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ISPconfig and chiliproject
Some hints for the internet:
* gem install fcgi
* symbolic link CHILIPROJECT_ROOT/public to ~/web for the ispconfig user
* comment out the section of .htaccess in CHILIPROJECT_ROOT/public/
and there you have it. easy-to-deploy project management systems for all your friends!
ssh agent forwarding protip
my source code management / git workflow just got a bit easier: i’ve never used ssh agent forwarding before, but now i can just use one key to manage access to different repos instead of having separate keys on all my hosts.
in the past, i’d never really used “ssh -A” because it didn’t automagically [...]
Springtime meshes
It has been a busy winter for me, and I’m sad to say that i haven’t been very active with the community internet building until recently… that said, it has been pretty awesome for the past few weeks.
For the past couple OCD “open hack night” Thursdays, I’ve invited fellow wireless hackers to work on neighborhood [...]
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Magento dev notes: conflicting extensions
Scenario: you’ve developed a magento extension, tested it on your development server for all these potential fringe cases, even brought in live customer data+code to test against… finally you deploy it to the live site, only to find that another (3rd party) extension uses the same dirty <rewrite>s as your code does. Damn.
What a great [...]
Vote for FACT Social Justice Challenge projects!
The public voting period for this year’s FACT Social Justice Challenge ends this Friday! Read about how to vote on projects — unfortunately it’s a bit complicated. I should’ve written up a grant to improve their website.
There are two interesting Detroit projects, as well as a few other cool ones, that I would like to [...]
Posted in Tech Tagged community wireless, detroit, digital justice, garden sensors, gis, mesh, pomaceous detroit, programming, shamless self promotion, wireless Leave a comment
Late summer updates: leaves, chicken races, hacker spaces, garden sensors
I’d like to share a few stories:
1) Leaves
For some odd reason a tree in my backyard thinks it’s Autumn, turned yellow, and pooed its leaves all over the place. Here’s a photo with my dog Auto.
This leaf event, combined with the end of an endless heat wave, has noticeably changed my mood. Time to start storing up [...]
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GSM hijacking + VoIP + community wifi
Via HN: Chris Paget demonstrated a nifty little GSM hijacking device at Defcon: with a directional antenna and some clever OpenBTS-based software, he was able to provide an irresistably-strong signal for cellphones, which would switch off call encryption and then trunk the call onto a VoIP network.
Sure, this is awesome for espionage, playing jokes on [...]
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Lyme disease
Well, it’s Maker Faire weekend and after attending a somewhat lackluster and under-attended “can do camp” in Detroit Proper this past thursday, I’ll visit the actual Faire (in Dearborn) on Sunday. I’m excited to hear Dewayne Hendricks speak, and can’t wait to see some metro-area residents come out of the woodwork.
This coming week, I’ll [...]
Loving, Graceful Machines to Watch Your Chickens With