Author Archives: Matthew Anderton

2011 New Year’s Resolutions

Never been too big on New Year’s Resolutions, at least not writing them down and reviewing them a year later. Thought I would give it a try… Happy New Year! Eat better, eat out less Less gym, more jogging/walking/biking/hiking Learn … Continue reading

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Rails and MySQL on Ubuntu 10.10

Learning Ruby on Rails with MySQL on a Ubuntu machine is quick and easy with sqlite3 – the default for a Rails project. On a production project though you will probably need a database with a little bit more muscle. … Continue reading

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Installing Rails 3 on Ubuntu 10.10

Installing Ruby on Rails using Ubuntu’s native package manager certainly has its advantages — namely keeping the packages up to date for you — but currently, this will get you older versions of Ruby and Rails.  Ruby 1.8.7 and Rails … Continue reading

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webOS Submit on Enter

webOS Button widgets are cool, but they are HUGE!  In most cases, I hate sacrificing the screen real estate required to add a Button just to submit a TextField on a Scene. So if you want to skip the button … Continue reading

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Debian 6 Audio Problems

I love Debian and prefer to use it over Ubuntu, but one of the main things that keeps driving me back to Ubuntu is audio problems in Debian. Or… at least I’ve always assumed it’s a Debian problem.  You start … Continue reading

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