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12 is really too many billable hours for one day.

PostageApp - SMTP mailing service that integrates directly via a Rails plugin.
IBM DB2 Gem Version 2.0.0 Released - For Rails/ActiveRecord, now supporting paramaterized queries.
Tuning Your PostgreSQL Server - A basic introduction.
Table size, database size - Determining physical storage sizes with PostgreSQL.
Setting PostgreSQL’s SHMMAX in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) - How to temporarily bump up shared buffers without rebooting - works in Snow Leopard too. He's a bit confused about SHMALL, though, which is in pages rather than bytes on OS X.
KyngChaos PostgreSQL - Precompiled OS X installers, including server, client, PostGIS, and pgRouting.
Rails 3 Reading Material - Link list from Maxim Chernyak.
What is Shared Memory - Straightforward explanation of OS X shared buffers with some alternative settings.
Telephone - SIP/VOIP app for OS X.
Twitter Unstupidify - Greasemonkey script from Peter Cooper, for those of us who dislike the new retweets.

Created at: 08.01.2010 13:28, source: A Fresh Cup, tagged: Double Shot cramp m17n rails ruby smtp unicode

First week of the new year has turned out chaotically busy. Could be worse.

Understanding M17N - A deep dive into character encodings in ruby, with a focus on 1.9.
serialized_attributes - Another approach to storing dynamic attributes in ActiveRecord.
UnicodeChecker - Free OS X utility for playing with and converting Unicode characters.
Introducing Cramp - Yes, one more ruby web framework, this one emphasizing evented programming for maintaining many open connections.
MockSMTP.app - Application for visually testing email on OS X.
Handle Legacy Semester Naming With Ease - Perhaps the most limited-audience gem ever.


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