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ruby

Testing Multiple Databases for a Rails app on Travis CI

I'm currently doing a lot of work on an open source Ruby on Rails project called Fat Free CRM. The code is hosted on github, and we are using the amazing continuous integration service provided by Travis CI. Find out more about Travis CI here. We've

git

Managing Project Design Assets For Git Repositories: A Simple Solution

When you're creating logos or icons for a project that uses git, have you ever wondered where you should store those .psd or .xcf files? Do you commit all of your raw design files, or does it put you off that any changes to those files will bloat

iphone

10 Reasons why you should Jailbreak your iPhone

There was a post on the front page of Hacker News recently, titled "Making Chrome better on iOS". Google's Chrome browser is now available on iOS, and the author of the article was talking about how app developers could be persuaded to add some code to

git

SCM Breeze

SCM Breeze is a set of shell scripts (for bash and zsh) that make it easier to use git. It integrates with your shell to give you numbered file shortcuts, a repository index with tab completion, and a community driven collection of useful SCM functions. Disclaimer: git is currently the

ubuntu

A better way to use xclip (clipboard from the command line)

Sometimes you just want to copy something from your terminal and paste it somewhere else. You might have heard of a Linux program called xclip, which provides a command line interface to X selections. However, xclip's default selection isn't the clipboard, and typing xclip -selection c

bundler

Don't run 'bundle install {gem}'

TL;DR: bundle install != gem install Maybe you want to update haml to the latest version. You tried to run bundle install haml, but now some really weird stuff is happening. Bundler decided to install all of your gems from scratch into a ./haml folder. Even when you try bundle

bash

Running bash color codes through sed

I have a script that runs a search and replace on a git status. I recently found out how to do git config color.status always, so that git status gives color codes to my functions. However, this broke the substitution, and it took me a while to figure it

bash

Bash Color Index

Sometimes it's nice to add color output to your bash scripts. Here's a small 'color index' reference script for your .bashrc, for when you want to add a bit of color to your scripts. Save the following script somewhere in your PATH (e.g.

scripts

Automatically change iPhone wallpaper every 30 minutes

NOTE: This is only for jailbroken iPhones. I love finding awesome wallpapers on reddit. My Ubuntu desktop cycles through my wallpaper collection with a program called Cortina, and I wanted my iPhone to do the same. So I wrote a very simple script and a launchd plist that runs the

electronics

Repurposed pressure gauge - Bathroom door indicator

I turned an old brass pressure gauge into a vacant/engaged indicator for our bathroom. The needle is a hacked ammeter, and the metal slide lock on the other side of the door switches it on. (Inspired by this analog bandwidth meter.)

rails

Really handy RVM hook to symlink current gem directory

I use gedit to write code. I keep a filebrowser tab open at the left side of my screen, and sometimes I need to look at gem's source code. RVM is awesome, and it keeps my 1.8.7 gems, 1.9.2 gems and all my gemsets