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Bootstrapping my Blogs

Posted by Michael on February 14, 2009 in Setups

Ever notice that blogs that are tutorial in nature spend a lot of time providing instructions on installing things, but a whole lot depends on what the author already has installed that he’s forgotten to tell you about? Or perhaps the author simply left out the details necessary for you to fully replicate his [...]

Ruby, Mysql, CentOS 5, and 64-bit

Posted by Michael on January 19, 2009 in SQL, Systems

I have lately switched away from Ubuntu as my desktop and started using CentOS 5.2 because I wanted better support for a lot of RAM and virtualization (where I can quickly commission Linux servers to build out my testbed of target environments).  With the change, I also make the leap into pure 64-bit libraries with [...]

Jumpstarting your Virtual tour with Oracle VM

Posted by Michael on October 29, 2008 in Servers, Systems

Server virtualization technology has come a long ways in the last 18 months (today being a wonderful October 28, 2008 crisp, cold Fall Sunny day).  Here, I am going to take a look at Oracle VM, one of the relative newcomers to the game and show you how to quickly get up and running with [...]