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Installing Trac on Debian etch

1. January 2008

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The following is a no-frills install guide for getting Trac up and running on a Debian ‘etch’ Linux system. The assumption is that you’ve already got mysql and subversion working and have created a subversion repository (tip: apt-get install mysql-server subversion). The first thing that we need to do is install Python, easy_install and the mysql [...]

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MySQL replication

30. December 2007

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More brain dumping, this time after setting up MySQL on my test server to replicate offsite as the data on there is becoming important. To start with both machines are running fully updated and upgraded Debian Etch and MySQL 5 as a Debian package with identical copies of the MySQL databases in /var/lib/mysql/. On the master I: I [...]

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Search and replace multiple files with sed

30. December 2007

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Ok, if you ‘do’ linux then you’ll probably already know this one. I did, kinda, but had to Google to remind myself of the exact chain of commands. So here I am writing it down so it’s easier to find next time. In my case I had a load of apache conf files where I needed [...]

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Move multiple subversion repositories

20. December 2007

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Need to move multiple subversion repositories? Well I just finished putting a simple how-to together which details the steps I took when moving our 30+ svn projects from one server to another. It went really smoothly and took about a quarter of the time I was expecting it to. Anyway, here it is. Related: Creating a subversion repository Automating subversion repository [...]

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A Blank Wordpress Theme

16. December 2007

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I’ve just uploaded a blank Wordpress theme called Naked that I built to assist those (like myself in the past) who have a need to quickly roll-out a Wordpress theme with a custom look and feel but may not necessarily have the time to start from scratch. It is purposely very simple and basic, but I’ve [...]

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Removing DOS linebreaks from your files using Vim

3. December 2007

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This morning I’m debugging an issue on a script that gets cronned every minute. I’ve a shell open on the server and the file in question open using Vim and I notice each line has a trailing ^M…. Aargh the dreaded DOS linebreak. Dusting off my rusty vim-foo I simply do a search and replace using [...]

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Family tree stuff

2. December 2007

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My old man has been getting into finding out more about our family history. Most of his research so far has been by talking to one of my second cousins in Lowestoft who as already done a fair bit of digging. Through her he’s found out that his Mum originated from Cheltenham (I always [...]

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The Bristol Digital Media Scene

28. September 2007

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I was in Bristol for a few days earlier this week for Skillswap (which my company sponsored) and the UWE Web Developer Conference; both were excellent events so kudos to Laura and Dan & team respectively. Being at these events and rubbing shoulders with lots of smart people that are passionate about their particular corner of [...]

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A great party

23. July 2007

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Kurt has got around to putting some photo’s up from his 42nd birthday party which family Beale attended the weekend before last in Wanstead, London. I have to say that I got particularly mullered, crawling into bed around 3:30am. My last recollection is Kurt delighting in turning his music up VERY LOUD to annoy his having-too-many-loud-parties [...]

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Very lucky, so far

21. July 2007

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At around 9pm Saturday evening standing at the end of our little layby on the A4104 looking over the fields into Upton and over to Malvern the scene was pretty remarkable with there being water as far as one could see.

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