Yet another Tech Blog » General http://www.yatblog.com The freshest & hottest solutions, not just pointless and endless discussions. Finally a tech blog you can use! Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 How to install Redmine on Dreamhost using Passenger http://www.yatblog.com/2009/02/04/how-to-install-redmine-on-dreamhost-using-passenger/ http://www.yatblog.com/2009/02/04/how-to-install-redmine-on-dreamhost-using-passenger/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:37:48 +0000 Martin http://www.yatblog.com/2009/02/04/how-to-install-redmine-on-dreamhost-using-passenger/ Just follow the online documentation on redmine.org, after which you will be able to access redmine, but all static files like CSS are not being displayed. To make this work, you have to delete or rename the .htaccess file in the public subfolder within redmine. Restart Passenger by executing “touch tmp/restart.txt” and all should be good now.

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To solve this problem, simply add the following update site for the Subclipse 1.4 branch to your Eclipse Software Updates menu: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.4.x. Once you’ve added it, expand the corresponding entry and select “Subclipse” and one of the adapters (JavaHL or SVNKit). Or if you want to experiment install both, it won’t hurt.

Having installed Subclipse within Ganymede, I can finally start really working on projects. But IMHO, this should have come with Eclipse out of the box.

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So searching the net I’ve found the following solution:

  • In the Finder, control-click on the iSync application and choose Show Package Contents
  • Then navigate into Contents -> Plugins -> ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice -> Contents -> Plugins ->
    PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin -> Contents -> Resources.
  • In that folder, modify MetaClasses.plist (make a backup!) using the below code.

Here’s what you need to add to the file (add it right after the first <dict> tag):

<key>com.nokia.N73</key>
<dict>
<key>Identification</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.cgmi+cgmm</key>
<array>
<string>Nokia+Nokia N73</string>
<string>Nokia+Nokia N73-1</string>
</array>
<key>com.apple.gmi+gmm</key>
<array>
<string>Nokia+Nokia N73</string>
<string>Nokia+Nokia N73-1</string>
</array>
</dict>
<key>InheritsFrom</key>
<array>
<string>family.com.nokia.serie60v2.3</string>
</array>
<key>Services</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>ServiceName</key>
<string>com.apple.model</string>
<key>ServiceProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>ModelIcon</key>
<string>NOKN73.tiff</string>
<key>ModelName</key>
<string>N73</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>

This worked flawlessly for me. Had another expierence? Tell us about it in the comments…

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  • Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don’t have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox.
  • Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers.
  • Guest Additions for Windows and Linux. VirtualBox has special software that can be installed inside Windows and Linux virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more seamless. Among the features provided by these Guest Additions are mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions (e.g. by resizing the guest window).

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Thanks to everyone who visits Yet another Tech Blog from time to time.

Martin

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Business 2.0 has done it once again. They managed to compress the utterly complex process of creating your own start-up into an understandable, cute graphic. It kinda reminds me of Monopoly and some other board games. You can get the whole, step-by-step guide on how to start your own company as PDF here. Every step on this graphic is further explored. A really great guide. If I was going to start a company any time soon, I’d sure consider following this tutorial along with some other ressources.

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