Apr 2nd 10
Mar 31st 10
An easy way to be successful
Most of people from our environment grow up lost because they are surrounded by people that are lost. In more privileged neighborhoods, the kids grew up wanting to be like their parents or other family members so they just follow their foot steps and they end up just as successful or more. Since we didn’t have any direct successful role models in our area, we follow the stuff we see on TV, music, and movies and try to emulate them. In the past those were the only forms of communication we had with the outside world.
Now with the advancements on the internet, we have an opportunity to follow the lives of other successful people. When we were growing up people told us to make goals but most of our goals didn’t seem like they were possible to achieve because we didn’t know anyone else who had accomplished them. I realize now that it’s easier to figure out who you want to be than trying to figure out what you want to do. What I mean is find a person that’s successful and make a plan to become them or better. This makes things easier because you can follow their exact footsteps or blueprint to become what they are. Who do you want to be?
You may have a problem with doing this because you feel like you don’t know how to find information on people. The best resource that I have found to read about successful people is Wikipedia or contacting that person directly. Most successful people are available you just have to ask them specific questions.
Mar 31st 10
Looking at the IPad Online
I remember when the first IPhone came out everyone said, “I’m not getting that”. 70 million IPhones sold later, people are saying the same thing with the IPad. Apple has a way of building things you think you don’t want until you touch it. It’s called “at home good”, products you don’t realize how good they are until you have them at home.
You will either buy one now or want one when you see someone else with it. If you can’t afford it then thats a different story.
Feb 23rd 10
Download XCode 3.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.5.0
If you have been on apple.com lately trying to download XCode 3.1.3 for Leopard, you may have realized its hard to find. Apple only wants to support Snow Leopard now. Use this link below to find the download for Leopard if your like me and can’t find your install CD. You will have to log in with your ADC account.
Feb 14th 10
How to install Boxee on Apple TV 3.0
1) “patchstick” the 3.0 ATV (You should just use your old patchstick you used previously on the ATV )
2) ssh into it the ATV and download 3.2 Launcher
Type:
wget http://atv-xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/files/Launcher-3.2.1-debug.run
3) Install the Launcher
Type:
chmod +x Launcher-3.2.beta2-debug.run
Type :
./Launcher-3.2.beta2-debug.run
Enter the appropriate password “frontrow“ and answer “Y” when it asks to restart the finder.
4) From your ATV Menu> Launcher > Downloads, install Boxee alpha 0.9.14.6992.
Note: Please do not select the Launcher 3.1
5) Launch Boxee from ATV Menu >Launcher >Boxee .
Jan 22nd 10
Adding gmail task to sidebar
This is how to fix this issue (close this window to resume using Tasks in Gmail.) when your trying to add Google Task to your Firefox sidebar using a bookmark.
To do it, first create a bookmark and go to it’s properties. Then select the check box that says “Load this in sidebar”. Next type this in the url field http://mail.google.com/tasks/ig. That’s all it takes
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Dec 19th 09
How I use Netbeans 6 With Ruby on Rails
Netbeans 6.1 for Ruby on Rails is a great alternative to using textmate or vim for editing Ruby on Rails applications on a Mac. What I try to do is avoid using some of the features that Netbeans provides. Here are a list of the features that I have found to be useful in the Netbeans IDE and the things I still do in the bash terminal:
NetBeans
Command AutoCompletion
When you start typing a method name our attribute the auto completion will kick in and show you the possible commands.
Migrations
It makes it easier to do migrations so you don’t have to remember or type version numbers. All you have to do is right click the project and run a migrate.
Creating Files
Adding new files are easy in Netbeans you can copy and paste old files to create a new file or just right click and got to new file.
Navigation
The navigation menu in Netbeans allows you to easily find files in rails. The most useful shortcut that I have found is Control-Shift-O (Go To File) which uses auto complete to take you to the file you choose.
Database Connections
If you decide to use a database other than the default SqlLite, you would be better of creating a connection in Netbeans and managing it there. This way you can view your database structure and test SQL commands.
Bash Terminal
gem/plugin installs
Most of the tutorials for gems and plugins will be using commands for the command line so it’s just easier to install these this way instead of using the wizards that Netbeans provides.
Running Mongrel
It’s just easier to stop and start your Mongrel web server from the command line by running ruby script/server than trying to do it in netbeans.
Git
If you are using git for version control, you will be smarter to run your git commands from the command line instead.
Script/Console
If you are not familar with script/console it allows you to access your rails models and other stuff from the command line and run commands to test things out. For instance, if you have a Post model, you can run the Post.first command to see the first post in the model. Netbeans has a console also where you can run these commands so this one is up to you.
Dec 16th 09
Solving GitHub Setup Permission Denied Error
When you follow the instructions on github to setup a repository you may receve the following error when you try to run git push orgin master.
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
This error means that you need to create a ssh-key. To generate a SSH key on a Mac just type:
ssh-keygen
After the file is created, run
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Copy the RSA token and go to github under account settings and add the key. You can give it any title.
Try to run git push orgin master and your git will work.
