nginx directive to deny all access to .svn directories
When deploying a Rails application you should make sure not to put .svn folders on the server. If this is unevitable, you should at least deny the access to those. Ever tried this on your domain? http://my_super_project.com/.svn/entries If you are using nginx as a webserver and the link above serves you a download, you should [...]
Technical Web 2.0 Startup Basics and Software Quality Improvements
A lot of people have great ideas for new web -platforms/-software but simply lack the knowledge about an engineering approach to software development. This article addresses those companies/startups (seen as software buyers->customers), as well as software developers. So please don´t get confused when i´m trying to bring examples for both of those groups. When you [...]
Barcamp Cologne – Pimp My Laptop Session
Neben einer Open Air Session, habe ich auf dem Barcamp Cologne auch eine kleine Notebook Pimping Session gehalten. Die Schoko-Maus hat ein etwas älteres Medion Notebook, welchem ich mittels einer handelsüblichen Bohrmaschine etwas mehr Kühlung verschaffe: Link: sevenload.com Ich danke allen für den regen Zuspruch zu dieser lustigen Harware Session.
Three Ways to debug an Adobe Air Javascript Application
Without a debug console a programmer is flying blind. When programming an Air Application with Javascript you´ll pretty soon miss the good old firebug(damn i love it). So here are three simple ways, to look into your running engine. 1. Adobe commandline tool ADL Adobe has a command line tool which enables you to run [...]
UWA Widget Präsentation auf dem Webmontag Köln
Auf dem Webmontag in Köln am 07.05.2007 habe ich eine weitere kurze Präsentation der Universal Widget Api gehalten. Erst heute bin ich auf den Videomitschnitt von Mr.Topf gestoßen. Christian Scholz, der übrigens auch Plone entwickelt, hat noch weitere Video´s und Texte zu diesem Webmontag archiviert. Vielen Dank!
Add Sound Effects to HTML with Javascript and Flash
I normally hate music on websites. You enter a site, suddenly hear a jingle or music and instantly start looking for the sound off button. If i can´t find it and the sound does not stop, i´m out. I´m not talking about this kind of background music in this article. I rather want to show [...]
