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RubyGems: undefined method ‘manage_gems’ for Gem:Module (NoMethodError) – easy fix

Posted: March 25th, 2010 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | 5 Comments »

After reading through many comments on my post RubyGems: undefined method ‘manage_gems’ for Gem:Module (NoMethodError) I now recommend following fix:

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Back to the old outfit

Posted: December 31st, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | No Comments »

Some readers reported problems in order to read the code blocks. So i changed the theme back to the original one.

Happy new year, v.


New Outfit

Posted: August 10th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Hi, after searching some wp-themes databases I chose to give my blog a new look. So here it is.

I decided to go with the Hemingway theme for now. If you have any suggestions for another cool theme feel free to give me a hint.


Retro Gaming with Sega’s Dreamcast

Posted: June 3rd, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

I found this yesterday at dev.yuanworks.com. Take a look at it if you are interested in independent games development. You’ll find some nice articles about game design, development and programming.

Looks like I’m gonna reactivate my dreamcast.


Typo3: Multi-Domain error when using a subdirectory as Typo3 root with mod_alias

Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Multi-Domain setup broke on Typo3 version 4.2.2 when I tried to use my Typo3 root folder as subdirectory with mod alias.
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Rails: Migrate databases in production environment

Posted: May 12th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , | No Comments »

How to migrate databases in rails.
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Monit 5.0.1: 2 Errors during installation

Posted: May 6th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , | No Comments »

I encountered following error while running ./configure for Monit 5.0.1:
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Ruby on Rails: Generate a version specific project

Posted: May 4th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , | No Comments »

Short answer to a frequently asked question:
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Ruby: Convert Strings from UTF-8 to LATIN1 (ISO 8859-1) with Iconv

Posted: April 30th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: | No Comments »

I used VPIM to create VCards from employees in my database which stores the employee’s data UTF-8 encoded. Then I wanted to give the user the possibility to download them. And of course half of the employees’ names were corrupted because I didn’t convert them to LATIN1 (ISO 8859-1). so here’s what i came up with:
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RubyGems: undefined method ‘manage_gems’ for Gem:Module (NoMethodError)

Posted: April 30th, 2009 | Author: vid | Filed under: Development | Tags: , , , , | 59 Comments »

Update: There’s a more efficient solution to this problem here: The Easy Fix

After updating RubyGems I got the following error message:
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