soon as memory prices descend crazy territory I'll be pimping out to the full 8GB. --Kevin On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Jamey Cribbs wrote: > I got the mid-range model, also, with the thought of doing some > bootcamp windows game playing. The only issue with that is pretty > much any game I play in windows causes the fan to run all the time, > even if the game is not graphically intensive. > > In fact, sometimes I will play the same game in Parallels, because the > fan does not run as much, so it probably has something to do with > bootcamp using the faster video card all the time, as opposed to > parallels using the slower video card. > > You will probably want to upgrade to 4gb as that made a big difference > in performance with me. > > Jamey > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Kevin A. Smith > wrote: >> I got the mid-range model and added an aftermarket Intel SSD drive. >> I've >> been very happy with the purchase. The dual graphics cards let me >> engage in >> a bit of gaming which was painful on my older Macbook. I plan on >> keep the >> laptop for at least 2 years so the $300 seemed worth it. >> >> --Kevin >> On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: >> >>> Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. >>> >>> The question is which one? >>> >>> If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? The >>> middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual >>> graphics. Is it worth the extra $300? >>> >>> Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to >>> join >>> the program? >>> >>> -- >>> Rick DeNatale >>> >>> Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale >>> WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From martin.streicher at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 10:30:36 2009 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:30:36 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6737BC45-E84A-4D57-8EE1-2E3E2720DA5F@gmail.com> I have my eye on the same sort of machine. I want the dual graphics to drive the 30" Apple monitor. I also understand the 4 GB memory cards are really pricey -- but I'd rather spend the money to get 8 GB in the machine since I use it primarily for development. Photoshop, TextMate, et al seem to run better on the device. You can also check out the new USB display adapters. Connect an external monitor via USB to get lots of displays on your desk. I have also purchased refurnished machines from Apple or resellers the last three times. The machines are not new, because someone may have returned it, but it is new since all the parts are refreshed. My last laptop came with Apple Care in the price, which was also some $200 off list. So I saved $500, I think. I also buy from PowerMax in Portland -- no sales tax!!! Martin On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. > > The question is which one? > > If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? The > middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual > graphics. Is it worth the extra $300? > > Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to join > the program? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From redinger at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 10:34:26 2009 From: redinger at gmail.com (Christopher Redinger) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:34:26 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I got the middle model. You can choose to either use the second graphics card for better performance, or disable it it for more battery life. That plus the extra processor speed made it worth a few extra hundred for me. Buying the basic 2.8GHz with the ADC discount costs $1839. Without it costs $2299. So, you nearly break even with this model. On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Okay, so I'm seriously thinking about a new 15" MacBook pro. > > The question is which one? > > If I go for the 'entry-level' 2.53Ghz model, will I be sorry? The > middle model is somewhat faster has a bigger disk, and has dual > graphics. Is it worth the extra $300? > > Also is the developer discount on one of these worth the $500 to join > the program? > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -- Christopher Redinger http://agiledisciple.com Agile Ruby and Rails Development From kevin at hypotheticalabs.com Fri Oct 16 10:49:43 2009 From: kevin at hypotheticalabs.com (Kevin A. Smith) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:49:43 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: <16e20a2b0910160731l2ad20633u50ade9a242b71297@mail.gmail.com> References: <16e20a2b0910160731l2ad20633u50ade9a242b71297@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4A9E9DEF-ED08-44A9-9919-61B6562DB9E2@hypotheticalabs.com> IMHO, the SSD is totally worth it. My laptop boots in seconds and apps launch _right_now_. For example, iTunes (with close to 40GB of music) launches before I can count to 3. My vmware guests launch in well under a minute. I never appreciated how long I waited for things to launch until I put in the SSD. If you can live with less space (mine is only 160GB) I HIGHLY recommend it. --Kevin On Oct 16, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Trent Albright wrote: > If you are buying a mac you have already made the decision not to go > cheap. > > I think the extra money is well worth it for the better graphics > card, cpu, and more disk space. I don't think the SSD is worth the > additional cost. I'd spend it on more RAM instead. > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Kevin A. Smith > wrote: > I got the mid-range model and added an aftermarket Intel SSD drive. > I've been very happy with the purchase. The dual graphics cards let > me engage in a bit of gaming which was painful on my older Macbook. > I plan on keep the laptop for at least 2 years so the $300 seemed > worth it. > > --Kevin > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From rick.denatale at gmail.com Fri Oct 16 14:38:26 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:38:26 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Christopher Redinger wrote: > I got the middle model. You can choose to either use the second graphics > card for better performance, or disable it it for more battery life. That > plus the extra processor speed made it worth a few extra hundred for me. > > Buying the basic 2.8GHz with the ADC discount costs $1839. Without it costs $2299. So, you nearly break > even with this model. So, I was thinking of the $1999 model. The ADC link that Mark posted only seems to be available if you're already a member. 15-inch: 2.53GHz $1699 250GB HardDrive 9400M Graphics only 15-inch: 2.66GHz $1999 320GB HardDrive 9400M + 9600M GT w/256MB 15-inch: 2.8GHz $2299 500GB hard drive 9400M + 9600M GT w/512MB All of these have 4GB Ram which is 1GB more than my MacBook is actually using now. I just don't know about that next $300 bump. Having lived with a 120GB drive on the MacBook 320GB sounds like a mansion. Also if I decide down the line to replace it with an SSD so much more capacity to give up if it's a 500GB drive. I believe that there are cheaper alternatives for SSD drives than Apple anyway. