The Devign Path

mysysgit git error – Permission denied (publickey)

I was trying to push some changes to GitHub using mysysgit and kept getting this “Permission denied” error. The problem was with my public keys. I changed my email address when I set - git config user.email “emailaddress” Clever, I (…)

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Ubuntu and Windows 7: the best of both worlds

I found a way to share folders between my Ubuntu virtual machine and Windows 7. Here’s why. I’ve been getting into server side JavaScript recently with node.js and it is a lot of fun. But the downside is that it’s (…)

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How buildings learn

I was listening to a podcast a few weeks ago (I think it’s this one) when someone gave a shout-out to this BBC series now on Google video. Apart from being interesting in it’s own right, the reason I was (…)

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Coupling – not the dating kind

I just watched Grand Unified Theory of Software Design by Jim Weirich on Vimeo and I found it quite insightful. The main aim of his talk as I understand is to come up with an object way of recognizing and (…)

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Using python IRB generates this error "ImportError settings cannot be imported because environment variable %s is undefined"

This is being caused because "Unfortunately, the tagging module’s __init__.py file globally imports some models which rely on the rest of Django’s infrastructure to be up and running (hence the need for settings)." Option 1: launch the python IRB by (…)

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How to run multiple versions of Firefox simultaneously

Install two versions of Firefox. Version A and B in separate folders. Launch Firefox profile managment by running "firefox -P" in Run window (Window + R). Create a new profile. It’s sensible to name the profile the version of Firefox (…)

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Brave New World of HTML5: The "No, I’m not Bruce Lawson" Edition by Patrick Lauke

@WebDirections London 2010 What it is: HTML5 is anything but Opera started it in reaction to XHTML 2.0 via Web Application 1.0 with WHAT-WG. Joined forces with Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft and Google. HTML5 supports existing standards with additional features Features: (…)

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Register a nick name on IRC

Maybe you want to get involved on an open-source project and want to open up some lines of communication via IRC. It wasn’t as straight forward as I hoped so here’s the 411 (how-to). Install Pidgin Add account. Select server (…)

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Tip of the Day: no SVN for Chrome extensions

It is futile trying to get chrome samples via SVN. It’s not possible!!

How to use browser back-button functionality with JavaScript

Use jQuery BBQ plugin in combination with hash change plugin to listen for window has change events. Let’s assume that you have a button with an ID of ‘button’. Let’s assume it does something useful like close a pop-up but (…)

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