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Markdown: exit BlueCloth, enter RDiscount
Let’s face it, BlueCloth has been around a long time. And as it is flawed it is also dead slow. I need a solid Markdown replacement: enter RDiscount. Implementing this in your Rails project is easy peasy: [sudo] gem install rdiscount Also add the following requirement in the …/config/requirement.rb config.gem “rdiscount” And make your life … Continue reading
SVN import rake task
I’m doing the same tasks everytime whilst importing a new Rails project in the Subversion repository. Just stole and altered a rake task to make life somewhat simpeler create svn.rake in …/lib/tasks namespace :svn do desc “Configure Subversion for Rails” task :configure_for do system “svn remove log/*” system “svn commit -m ‘removing all log files … Continue reading
Asus 1201n Synaptics two-finger scroll on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10
True. I have a love/hate relationship with everything Apple. But one thing I was instantly hooked on was the two-finger scroll option on my Macbook. The 1201n as many other eee netbooks has a Synaptic trackpad. The old 1000h worked out-of-the-box when selecting the two-finger scroll in the Gnome preferences, but the 1201n did not. … Continue reading
Harddisk upgrade Asus 1201n netbook
I’ve ditched my 1000h and replaced it for an ION based 1201n the other week as I was fed up with the poor video performance. Also, the Atom 330 feels somewhat better than a 230 or 270 as I have one on the ASrock 330 frontend I use as a MythTV frontend. One problem though. … Continue reading
Kitchen appliance: exit Alix 1C, enter AppleTV
Don’t ask why, but I tend to have a surplus on certain hardware. Some hardware you ditch without a blink, some you cling on to (“No, I’m /not/ throwing out my external UW/W SCSI cables!”) and others, well, they are useful in another setting. So I have an extra AppleTV I used as an MythTV … Continue reading