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Launching Tasks in the Background

petrus — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:39:19 +0000

I found this great tip to run programs in the background from a terminal. I used to find myself with up to ten different terminals running everything from servers, scripts, and batch tasks while I work. This is really a hassle, for each time I want to do something in the terminal I have to [...]

The Case of the Missing Talent

nithia — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:40:29 +0000

A message on the Cape Town SPIN discussion list yesterday morning pointed me at this post by Jacques van Niekerk at MIH SWAT about hiring talented programmers in South Africa. Jacques is concerned about the dearth of “rock star” programmers in South Africa, especially Web programmers who “bleed binary and breathe HTTP”. While I agree that programmers like this are especially rare [...]

Turn Firefox into an iPhone Browser

petrus — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:25:15 +0000

I recently stumbled upon this article: Using Firefox With Your Computer to Access iPhone Sites This article shows you how to set your user agent in Firefox to that of the iPhone’s browser. This is a great way to test the websites you create for the iPhone on your computer and will no doubt shorten the [...]

Taking the Plunge

petrus — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:01:40 +0000

I have been really busy the past couple of months. We have decided to move down to Cape Town from Johannesburg to live near the ocean as my wife has been having problems with the pollution up in Johannesburg. Along with the change in scenery we also started a new company called Codewave. We are still [...]

Setting up Subversion in IntelliJ IDEA

petrus — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:48:08 +0000

This tutorial will guide you through setting up IntelliJ IDEA to work with Subversion. The new version of IntelliJ IDEA (version 7) has some remarkable improvements and new features concerning version control.We will start from creating a new project, import it into version control, and then checking it out again. If you want to set [...]

Exposing Subversion through Apache

petrus — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:50:47 +0000

This tutorial will guide you through exposing Subversion with the Apache HTTP Server on Ubuntu so that it can be accessed on a network. We will make use of the WebDAV protocol. Before we start, you might want to check out: Installing Subversion on Ubuntu Installing Apache on Ubuntu The first step is optional, but can assist you in [...]

Installing Apache on Ubuntu

petrus — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:23:36 +0000

This tutorial will take you through installing the Apache HTTP Server on Ubuntu. Enter the following at the terminal: sudo apt-get install apache2 This will install Apache to ‘/etc/apache2′ on your filesystem. The server will be automatically started each time you start Ubuntu. Alternatively, you can start, stop, and restart the server by running the following [...]

Installing Subversion on Ubuntu

petrus — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:48:00 +0000

We all know how important it is to use version control even if you are working alone on a personal project at home. In this tutorial I will take you through installing Subversion on Ubuntu. Installing Subversion on Ubuntu is extremely easy. To begin, enter the following at the terminal to update to the [...]

The Shuffle

petrus — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:59:34 +0000

Most of us spend most of our day interacting with computers. It is confusing then why we are still using such inappropriate ways to interact and communicate with them. Throughout the day I find myself shuffling my right hand between the mouse and the keyboard. I touch-type, so I need to use both my [...]

Remembering with Slash Recall Patterns

petrus — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:07:53 +0000

I have recently finished writing exams. I am studying part-time, so I did not have that much time to study as things at work is quite rough this time of year. I thought that I would try out a new technique I read about a while ago in Remember Everything You Read: The [...]