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All blog posts from March 2008

Installing Git on CentOS 4.6

2008.03.29

I currently have a VPS that has CentOS installed and went to install Git via Yum, but it didn't seem to have it in the default repos. I've tracked down the following repos and you just need to follow the steps below and git will be installed in a snap:

$ sudo touch /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo /etc/…

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Ruby standard out piping problems on Ubuntu

2008.03.29

I've been having problems where the output of binaries was not being redirected properly from within Ruby when invoked as followed:

  >> `ls -l &> /dev/null`
  => "total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 dinsley dinsley 4096 2007-05-08 20:00 Peepcode - Rest"

If the shell supports this piping convention, it should ret…

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TinyMCE syntax highlighted code editor

2008.03.29

We're currently using the super-improved TinyMCE version 3.0rc1, which apparently has gone through an entire rewrite for the 3.0 release. Aside from making TinyMCE incredibly faster and more efficient, they also implemented an awesome API for easily creating plugins. I decided to test the new API ou…

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I'm a 23 year old Software Developer from British Columbia, Canada. I currently have the privilege of writing Ruby full time at viviti.com. I enjoy spending my time with my family, programming, watching hockey, and listening to all kinds of music!

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