Up and running with rails & mysql on Fedora

Setting up rails has never been known for its difficulty. Fedora being my primary OS, let’s get diving into configure rails with mysql on fedora.

We’ll use the following setup:

1. Ruby – 1.9.3-p0
2. rails 3.2.0rc1
3. mysql 5.5.19
4. WEBrick 1.3.1
5. Fedora 16 64 bit

So here goes, step by step:

Me, Me_Nomad & The Story of a Public Defamation

In case you haven’t come to know, there has been a gigantic row on Twitter last week that involves me. The result is that I have been left in a pretty much isolated and ostracized state. They accused me of impersonating somebody else. They falsified the truth and garnished their blatant lie in such a tasty way that even the most experienced flame-war veterans will have tough time differentiating what is what.

 

This is how I feel about it, and THIS is the final statement regarding the issue. I have decided that people need to know my side of the story firsthand. When I’m done telling the story, I’ll be silent regarding this issue hereafter. I needed a remedy, hence this post is written.

 

Android Non Root App Listing

Okay so we already had the root app listing. Now let’s take a look at some of my personal favorite applications.

 

*MessagEase : An alternate keyboard. It’s designed to be productive , fast and intuitive. It’s a goodbye to QWERTY (QWERTY is a 200 years old technology designed for the typewriter) keyboard once and for all. It combines the power for tap and drag and provide you with a completely different experience. With a combination of 9 strategically placed button, you never have to worry about typo again. This thing is Ace.

Android Apps 101 (Root)

Android is all about openness. So it offers a LOT of choices from Keyboard to Wallpaper. So let’s review some most important apps one can have on his or her Android. I’ve categorized the list as Root and Non Root apps (You should totally root your device, read my post about rooting here)

Root APP :

Rooting : Beasts your Android

Well, anyone owning an Android have wondered whether rooting is good for them or not, actually, before this question, many wondered what ACTUALLY this rooting thing IS. This post is aimed to answer them.

Torrific : Terrific Tool for Torrent Junkies

Who doesn’t love to download from torrents? We mostly, if not all, do not own any subscription of those high priced hosting site (MegaUpload , RapidShare etc). So every now and then, for necessity or the sheer fun of it, we DO pirate stuffs. Torrents are the Saviour for most of us.

The scattered FOSS and one lord of the RING

I ain’t dramatizing the title. Rather I’m speaking the very fact. Let’s head into the story of RING. By the way, This is nothing official. I am not writing on behalf of Linux Mint Bangladesh. This is insanely personal. I’m PISSED at lousy person like him.

Taking a L-O-N-G Pause: Your wish is a must

Sometimes you have to do it or better say circumstance made you to do things which you’d otherwise hate. In fact loathe. Time has come for me to make such a decision. I am taking a long, as long I really mean LONG pause from net.

LookBack 2010: Fantacies and Fallacies

2010 granted me a wide range of experience. Be it humiliation,devastation or anarchy. I’ve seen it all. It may sound a bit protagonist-like but I’m honest.

Opera Add-ons : Small talk

I’m currently using Opera 11 as my default browser which I have been a long fan of. Opera has previously been criticized for not following the web standard and been subject to severe scrutiny for not having any add on. True, it had some widgets but who cares about useless JS applet which are not even worth trying.