Laran Evans
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Installing Phusion Passenger for Apache: Step 1.5

By laran | Published: 2009/12/12
Learn how to avoid some common problems encountered when installing Phusion Passenger.
Also posted in Ruby and Rails | Tagged passenger, rails, tip | Leave a comment

Get Past “Tomcat failed to start: Address already in use” Errors

By laran | Published: 2009/12/11
Find out what applications share ports 8080, 8005 and 8009 so you can get back to developing.
Also posted in Java, System Administration | Tagged tomcat | Leave a comment

Debugging Cron on Ubuntu

By laran | Published: 2009/12/10
Tips and sample code to get you up an running quickly with cron.
Also posted in System Administration | Tagged cron, debugging, ubuntu | Leave a comment

Change Any MySQL User Password

By laran | Published: 2009/12/08
Step by step SQL for changing account passwords.
Also posted in MySQL | Tagged MySQL, pro-tips, System Administration | Leave a comment

What’s running on port XXXX?

By laran | Published: 2009/12/08
Never be stumped again about what's blocking the ports you need.
Also posted in System Administration | Tagged linux, windows | Leave a comment

How to Reset the Root Password in MySQL

By laran | Published: 2009/12/08
Find out how to get back up and running without reinstalling your database when you've forgotten the root password.
Also posted in MySQL | Tagged administration, MySQL | Leave a comment

Building Data Intensive Apps

By laran | Published: 2009/12/06
Tips on building applications that use both web and "batch-style" components to make large amounts of heavily-processed data perform their best.
Posted in Software Development | Tagged batch, processing | Leave a comment

Configuring ZendServer to use Pear on OSX 10.5

By laran | Published: 2009/05/12
PEAR and Zend do some of the same things. Learn how to get them to work together happily on your Mac.
Also posted in PHP | Tagged osx, pear, PHP, Tech Tips | 2 Comments

Rails ActionMailer the right way

By laran | Published: 2009/04/08
Get results faster when developing with ActionMailer by knowing the best places to find help.
Also posted in Ruby and Rails | Tagged ActionMailer, documentation, guides, rails | 4 Comments

InfoQ: The Essential Source for Technology News

By laran | Published: 2009/04/07
A bump for a great source of news for the software development community.
Posted in Software Development | Leave a comment
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