October 2008

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• things i've learned more than once

  gem mysql install … to ‘failed to build’ on os x

  10.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re on OS X, and you do this:

  dave@home > sudo gem install mysql

  And then you get this:

  Building native extensions.  This could take a while…
  ERROR:  Error installing mysql:
  ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
  /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb install mysql
  can’t find header files for ruby.
  Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7 for inspection.
  Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7/gem_make.out

  … it might [...]

• the usual

  Nice List of Interface Ideas

  10.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Smashing Magazine rounds up a bunch of Web 2.0 ideas, and it makes for an occasionally frustrating browse.
  Still. Pretty neat, pretty cool.

• things i've learned more than once

  dmidecode! … and more fun from the command line

  10.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  dmidecode drops a whole lot of information about the machine you’re on from the command line.
  For other information, check out this fine list of command line applications.
  Personally, I’ve been a huge fan of tree for a while, too. It shows file structures in an outline, and lets you manipulate them in a variety of ways. [...]

David Humphreys

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