Rails is sort of the flavor of the moment in rapid development frameworks, a well deserved status. Neat looking, versatile, and easy to learn (at least the basics ;P), something you should try at least once.
One of my prospect customers asked me if I could set up a RoR capable server for him, after some research this is what I came up with.
My distro of choice is ubuntu/debian, mainly cause that’s what I use to run this server.
First you need to install all the ruby goodies.
Continue reading ‘rails + apache 2.2 on ubuntu/debian’
Or any linux, for that matter.
I’ve owned a ReadyNAS NV for quite a while now, I’ve always thought it was a great product.
After they allowed ssh access to the box (with raidiator 4.0) they made it even better. Low power consumption, debian linux, and a metric ton of diskspace make it a really hackable device.
It has a bittorrent client addon available, the problem is that it is only accessible via an http interface, and cannot import torrents automagically from a specified location like a drop-in folder or an rss feed, unlike some of my favorite torrent clients.
I did a bit of reading and put together a few pieces of script-fu that already existed on the internet. Continue reading ‘automated rss torrent downloads with a ReadyNAS’
oh well, here comes v2.0, after our old server got wiped out and all that stuff I just want to forget about right now.
more and better to follow soon.
