Monthly Archives: August 2006

Making your Rails app mobile with WAP and WML

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Todd Huss

I’d been wanting to make my Ruby on Rails based San Francisco Sailing Weather site available for mobile / cell phones. Now that I’m on vacation in Germany I had a stretch on a train ride where I was able … Continue reading →

Posted in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Software Engineering, WAP and WML | 6 Comments

Trafeoffs of aggressive filesystem partitioning

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Todd Huss

Most systems administrators will tell you it’s important to partition your install into anywhere from 4-7 discrete patitions (or slices if you’re in the BSD camp). While I think it’s good advice in certain cases, the headaches of mis-guessing disk … Continue reading →

Posted in FreeBSD, Linux, Systems Administration | 2 Comments

Encrypting sensitive files on Mac OS X

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Todd Huss

I was looking for a solution to keep my financial data (quickbooks, excel, important documents, etc…) encrypted on OS X so that if my laptop were stolen, lost, etc… I wouldn’t have to worry about it. I also like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop, OSX | 1 Comment

Apple is just as proprietary as Microsoft

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Todd Huss

People love to complain about how Microsoft is too proprietary, and rightfully so. Linux/FreeBSD users can make that claim freely but when Apple users make it I cringe. Microsoft has done some “bad” things with API’s and interoperability and is … Continue reading →

Posted in Desktop | 19 Comments

My favorite family PC support moment

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Todd Huss

Almost every good nerd gets the pleasure of being the family’s go-to PC support person and it’s always great fun to sit around and swap amusing stories with fellow nerds. When I gave my dad his first PC about 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | 4 Comments