I am currently trying out a new package management system called Homebrew. I am not really sure how it’s any better than MacPorts yet. I think the only thing I know is that you aren’t forced to download multiple versions of a package if you don’t need to. http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
Not sure if this is worth doing or not since these ruby plugins change so frequently, but here are a list of plugins that I find interesting as a java guy coming up to speed in ruby on rails. Referential Integrity script/plugin install http://svn.hasmanythrough.com/public/plugins/validates_existence/ From “Learning Rails” by O’Reilly. Page 149 Scaffolding ActiveScaffold.com Geo Coding [...]
Useful articles about background applications on the blackberry. http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/348583/796557/800738/800901/How_To_-_Setup_an_alternate_entry_point_for_my_application.html?nodeid=800820 http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/348583/800332/800639/How_to_-_Make_a_running_UI_application_go_to_the_background_and_resume_in_the_foreground.html?nodeid=800545&vernum=0 http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/6625/Dimensions_for_screens_images_and_icons_476251_11.jsp http://rim.lithium.com/rim/board/message?board.id=java_dev&message.id=2519 http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?board.id=java_dev&message.id=392
I had written a CRON scheduler for the blackberry for one of my clients. This CRON scheduler was failing seemingly randomly where the thread that checks the schedules would just die. In order to make sure a task is launched exactly when it should, I would spin off a thread and execute that code. You [...]