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Starting MySQL ERROR! Manager of pid-file quit without updating file

Darren Terhune — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:44:37 +0000

This error is a chown issue. I recently saw that my home brew directory was owned by root somehow and without thinking ran $ sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/ which really probably messed more than just mysql owner privileges. However this is just about fixing mysql so it would boot up again. First I ran [...]

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Completely remove a file or directory from all revisions in a git repository

Darren Terhune — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:11:41 +0000

I’ve accidentally added files and directories into my git repository before and forgot that I did. Then a few days later was swearing and cursing. After a pile of google searching I’ve found a couple resolutions for these problems that have and are working perfect for me. First I take no responsibility for your actions [...]

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Better alias for Ruby on Rails script/server and TextMate mate app

Darren Terhune — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:35:26 +0000

Just the other day I was browsing through some railscasts from Ryan Bates and noticed he was starting his server with “ss”. It made me pissed that I hadn’t thought of doing that before, I guess because I was so comfortable cd ~/Sites/appname and script/server. So I first wrote some aliases like Ryan’s “ss”, but [...]

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Safari renders blank page with Ruby on Rails 2.3 >

Darren Terhune — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:13:13 +0000

If you have upgraded your Rails to version 2.3 you might notice Safari renders a blank page when you access your localhost to view your app. Apparently it’s because the newer versions of Rails don’t work well with older versions of Mongrel. The fix is simple: sudo gem update mongrel (Powered by LaunchBit)

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Installing ImageMagick on Mac OS X Leopard

Darren Terhune — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:13:09 +0000

I recently just got the 24inch iMac and had to undergo the massive task of porting over everything from my MacBookPro. This included installing all the needed custom installs of Ruby, Rails, ImageMagick, RMagick, MySQL and configuring everything to work properly. I had the most trouble with ImageMagick, although it wasn’t that hard It still [...]

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Compiling a custom php5 install with ming on dreamhost

Darren Terhune — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:11:11 +0000

Due to recent developing using php Ming library for creating Flash, I was forced to figure out how to do a custom php5 install on my Dreamhost account. It actually wasn’t hard at all considering they have well written instructions on the Dreamhost wiki. However this custom install described there doesn’t include the Ming component [...]

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Ten OS X Command Line Utilities you might not know about

Darren Terhune — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:30:59 +0000

Found a site that has some cool terminal commands. The sites called OS X Daily. My favorite command was “top” which will show you in your terminal window all your computers cpu usages and more. (Powered by LaunchBit)

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Automate your mysql backups

Darren Terhune — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:04:20 +0000

Here’s a way for you to backup your mysql databases automatically. You can configure it to do it when ever you like. Code was found on dreamhosts wiki written by Matttail First log on to your home directory with an ftp client or ssh. Create a backups dir and a backups/archives dir. ssh yourdomain.com If [...]