To use the jQuery javascript framework in a Rails application, that also uses the Prototype framework for the same application, you'll need to reassign the $() function for jQuery to another variable. This is very simple to do. Just make sure to include t...

Using the system clipboard with tmux on OS X is broken. I really like tmux but having copy and paste is kind of important for me. Here is my attempt to get it back with a simple bash script until I find something better. The approach is to take a named pi...

Have you ever gotten this error message when trying to (re)start Apache httpd not running, trying to start (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down If you are running with ...

If you get this error message ActiveRecord::ConnectionTimeoutError could not obtain a database connection within 5.000 seconds (waited 5.001 seconds) Try closing the connection after each request using "after" in Sintara. # app.rb after { A...

Step 1. Open up your browser and visit http://www.hexxie.com. You can also go to anything.hexxie.com and everything.hexxie.com, which will resolve to your local machine (assuming it's localhost at 127.0.0.1). How it works Super simple. I just pointed hex...