Install notes for Datamapper do_postgres driver ruby gem on severall operating systems:
Apple OSX Snow Leopard
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.2.0
(No Macports; No Homebrew)
PosgreSQL 8.4
I wanted to have PosgreSQL server working on the mac so that development is easier.
There is a .dmg package from the guys at EnterpriseDB that is a single click install. Check […]

3 or 4 new projects ahead.
One of them will be  CouchDB and Merb (no DataMapper, no ActiveRecord). The db schema is modeled by each user and upon criteria decisions.
All of them Git managed, as been doing for the last year.
Served by a Debian based Linux distro, coded under Debian, UNR (my lovely little netbook), and […]

Passphrases, when used the good way, present a higher level of security over passwords, but what if you are editing scripts on a remote server using a local Vim ? For every open, write, explore, you are asked for it. After a certain amount of times, it starts making no sense, and you’ll end up […]

Well, a post about Windows… who’d say about that…
The thing is: is have a HP desktop that after a good BIOS update, got its motherboard dead. Good BIOS update. Pretty much dead motherboard. Not only happened to me. There are foruns about these HP BIOS updates for this motherboard series that gave lot’s of problems. […]

I am now awake for almost 24 hours. Most of the time was spent with my beloved daughter and this laptop. I spent a good portion of my working day updating to a new release of Ubuntu Linux. This one is still in “Beta” phase, but i could not wait more. So I’m typing this […]