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Category Archives: System Administration

Resolve MySQL Issues in Rails on Windows

By laran | Published: 2010/01/03
See how I resolved some very pesky issues with the MySQL Ruby gem on Windows.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged MySQL, ruby | Leave a comment

How to Upgrade MacPorts Without Deleting Everything

By laran | Published: 2009/12/27
Learn how to upgrade all of MacPorts without simply deleting it and starting over.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged macports, osx | Leave a comment

Simple Fix for Apache on Snow Leopard

By laran | Published: 2009/12/27
Learn a quick-fix for a common problem running Apache on Snow Leopard.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged apache, osx, snow leopard | Leave a comment

6 Must-Know Sys-Admin How-Tos for Web Developers

By laran | Published: 2009/12/21
Stop losing time to configuring your development environment. Learn how to keep your development environment lean and mean with a few simple tips.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged apache, linux, MySQL, unix, windows | 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 | 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.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged cron, debugging, ubuntu | 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.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged linux, windows | Leave a comment

Installing Magento on Dreamhost the easy way

By laran | Published: 2009/04/05
Magento can be a bit tricky to get started with. I'll show you how to get up and running quickly.
Posted in System Administration | Tagged dreamhost, magento, PHP | Leave a comment
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    I've got a masters degree in computer science and over 10 years of experience building web-based systems using Java/J2EE, Ruby, Rails and PHP. I'm a strong believer in the effectiveness of Agile Methods. Read more »

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