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From jeffm.keating at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 09:44:13 2009 From: jeffm.keating at gmail.com (Jeff Keating) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:44:13 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] system admin Message-ID: I am looking for someone who can take management of our production and staging systems. It has been set up and managed by Michael Hale for several months so if you know him and think highly of his work (as I do) it should be a snap. The setup is running on a Slicehost (or Rackspace) slice, very small, and straightforward. It has been set up using chef. It is Ubuntu, a basic Rails web app, mysql, amazon backup, simple mail server for sending, some monitoring scripts and whatnot with ssh logins for me and the other contributor. We have one production client and another likely coming on soon, but with very low volume, and low growth projected and very few needs actually. It would be in my estimation a very light, simple, small ongoing job for anyone capable. I am working with Michael currently to understand the system and transition it off his plate. If anyone is or knows an admin or a more "feature rich" hosting service that I should try I am actively looking and am open to suggestions or referrals. Thanks. Jeff Keating -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rick.denatale at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 12:06:32 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:06:32 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-meeting chow? Message-ID: Are we going back to the place we went last month? It was a nice break from Baja Buritto. I've got some errands to run this afternoon, so I'd like to know the plan. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From redinger at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 12:08:35 2009 From: redinger at gmail.com (Christopher Redinger) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:35 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-meeting chow? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <14565817-C4E3-4D33-B858-1243E6A62BE8@gmail.com> On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Are we going back to the place we went last month? It was a nice > break from Baja Buritto. +1 for Ruckus Pizza (http://bloat.me/S8nw). See you around 5:30. -- Christopher Redinger http://agiledisciple.com Agile Ruby and Rails Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nathaniel at talbott.ws Tue Oct 20 12:18:57 2009 From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:18:57 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-meeting chow? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ce336a20910200918o667eb261p539d30f5c24a83c8@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Are we going back to the place we went last month? ?It was a nice > break from Baja Buritto. Yup, we're on for 5:30 at Ruckus Pizza in Mission Valley. See everybody there! -- Nathaniel Talbott <:((>< From pelargir at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 12:34:52 2009 From: pelargir at gmail.com (Matthew Bass) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:34:52 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-meeting chow? In-Reply-To: <4ce336a20910200918o667eb261p539d30f5c24a83c8@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ce336a20910200918o667eb261p539d30f5c24a83c8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Nathaniel Talbott wrote: > Yup, we're on for 5:30 at Ruckus Pizza in Mission Valley. See > everybody there! Awesome! Looking forward to more gigantic pizza slices. Matthew From info at lojic.com Tue Oct 20 15:38:48 2009 From: info at lojic.com (Brian Adkins) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:38:48 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] url_for creates a duplicate port Message-ID: <4ADE11C8.2050604@lojic.com> I've run into a tricky problem. It appears that when a :port param is passed to url_for and the current request is using a port, two ports appear in the resultant url. Has anyone else experienced this? Here's a test: class HomeControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase test 'url_for should not screw up url' do @request.port = 3000 url = @controller.url_for({:port => '3000', :controller => 'site', :action => 'index'}) assert_not_equal('http://test.host:3000:3000/site', url) end end and a test run: Loaded suite test/functional/home_controller_test Started F Finished in 0.044777 seconds. 1) Failure: test_url_for_should_not_append_colon_to_port(HomeControllerTest) [test/functional/home_controller_test.rb:7]: <"http://test.host:3000:3000/site"> expected to be != to <"http://test.host:3000:3000/site">. 1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors Brian -- Brian Adkins Lojic Technologies, LLC http://lojic.com/ From info at lojic.com Tue Oct 20 15:45:14 2009 From: info at lojic.com (Brian Adkins) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:45:14 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] url_for creates a duplicate port In-Reply-To: <4ADE11C8.2050604@lojic.com> References: <4ADE11C8.2050604@lojic.com> Message-ID: <4ADE134A.8000305@lojic.com> Sorry, this is probably a better test to show the source of each duplicated port: class HomeControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase test 'url_for should not append colon to port' do @request.port = 7001 url = @controller.url_for({:port => '7000', :controller => 'site', :action => 'index'}) assert_not_equal('http://test.host:7001:7000/site', url) end end Loaded suite test/functional/home_controller_test Started F Finished in 0.037611 seconds. 1) Failure: test_url_for_should_not_append_colon_to_port(HomeControllerTest) [test/functional/home_controller_test.rb:7]: <"http://test.host:7001:7000/site"> expected to be != to <"http://test.host:7001:7000/site">. 1 tests, 1 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors Brian -- Brian Adkins Lojic Technologies, LLC http://lojic.com/ From mshiltonj at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 15:50:45 2009 From: mshiltonj at gmail.com (Steven Hilton) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:50:45 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RiCal Wave Message-ID: <8308260d0910201250o7a532105q542e1175f47279ae@mail.gmail.com> As an experiment, I created a wave to take notes on tonight's talk. Waves can be collaboratively edited, so it would be cool to have several raleigh.rbers taking notes in the same doc. If you have a google wave account and are coming to the meetup tonight, ping me and I'll add you to the wave. (FYI, I don't have any invites yet.) -- Steven Hilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fmedlin at gmail.com Tue Oct 20 16:21:32 2009 From: fmedlin at gmail.com (Fred Medlin) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:32 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Pre-meeting chow? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <579ca95c0910201321u31636d82nfe2f38e5420f6014@mail.gmail.com> In for a Ruckus, but may be a few minutes late On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > Are we going back to the place we went last month? It was a nice > break from Baja Buritto. > > I've got some errands to run this afternoon, so I'd like to know the plan. > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From paulsanfordfriedman at yahoo.com Wed Oct 21 14:21:58 2009 From: paulsanfordfriedman at yahoo.com (Paul Friedman) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:21:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [raleigh.rb] Are you looking for work in Durham ? In-Reply-To: <8308260d0910201250o7a532105q542e1175f47279ae@mail.gmail.com> References: <8308260d0910201250o7a532105q542e1175f47279ae@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <586211.10667.qm@web30802.mail.mud.yahoo.com> These guys are located in downtown Durham. So if you are or know of any one looking for work right now, get in touch with me or contact the original poster. Also, if you'd like to know more about the company, ask me off list. http://raleigh.craigslist.org/sof/1430171173.html Best, Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ken.auer at rolemodelsoftware.com Wed Oct 21 16:34:00 2009 From: ken.auer at rolemodelsoftware.com (Ken Auer) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:34:00 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... Message-ID: I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their site, but would also like to offer them the ability to get their own domain name (which would just point to our server). Does anyone have any experience using a reseller of domains with an automated API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also sign up for the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. appropriately as part of our configuration process)? Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to help add the feature. Thanks, Ken -- Ken Auer The Extreme Programming Software Studio? RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses ( http://rolemodelcommunity.com) "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark 12:28-31) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Does anyone > have any experience using a reseller of domains with an automated > API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also sign up for > the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. appropriately as > part of our configuration process)? > > Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to > help add the feature. > > Thanks, > > Ken > > -- > Ken Auer > The Extreme Programming Software Studio? > RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) > 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) > Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) > > A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com > ) > > "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see > Mark 12:28-31) > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Does anyone have any experience > using a reseller of domains with an automated API (i.e. when they sign up > for our service, they also sign up for the domain name, and we configure the > DNS, etc. appropriately as part of our configuration process)? > > Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to help > add the feature. > > Thanks, > > Ken > > -- > Ken Auer > The Extreme Programming Software Studio? > RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) > 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) > Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) > > A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses ( > http://rolemodelcommunity.com) > > "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark > 12:28-31) > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Ken Auer The Extreme Programming Software Studio? RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses ( http://rolemodelcommunity.com) "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark 12:28-31) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Derrick.Henderson at Hudson.com Wed Oct 21 21:39:03 2009 From: Derrick.Henderson at Hudson.com (Henderson, Derrick A) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:39:03 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Ruby on Rails Developer position Message-ID: Hello below is a Ruby on Rails position that we have available. If you are interested or know of anyone that may be my contact information is below. Thanks!! Ruby on Rails Developer 4001034295 Local RTP client is seeking an Intermediate/Senior Level Ruby on Rails Developer. Our client develops software solutions for the medical, scientific, and educational communities. We are seeking an intelligent, self-starting individual to add to their software development team. Work activities will vary by project, but may include web application coding, database design, and product development. Employees should be able to take tasks/requests from start to finish without frequent supervision. The development team will work with you to design, implement and install any sort of solution that you require. The ideal candidate will be a graduate from a 4-year college or university who feels that he or she can become a uniquely valuable team member. He or she will be a talented coder with the ability to learn quickly and work across multiple technologies and projects. Candidates should possess desire to work in a team environment and should embody friendliness, professionalism, patience, energy, and confidence. Superior communication skills and the ability to build trust in our clients are required. Our client utilizes Ruby on Rails (RoR) as their web application framework. Experience with Rails is required, and technical experience should also include web interface coding using technologies such as XML, XSLT, JavaScript, and AJAX. Derrick Henderson Technical Recruiter Hudson IT & Telecommunications Rexwood V 2300 Rexwood Dr., Ste 380 Raleigh, NC 27606 t: 919-325-7744 f: 919-325-7703 toll free 877-288-5364 ext. 7744 derrick.henderson at hudson.com www.hudson.com >From great people to great performance SM ****This e-mail is sent by Hudson Highland Group, Inc., or one of its subsidiaries, and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately.**** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mike at hales.ws Wed Oct 21 22:43:53 2009 From: mike at hales.ws (Michael Hale) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:43:53 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60190a730910211943s6a1b5a86j7ee0a17265deb522@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: > Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. I don't have experience with programatically purchasing domains, but you would need to find a registrar that you trust that also offers an API. This page mentions a few registrars with APIs. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: >> >> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >> >> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and >> e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their site, but >> would also like to offer them the ability to get their own domain name >> (which would just point to our server). ?Does anyone have any experience >> using a reseller of domains with an automated API (i.e. when they sign up >> for our service, they also sign up for the domain name, and we configure the >> DNS, etc. appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to help >> add the feature. >> Thanks, >> Ken >> -- >> Ken Auer >> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >> RoleModel Software ? ? ? ? ? ? ?919-557-6352 (v) >> 6720 RoleModel Way ? ? ? ? ? ?919-342-5016 (f) >> Holly Springs, NC 27540 ? ? ? 919-622-8315 (m) >> >> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses >> (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >> >> ? ?"Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark >> 12:28-31) >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > -- > Ken Auer > The Extreme Programming Software Studio? > RoleModel Software ? ? ? ? ? ? ?919-557-6352 (v) > 6720 RoleModel Way ? ? ? ? ? ?919-342-5016 (f) > Holly Springs, NC 27540 ? ? ? 919-622-8315 (m) > > A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses > (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) > > ? ?"Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark > 12:28-31) > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From mike at hales.ws Wed Oct 21 22:46:31 2009 From: mike at hales.ws (Michael Hale) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:31 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: <60190a730910211943s6a1b5a86j7ee0a17265deb522@mail.gmail.com> References: <60190a730910211943s6a1b5a86j7ee0a17265deb522@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <60190a730910211946j12c9ed9q9c5c1d5e02004aef@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Michael Hale wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer > wrote: >> Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. > > I don't have experience with programatically purchasing domains, but > you would need to find a registrar that you trust that also offers an > API. This page mentions a few registrars with APIs. Whoops forgot the link: http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=21159 > >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: >>> >>> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >>> >>> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and >>> e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >>> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their site, but >>> would also like to offer them the ability to get their own domain name >>> (which would just point to our server). ?Does anyone have any experience >>> using a reseller of domains with an automated API (i.e. when they sign up >>> for our service, they also sign up for the domain name, and we configure the >>> DNS, etc. appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >>> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to help >>> add the feature. >>> Thanks, >>> Ken >>> -- >>> Ken Auer >>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>> RoleModel Software ? ? ? ? ? ? ?919-557-6352 (v) >>> 6720 RoleModel Way ? ? ? ? ? ?919-342-5016 (f) >>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 ? ? ? 919-622-8315 (m) >>> >>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses >>> (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >>> >>> ? ?"Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark >>> 12:28-31) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Auer >> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >> RoleModel Software ? ? ? ? ? ? ?919-557-6352 (v) >> 6720 RoleModel Way ? ? ? ? ? ?919-342-5016 (f) >> Holly Springs, NC 27540 ? ? ? 919-622-8315 (m) >> >> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses >> (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >> >> ? ?"Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark >> 12:28-31) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> > From martin.streicher at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 08:25:05 2009 From: martin.streicher at gmail.com (Martin Streicher) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:25:05 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby-debug and Ruby 1.9.1 Message-ID: <3C2727C8-B2D8-4C98-B29A-F42BBC2F9001@gmail.com> Has anyone built ruby-debug for Ruby 1.9.1? I am on Leopard. A check around the Web yielded issues with the pair, but no solution (I'll keep looking), hence my question. Martin From jrubyforge-raleigh-rb at indythinker.com Thu Oct 22 03:39:38 2009 From: jrubyforge-raleigh-rb at indythinker.com (Justis Peters) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:39:38 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] RDU Wavelets this Fri (Google Wave developers group) Message-ID: <4AE00C3A.5010900@indythinker.com> At yesterday's meeting, I announced the second meeting of the RDU Wavelets group. It seems appropriate to follow-up here with additional information, particularly since the organizer, Jay Cuthrell, asked me to ping everyone about RSVP'ing on meetup.com. It's this Friday, 6pm, at Carrboro Creative Coworking. Here's a link to the meetup.com event, where you can RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/RDUWavelets/calendar/11457902/ This is a local meetup for developers interested in the Google Wave platform. If you already have an account on the developer sandbox for Google Wave, you should definitely join this group and collaborate with us. If you don't yet have an account but want to explore, join us anyhow. There are plenty of people talking about collaborative coding sessions and you can easily get your hands on it early. If you are not yet familiar with Google Wave, I encourage everyone on this list to take a quick look. The simple explanation they attempt to throw around is that this is Google's answer to "what would email look like if it were invented today?". The long explanation goes some interesting places, like collaborative documents with very low latency, threaded conversations in the middle of evolving documents, a federated protocol for private servers, and an open-source implementation of operational transformations. Google Wave does not yet (officially) support Ruby in either their robots API or their gadgets API. They do, however, have an embed API that allows you to embed a Wave within an HTML page. I've also heard rumors of people using JRuby under Google Appengine. Since that's their current platform for the robots API, there might be some potential fun to be had there, too. Here are some links to explore: http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html http://code.google.com/apis/wave/ http://www.waveprotocol.org/ http://www.waveprotocol.org/whitepapers/operational-transform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_transformation You can request a developer sandbox account here: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignupfordev/ I hope to see you there. Kind regards, Justis Peters From JBrenner at BBandT.com Thu Oct 22 09:51:10 2009 From: JBrenner at BBandT.com (Brenner, Jonathon) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:51:10 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby-debug and Ruby 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <3C2727C8-B2D8-4C98-B29A-F42BBC2F9001@gmail.com> References: <3C2727C8-B2D8-4C98-B29A-F42BBC2F9001@gmail.com> Message-ID: <91864382B2433640BA2A447041B3DBC3062C06D2@wil-exmb01.bbtnet.com> Try this: http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-debug19/ -----Original Message----- From: raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:raleigh-rb-members-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Martin Streicher Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:25 AM To: raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org; rubyonrails-talk at googlegroups.com Subject: [raleigh.rb] ruby-debug and Ruby 1.9.1 Has anyone built ruby-debug for Ruby 1.9.1? I am on Leopard. A check around the Web yielded issues with the pair, but no solution (I'll keep looking), hence my question. Martin _______________________________________________ raleigh-rb-members mailing list raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members From jflores at ahayo.net Thu Oct 22 10:50:57 2009 From: jflores at ahayo.net (jose@ahayo.net) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:50:57 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> Hi Ken, Sorry I don't know of any registrar offering an API. But this is the usual process: Other companies ask the customer to register the domain wherever they want and ask the registrar to change the cname to stores.hostingstore.com/domain. This is because they usually already have one domain name if they are coming from another company for example. Managing transfer is a contractual nightmare and don't recommend getting into it. I