SEARCH FOR: ‘Jon Smath’ and get => ‘John Smith’ This post explains the easy way to get “fuzzy” search results when using sunspot with ruby on rails. This is probably obvious to solr experts out there, but I found the information to be lacking in the rails community. I originally had compared the results of [...]
Read moreA post I made on my company blog about fuzzy search results comparing solr to sphinx. Fuzzy search results, solr vs sphinx
Read moreI recently posted a an article on my companies blog about using git with capistrano for deployment.
Read moreThe following is how I automated my backups to Amazon S3 in about 5 minutes. I lot has changed since my original post on automating my backups to s3 using s3sync. There are more mature and easier to use solutions now. I am switching because using s3fs gives you much more options for using s3, [...]
Read moreI use both Google Docs and the Google toolbar everyday, I was surprised to find there was not a toolbar button for Google Docs & Spreadsheets…. so I made one. Download the Google Docs & Spreadsheets toolbar button here. Enjoy!
Read moreNOTE: This was the top link on reddit.com for awhile A jpeg is good for a lot of things, but a live data feed is not one of them. In fact it might be violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Seattle Fire Department has been hosting a live html feed of the latest [...]
Read moreUPDATE: See my newer article for the way I currently backup to Amazon S3. Jeremy Zawodny has an excellent article/discussion about the different tools currently available to take advantage of Amazon simple storage service (S3). After testing many tools available for S3 currently, I decided to use the ruby program s3sync to backup my data [...]
Read moreThere has been numerous posts for online backup solutions (for good reason), but I haven’t found the best solution for me yet.What I want: cheap reliable off-site backups for my home Linux (Ubuntu Server Edition) file server. O.k. I am a classic digital packrat. My actual garage is very clean and organized, but my digital [...]
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