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Archive for January, 2008

The Lens Flare version 3 is now available to the public

Topic: Web Design, Computers & Technology, Art & Photography| No Comments »

I’m pleased to announce that the 3rd revision of The Lens Flare is now live. The Lens Flare is a large friendly community of artists and photographers who use the site to upload images, share ideas, and learn from each other. It’s located at http://www.thelensflare.com
The new features include:

More Images: Up to 500 images on the […]

X-cart 4.1 multiple monthly payments module

Topic: Programming, Web Design, Computers & Technology, Software| No Comments »

This is more of a set of modifications rather than an actual module, but the end result is the same.
First thing you’ll need to do is backup your existing site and database. I’d recommend using a test install of Xcart so that nothing in production gets messed up. With that in mind, the first […]

Using scp and rsync instead of ftp to copy files on Linux

Topic: Computers & Technology, Software| No Comments »

If you want to copy files to another computer, it’s more secure to use scp (secure copy) than ftp.
Using SCP:
scp -pr * username@example.net:destination_path
In the command, -p stands for “preserve”, in other words, it keeps the last modified time, access time, etc the same, and -r recursively copies subdirectories.
Using Rsync:
If you want to just […]

Install/Upgrade to Rails 2.0.2 with Eclipse, Aptana RadRails, and Subclipse

Topic: Programming, Web Design, Computers & Technology, Software| 3 Comments »

If you’re getting started with Ruby on Rails, one of the better platforms to program in is Eclipse largely due to RadRails and the SVN plugin called Subclipse. Eclipse and the community versions of the plugins are free, so it’s definitely worth taking a look at.
This article is assuming that you have a working […]

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