think what you want is cname and not a redirect because all the SEO will be inherited when you do cname. Now, what I found, is that if you change the DNS to point to your server, your server can handle the cname (at least with linode I can). So you might not need the cname api, just dns pointing to your server. BTW I don't remember if cname can only point to a folder or a subdomain, you may want to check before creating multiple subdomains. Please let me know what you find. I am interested in learning this. Thanks, Jose On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: > Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net > wrote: > Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? > > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: > >> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and >> e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >> >> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their >> site, but would also like to offer them the ability to get their >> own domain name (which would just point to our server). Does >> anyone have any experience using a reseller of domains with an >> automated API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also >> sign up for the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. >> appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >> >> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you >> to help add the feature. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken >> >> -- >> Ken Auer >> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >> >> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com >> ) >> >> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >> Mark 12:28-31) >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > -- > Ken Auer > The Extreme Programming Software Studio? > RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) > 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) > Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) > > A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com > ) > > "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see > Mark 12:28-31) > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nospam at tonyspencer.com Thu Oct 22 11:06:30 2009 From: nospam at tonyspencer.com (Tony Spencer) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:06:30 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> References: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> Message-ID: Namecheap has an API that allows new registrations: http://developer.namecheap.com/docs/doku.php?id=api-reference:index On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:50 AM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Sorry I don't know of any registrar offering an API. But this is the > usual process: > > Other companies ask the customer to register the domain wherever > they want and ask the registrar to change the cname to stores.hostingstore.com/domain > . This is because they usually already have one domain name if > they are coming from another company for example. Managing transfer > is a contractual nightmare and don't recommend getting into it. > > I think what you want is cname and not a redirect because all the > SEO will be inherited when you do cname. Now, what I found, is that > if you change the DNS to point to your server, your server can > handle the cname (at least with linode I can). So you might not > need the cname api, just dns pointing to your server. BTW I don't > remember if cname can only point to a folder or a subdomain, you may > want to check before creating multiple subdomains. > > Please let me know what you find. I am interested in learning this. > > Thanks, > Jose > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: > >> Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net >> wrote: >> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >> >>> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site >>> and e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >>> >>> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their >>> site, but would also like to offer them the ability to get their >>> own domain name (which would just point to our server). Does >>> anyone have any experience using a reseller of domains with an >>> automated API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also >>> sign up for the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. >>> appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >>> >>> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you >>> to help add the feature. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> -- >>> Ken Auer >>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >>> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >>> >>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com >>> ) >>> >>> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >>> Mark 12:28-31) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Auer >> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >> >> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com >> ) >> >> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >> Mark 12:28-31) >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at lojic.com Thu Oct 22 16:04:55 2009 From: info at lojic.com (Brian Adkins) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:04:55 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: References: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> Message-ID: <4AE0BAE7.2090606@lojic.com> Tony Spencer wrote, On 10/22/09 11:06 AM: > Namecheap has an API that allows new registrations: > > http://developer.namecheap.com/docs/doku.php?id=api-reference:index That's great news. I've moved dozens of domains to Namecheap and highly recommend them as a registrar. I hadn't looked into the API, but I'll keep that for future reference. > On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:50 AM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: > >> Hi Ken, >> >> Sorry I don't know of any registrar offering an API. But this is the >> usual process: >> >> Other companies ask the customer to register the domain wherever they >> want and ask the registrar to change the cname to >> stores.hostingstore.com/domain. This is because they usually already >> have one domain name if they are coming from another company for >> example. Managing transfer is a contractual nightmare and don't >> recommend getting into it. >> >> I think what you want is cname and not a redirect because all the SEO >> will be inherited when you do cname. Now, what I found, is that if >> you change the DNS to point to your server, your server can handle the >> cname (at least with linode I can). So you might not need the cname >> api, just dns pointing to your server. BTW I don't remember if cname >> can only point to a folder or a subdomain, you may want to check >> before creating multiple subdomains. >> >> Please let me know what you find. I am interested in learning this. >> >> Thanks, >> Jose >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >> >>> Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net >>> wrote: >>> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >>> >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >>> >>>> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and >>>> e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >>>> >>>> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their >>>> site, but would also like to offer them the ability to get their own >>>> domain name (which would just point to our server). Does anyone >>>> have any experience using a reseller of domains with an automated >>>> API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also sign up for >>>> the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. appropriately as >>>> part of our configuration process)? >>>> >>>> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to >>>> help add the feature. