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Encloader v0.5 is Out
http://blog.reidransom.com/2013/08/21/encloader-v0.5-is-out.html
Encloader v0.5 is Out. Support for Quicktime Reference movies - Job status will indicate Flattening Quicktime Reference. . Job status now indicates Encoding. or Uploading. instead of just Running. . Updated configuration documentation on the Github Wiki. H264 options instead of just baseline. Founder of Electric Pond.
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Bookshelf.js Example
http://blog.reidransom.com/2014/04/06/bookshelf.js-example.html
So getting up and running with Bookshelf.js. Was not as easy as I was expecting. I knew that it sits on top of Knex.js. So I kept going thru the docs looking for the Bookshelf method that abstracts away table creation from Knex. When I didnt find it, I assumed they must be doing some next level stuff where they just fully abstract away table creation/alteration on the fly. Nope. The answer is you just use knex for that:. Connect to your database - Bookshelf.initialize. When in your code its more like.
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No Autographs Please: Part 1 “Sass and Bourbon”
http://blog.reidransom.com/2013/11/05/no-autographs-please-part-1-sass-and-bourbon.html
No Autographs Please: Part 1 Sass and Bourbon. Since Ive been honing my front-end web development skills lately, and Im such a nice guy, I jumped at the opportunity. Since the deadline wasnt too pressing I decided to use the project as an opportunity to learn as much as I could and do everything super-professionally. The first thing I wanted to learn more of was Sass. I had used LESS and Bootstrap on a couple previous projects and kinda wasnt feeling it. To generate your scss or. In future posts Ill do a...
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OS X ZFS on Startup
http://blog.reidransom.com/2014/04/07/osx-import-zpool-on-startup.html
OS X ZFS on Startup. So Ive been running OpenZFS on OS X. And its been great so far. One caveat being that I need to run. Sudo zpool import -f tank. After every startup to mount the ZFS filesystem. Since Im using this on servers, I need this to run on startup without requiring a user to login. Heres what I did:. OS X: Launch on Startup (pre-login). Put this all up in your. Library/LaunchDaemons/com.reidransom.startup.plist. Xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? Then put something like this in.
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My New Favorite Thing: GruntJS
http://blog.reidransom.com/2013/10/15/my-new-favorite-thing-gruntjs.html
My New Favorite Thing: GruntJS. Ive been using GruntJS for a few months and Im really liking it. This is a brief story about why I started using it and why Im sticking with it. Back in April when I started developing my app Sync Hard. I was using this awesome build tool CodeKit. And writing my own python scripts for deployment. This worked well for a bit until I tried to do some development on my laptop and realized that it was going to be a pain to keep my preferences in sync. All the implementation stu...
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An Example Backbone and Express App
http://blog.reidransom.com/2014/01/13/a-note-taking-app-with-backbone-and-express.html
An Example Backbone and Express App. Im getting started on making a web-based note-taking app with Backbone and Express. I had a little difficulty finding straightforward examples of this type of app so I made backbone-express-example. Take a look at the annotated source code. Founder of Electric Pond.
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My Blog is Back!
http://blog.reidransom.com/2013/08/15/my-blog-is-back.html
My Blog is Back! I used to have a wordpress blog where I would mostly write about linux admin tips and ffmpeg commands for my own reference. I dont think anyone read it but it was nice to have a place to post stuff. A few years ago I started creating accounts at websites like twitter and facebook and decided I didnt need my self-hosted blog anymore. At one point about a year ago I started an entertainment industry related blog called Look! My stuff whether it’s related to my company, my job, or my person...
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Use Mercurial for dotfiles
http://blog.reidransom.com/2013/11/06/use-mercurial-for-dotfiles.html
Use Mercurial for dotfiles. You use source control to keep track of dotfiles in your home directory, right? Well instead of using. And ending up with git info in your fancy zsh shell prompt (even though your only in your home folder) that looks like this:. Roll with mercurial for your dotfiles instead so your. And your home folder shell prompt will be nice and clean like this:. Any files you explicitly add to your mercurial repo with. Will add the file to your repo even if. Says to ignore it.
