Using unicorn with heroku (cedar stack)

2012-02-17

To use Unicorn instead of thin on heroku, do the following: Add gem "unicorn" to your Gemfile Add a Procfile Add config/unicorn.rb Procfile 1 web: bundle exec unicorn -p $PORT -c ./co...


Using XBMC as a master to control other IR devices

2012-01-29

I bought a nice little keyboard (Logitech dinovo mini) to control my XBMC box. I was a bit frustrated to keep using all my other remotes to control my dvd player, decoder, sound processor and TV. ...


Using ruby 1.9.3 with heroku cedar stack

2012-01-16

To use ruby 1.9.3 with heroku's cedar stack, do the following: Prepare a new application Enable the user env lab feature with: heroku labs:enable user_env_compile -a <appname> Set the R...


How to: Use git tag and commit hash as version number for your application

2011-12-21

It is a good practice to use a sane version number for your applications. For example, vx.y.z is a common paradigm. I will not debate the x.y.z vs x.y vs whatever. The purpose of those lines is to ...


How to: Delete a git tag in a remote repository

2011-12-21

We use git tags to manage our versions, and sometime we tag a version like so: 1 git tag v1.0.0 But, we realize that we have one more fix to commit. To do so, we need to delete the tag first, b...


Using formatters in cappuccino from Xcode

2011-07-29

At the time of this writing, cappuccino does not support NSDateFormatter (or any other formatter) if you drag it directly in Xcode. If you want to use a formatter in Xcode/IB (and you will want), ...


Sproutcore versus Cappuccino

2011-05-05

I've been using sproutcore for six months now, and cappuccino for three. I have to say, that, at a first glance, I had no idea of what I would discover. At first Sproutcore seemed very applica...


Building static websites with nanoc

2011-04-29

Lately I've been willing to build a blog but I couldn't find any solution that really pleased me. I tried tons of online blogging softwares as well as offline ones but I was always frustra...