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ken Auer >>>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>>> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >>>> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >>>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >>>> >>>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses >>>> (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >>>> >>>> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >>>> Mark 12:28-31) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ken Auer >>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >>> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >>> >>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses >>> (http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >>> >>> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >>> Mark 12:28-31) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -- Brian Adkins Lojic Technologies, LLC http://lojic.com/ From nospam at tonyspencer.com Thu Oct 22 16:16:14 2009 From: nospam at tonyspencer.com (Tony Spencer) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:16:14 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: <4AE0BAE7.2090606@lojic.com> References: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> <4AE0BAE7.2090606@lojic.com> Message-ID: <1B99197E-92C6-4357-B124-756EF4739853@tonyspencer.com> Yeah I've been very happy with them as well. Most of my domains are at Moniker but I'm considering moving everything to NameCheap. On Oct 22, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Brian Adkins wrote: > Tony Spencer wrote, On 10/22/09 11:06 AM: >> Namecheap has an API that allows new registrations: >> http://developer.namecheap.com/docs/doku.php?id=api-reference:index > > That's great news. I've moved dozens of domains to Namecheap and > highly recommend them as a registrar. I hadn't looked into the API, > but I'll keep that for future reference. > >> On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:50 AM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> Sorry I don't know of any registrar offering an API. But this is >>> the usual process: >>> >>> Other companies ask the customer to register the domain wherever >>> they want and ask the registrar to change the cname to stores.hostingstore.com/domain >>> . This is because they usually already have one domain name if >>> they are coming from another company for example. Managing >>> transfer is a contractual nightmare and don't recommend getting >>> into it. >>> >>> I think what you want is cname and not a redirect because all the >>> SEO will be inherited when you do cname. Now, what I found, is >>> that if you change the DNS to point to your server, your server >>> can handle the cname (at least with linode I can). So you might >>> not need the cname api, just dns pointing to your server. BTW I >>> don't remember if cname can only point to a folder or a subdomain, >>> you may want to check before creating multiple subdomains. >>> >>> Please let me know what you find. I am interested in learning this. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jose >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >>> >>>> Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net >>>> wrote: >>>> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site >>>>> and e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >>>>> >>>>> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their >>>>> site, but would also like to offer them the ability to get their >>>>> own domain name (which would just point to our server). Does >>>>> anyone have any experience using a reseller of domains with an >>>>> automated API (i.e. when they sign up for our service, they also >>>>> sign up for the domain name, and we configure the DNS, etc. >>>>> appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >>>>> >>>>> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire >>>>> you to help add the feature. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ken >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ken Auer >>>>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>>>> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >>>>> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >>>>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >>>>> >>>>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >>>>> Mark 12:28-31) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>>>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ken Auer >>>> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >>>> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >>>> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >>>> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >>>> >>>> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses (http://rolemodelcommunity.com >>>> ) >>>> >>>> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see >>>> Mark 12:28-31) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >>> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > -- > Brian Adkins > Lojic Technologies, LLC > http://lojic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From ken.auer at rolemodelsoftware.com Thu Oct 22 23:17:01 2009 From: ken.auer at rolemodelsoftware.com (Ken Auer) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:17:01 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Automated Domain Name Resellers... In-Reply-To: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> References: <5248CE75-ED2D-4D61-B84B-168152C3605D@ahayo.net> Message-ID: The normal case here is that this will be the first domain name for many of the customers, so it will rarely be a transfer. We are looking for this to be an automated process for the normal case (90+%, possibly 98ish percent) with the exception being a transfer... which wouldn't really have to be a transfer, but rather a DNS change. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:50 AM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Sorry I don't know of any registrar offering an API. But this is the usual > process: > > Other companies ask the customer to register the domain wherever they want > and ask the registrar to change the cname to > stores.hostingstore.com/domain. This is because they usually already > have one domain name if they are coming from another company for example. > Managing transfer is a contractual nightmare and don't recommend getting > into it. > > I think what you want is cname and not a redirect because all the SEO will > be inherited when you do cname. Now, what I found, is that if you change > the DNS to point to your server, your server can handle the cname (at least > with linode I can). So you might not need the cname api, just dns pointing > to your server. BTW I don't remember if cname can only point to a folder or > a subdomain, you may want to check before creating multiple subdomains. > > Please let me know what you find. I am interested in learning this. > > Thanks, > Jose > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ken Auer wrote: > > Both... need to buy the domains, and set up the CNAMES and DNS. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:14 PM, jose at ahayo.net wrote: > >> Do you need to automate cnames or just DNS re-directs? >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Ken Auer wrote: >> >> I've got a customer offering a SaaS providing a custom web site and >> e-commerce package on a specific vertical domain. >> >> We can easily offer each customer their own subdomain for their site, but >> would also like to offer them the ability to get their own domain name >> (which would just point to our server). Does anyone have any experience >> using a reseller of domains with an automated API (i.e. when they sign up >> for our service, they also sign up for the domain name, and we configure the >> DNS, etc. appropriately as part of our configuration process)? >> >> Would love to learn from your experience, and maybe even hire you to help >> add the feature. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken >> >> -- >> Ken Auer >> The Extreme Programming Software Studio? >> RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) >> 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) >> Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) >> >> A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses ( >> http://rolemodelcommunity.com) >> >> "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark >> 12:28-31) >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> raleigh-rb-members mailing list >> raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members >> > > > > -- > Ken Auer > The Extreme Programming Software Studio? > RoleModel Software 919-557-6352 (v) > 6720 RoleModel Way 919-342-5016 (f) > Holly Springs, NC 27540 919-622-8315 (m) > > A Member of the RoleModel Community of Businesses ( > http://rolemodelcommunity.com) > > "Christianity is not a plug-in, it's an operating system" (see Mark > 12:28-31) > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > > > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -- Ken Auer The Extreme Programming Software Studio? 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Message-ID: There seem to be quite a few variations of the chronic gem $ gem list -ra | grep chronic bjornblomqvist-input_chronic (1.0.5, 1.0.3, 1.0.0) blakechambers-chronic (0.3.0.2) chronic (0.2.3, 0.2.2, 0.2.1, 0.2.0, 0.1.6, 0.1.5, 0.1.4, 0.1.3, 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0) chronic_duration (0.7.5) evaryont-chronic (0.3.0.2) fizx-uberchronic (0.2.0, 0.1.0) hpoydar-chronic_duration (0.7.4, 0.7.3, 0.7.1, 0.7.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.0, 0.3.1, 0.2.0) jdl-chronic (0.3.0.1) lmarlow-chronic (0.3.0.1) mojombo-chronic (0.3.0) moorage-chronic (0.3.0) olauzon-chronic_distance (0.0.1) rgm-chronic (0.3.1) sethwalker-chronic (0.3.0) uberchronic (0.0.0) The rubyforge version 0.2.3 is quite old (July 7, 2007). Which of these is the 'best' for use with Rails now. In particular, I'm interested in integration with the TimeWithZone support in Rails. mojombo-chronic seems to be the root git repo yes? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From seancribbs at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 11:15:39 2009 From: seancribbs at gmail.com (Sean Cribbs) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:15:39 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which version of Chronic is best these days? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AE5BD1B.4090003@gmail.com> Rick, We're using technoweenie's fork because it adds support for Rails timezone features -- i.e. you can use Chronic.time_class = Time.zone and it will delegate #now and #parse to the ActiveSupport::TimeZone instance. Sean Rick DeNatale wrote: > There seem to be quite a few variations of the chronic gem > > $ gem list -ra | grep chronic > bjornblomqvist-input_chronic (1.0.5, 1.0.3, 1.0.0) > blakechambers-chronic (0.3.0.2) > chronic (0.2.3, 0.2.2, 0.2.1, 0.2.0, 0.1.6, 0.1.5, 0.1.4, 0.1.3, > 0.1.2, 0.1.1, 0.1.0) > chronic_duration (0.7.5) > evaryont-chronic (0.3.0.2) > fizx-uberchronic (0.2.0, 0.1.0) > hpoydar-chronic_duration (0.7.4, 0.7.3, 0.7.1, 0.7.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, > 0.5.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.0, 0.3.1, 0.2.0) > jdl-chronic (0.3.0.1) > lmarlow-chronic (0.3.0.1) > mojombo-chronic (0.3.0) > moorage-chronic (0.3.0) > olauzon-chronic_distance (0.0.1) > rgm-chronic (0.3.1) > sethwalker-chronic (0.3.0) > uberchronic (0.0.0) > > The rubyforge version 0.2.3 is quite old (July 7, 2007). > > Which of these is the 'best' for use with Rails now. In particular, > I'm interested in integration with the TimeWithZone support in Rails. > > > mojombo-chronic seems to be the root git repo yes? > > From rick.denatale at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 13:27:20 2009 From: rick.denatale at gmail.com (Rick DeNatale) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:27:20 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which version of Chronic is best these days? In-Reply-To: <4AE5BD1B.4090003@gmail.com> References: <4AE5BD1B.4090003@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Sean Cribbs wrote: > Rick, > > We're using technoweenie's fork because it adds support for Rails timezone > features -- i.e. you can use Chronic.time_class = Time.zone and it will > delegate #now and #parse to the ActiveSupport::TimeZone instance. Which looks like it's not available as a gem? I guess that I need to vendor it from github, yes? -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale From seancribbs at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 16:28:00 2009 From: seancribbs at gmail.com (Sean Cribbs) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:28:00 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which version of Chronic is best these days? In-Reply-To: References: <4AE5BD1B.4090003@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AE60650.9000909@gmail.com> Rick DeNatale wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Sean Cribbs wrote: > >> Rick, >> >> We're using technoweenie's fork because it adds support for Rails timezone >> features -- i.e. you can use Chronic.time_class = Time.zone and it will >> delegate #now and #parse to the ActiveSupport::TimeZone instance. >> > > Which looks like it's not available as a gem? > > I guess that I need to vendor it from github, yes? > > Yes, that's what we did. Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nathaniel at talbott.ws Tue Oct 27 17:19:23 2009 From: nathaniel at talbott.ws (Nathaniel Talbott) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:23 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Fukuoka Ruby Award 2010 Message-ID: <4ce336a20910271419j25c86d41v4aa3df2d65070079@mail.gmail.com> I was asked to pass this along... 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Click here to view the 2009 prize winners: http://www.f-rubyaward.com/images/pdf/e_work.pdf From mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:13:41 2009 From: mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com (Mark Bennett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:41 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] rvm path Message-ID: The rvm Ruby switcher is an interesting beast. I'm not sure how it works with my shell. I can run it: % rvm -h This works fine, but: % which rvm does nothing. I've checked my $PATH and I cant find an executable rvm anywhere. What am I missing? Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From redinger at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:21:30 2009 From: redinger at gmail.com (Christopher Redinger) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:21:30 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] rvm path In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50B6DA46-7E6F-45D2-97B7-D7B3777000FE@gmail.com> On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > does nothing. I've checked my $PATH and I cant find an executable > rvm anywhere. What am I missing? The rvm install adds 'rvm' as a function to your environment, look in ~/.rvm/scripts/cli for "function rvm" to see what it's doing. -- Christopher Redinger http://agiledisciple.com Agile Ruby and Rails Development From steve.pinkham at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:34:41 2009 From: steve.pinkham at gmail.com (Steve Pinkham) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:34:41 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] rvm path In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AE880B1.2060203@gmail.com> Mark Bennett wrote: > The rvm Ruby switcher is an interesting beast. I'm not sure how it > works with my shell. > > I can run it: > > % rvm -h > > This works fine, but: > > % which rvm > > does nothing. I've checked my $PATH and I cant find an executable rvm > anywhere. What am I missing? > > Mark > It's a bash function, not a program. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-8.html It's sourced from ~/.rvm/scripts/cli by ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm which is run from .bashrc and/or.bash_profile (my install has both, not sure where it installs now..) Steve -- | Steven E. Pinkham | | GPG public key ID CD31CAFB | From mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:35:08 2009 From: mark.bennett.mail at gmail.com (Mark Bennett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:08 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] rvm path In-Reply-To: <50B6DA46-7E6F-45D2-97B7-D7B3777000FE@gmail.com> References: <50B6DA46-7E6F-45D2-97B7-D7B3777000FE@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks! On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Christopher Redinger wrote: > On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > >> does nothing. I've checked my $PATH and I cant find an executable rvm >> anywhere. What am I missing? >> > > The rvm install adds 'rvm' as a function to your environment, look in > ~/.rvm/scripts/cli for "function rvm" to see what it's doing. > > > -- > Christopher Redinger > http://agiledisciple.com > Agile Ruby and Rails Development > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From coreyhaines at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 16:36:21 2009 From: coreyhaines at gmail.com (Corey Haines) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:21 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Meetup next week - looking for ride Message-ID: <6bdacb70910281336t191a8b0dt6433461c575cc6d0@mail.gmail.com> Hi, all, I'm hoping to come to the meetup next week for Sean Cribbs' presentation. Is there someone who might be coming from Durham that could bring me + 1 to the meetup? Preferably someone who also drinks beer afterward. :) Thanks. -Corey -- http://www.coreyhaines.com The Internet's Premiere source of information about Corey Haines -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimmy at jimmythrasher.com Wed Oct 28 16:56:02 2009 From: jimmy at jimmythrasher.com (Jimmy Thrasher) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:02 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Meetup next week - looking for ride In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70910281336t191a8b0dt6433461c575cc6d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <6bdacb70910281336t191a8b0dt6433461c575cc6d0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <214f16690910281356t6864406bj1ae7f53665f65360@mail.gmail.com> Hey Corey, Whereabouts in Durham will you be? Jimmy On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Corey Haines wrote: > Hi, all, > > I'm hoping to come to the meetup next week for Sean Cribbs' presentation. Is > there someone who might be coming from Durham that could bring me + 1 to the > meetup? Preferably someone who also drinks beer afterward. :) > > Thanks. > -Corey > > -- > http://www.coreyhaines.com > The Internet's Premiere source of information about Corey Haines > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members > From seancribbs at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 17:00:22 2009 From: seancribbs at gmail.com (Sean Cribbs) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:22 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Meetup next week - looking for ride In-Reply-To: <6bdacb70910281336t191a8b0dt6433461c575cc6d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <6bdacb70910281336t191a8b0dt6433461c575cc6d0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4AE8B0E6.4010307@gmail.com> Afterward? We usually drink beer during the West End meetings. ;) However, there's always Milltown or Tyler's in walking distance. Sean Corey Haines wrote: > Hi, all, > > I'm hoping to come to the meetup next week for Sean Cribbs' > presentation. Is there someone who might be coming from Durham that > could bring me + 1 to the meetup? Preferably someone who also drinks > beer afterward. :) > > Thanks. > -Corey > > -- > http://www.coreyhaines.com > The Internet's Premiere source of information about Corey Haines > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > raleigh-rb-members mailing list > raleigh-rb-members at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/raleigh-rb-members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsanheim at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 00:19:47 2009 From: rsanheim at gmail.com (Rob Sanheim) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:19:47 -0400 Subject: [raleigh.rb] Which Macbook pro? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Christopher Redinger > wrote: > > I got the middle model. You can choose to either use the second graphics > > card for better performance, or disable it it for more battery life. That > > plus the extra processor speed made it worth a few extra hundred for me. > > > > Buying the basic 2.8GHz with the ADC discount costs $1839. Without it > costs $2299. So, you nearly break > > even with this model. > > So, I was thinking of the $1999 model. The ADC link that Mark posted > only seems to be available if you're already a member. > > 15-inch: 2.53GHz $1699 > 250GB HardDrive > 9400M Graphics only > 15-inch: 2.66GHz $1999 > 320GB HardDrive > 9400M + 9600M GT w/256MB > 15-inch: 2.8GHz $2299 > 500GB hard drive > 9400M + 9600M GT w/512MB > > All of these have 4GB Ram which is 1GB more than my MacBook is > actually using now. > > I just don't know about that next $300 bump. Having lived with a > 120GB drive on the MacBook 320GB sounds like a mansion. Also if I > decide down the line to replace it with an SSD so much more capacity > to give up if it's a 500GB drive. I believe that there are cheaper > alternatives for SSD drives than Apple anyway. > > -- > Rick DeNatale > > I'm a little late to this discussion, but I just went from an pretty old & crufty macbook pro to a new 2.8 MBP with the 256 GB SSD from Apple. The difference that the SSD makes is HUGE, and I would recommend any developer buying a machine today to always go for an SSD as a boot drive. If you really want more hard drive space down the road, ditch the dvd drive and get an optibay (http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/) and whatever 2.5 drive you want. You can add the optibay + a 750 gig drive, and I imagine 1 TB drives will be out soon. - Rob http://thinkrelevance.com http://runcoderun.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: