Kimptoc

Ebbsfleet United needs a little help

Hence this pledge:

http://www.pledgebank.com/2011playngbudget

To donate (£21.73), use this paypal link:

Thank you!

Every 6-12 months I need to setup a new mysql and/or postgres database – and by then have forgotten how to do it (again). So hopefully by writing it here, I will remember or at least know where to go in future.

Assumed this is on Ubuntu… and that mysql/postgres installed already.

MYSQL

Create the database

sudo mysqladmin create [dbname]

Create a user for that database, using the mysql tool (user has no password, can only logon from localhost)

sudo mysql

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON [dbname].*

       to '[new user]'@'localhost';

POSTGRES

Create the db

createdb [dbname]

Create the user

sudo -u postgres createuser –superuser [new user]

As usual, work in progress, to be updated/added to as I learn a little/need more.

Hey you awesome Rails grafter,

Wondering if anyone is interested in getting this ebook/pdf?

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/7766484768/backbone-js-on-rails-a-new-dynamic-ebook

Its currently $39 until 1st August, but they have a group (10 copies) option for $199 – which seems to have no restriction on who the 10 are (ie not the same company etc). Hence $20 per person.

So, the point of my post – anyone interested in combining with me on this? Its done via github accounts – the book is being written on there.

My thoughts are I’d pay the $199 and then you pay me $20.

If interested, please mail me direct via chris at kimptoc dot net.

Thanks,
Chris

PS Paypal is fine :)

PPS Names  9 – yay, ordered it!

PPPS +2 extra… wonder if there will enough for another group order :)  … or maybe one of the 9 will change their mind :(

Also thanks to Riccardo for the SD Ruby Backbone presentation link. Also found a Peepcode ($12) screencast too. Obviously there is also the official Backbone site too :)

NOTE – just found out the book is at a really early stage…

NOTE: If you are not using rvm, this may work more smoothly, but I want to use rvm, hence the pain :(

FIRST – make sure your Ubuntu box is ready for Ruby. If this is not done correctly, you may need to re-install ruby several times, which can get quite frustrating :(

sudo aptitude install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6
libreadline6-dev curl git zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev
libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf
libc6-dev ncurses-dev subversion

Then install rvm

#Install RVM and ruby 1.9.2 on Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install curl build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5-dev
bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
# Add to end of .bashrc file ...
if [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] ; then source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
; fi
# Open a new terminal
type rvm | head -n1 # Should see "rvm is a function"
rvm notes # to make sure of a good install
rvm install 1.9.2 # Installs ruby 1.9.2
rvm --default ruby-1.9.2 # Makes 1.9.2 the default ruby
ruby -v # Should see the 1.9.2 message

Now you should be able to follow the quick start guide, and “gem install heroku” should install it and its dependancies…

http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/quickstart

Gem dependancies:

1. rest-client
2. mime-types
3. launchy
4. readline (although I thought we’d tried the readline workaround below)

Sources:

1. Heroku Groups
2. Ruby openssl issues – http://beginrescueend.com/packages/openssl/
3. zlib issues – http://beginrescueend.com/packages/zlib/
4. readline – https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/packages/readline/

to steve.bullock@lewisham.gov.uk
cc camerond@parliament.uk,
cleggn@parliament.uk,
effordc@parliament.uk

Hello Mr Bullock,

I understand that given the recent budget cuts that the Playing for Success program in the Lewisham borough is at risk of being closed down.

If this is the case, I would just like to make a plea for it to be kept open.

Every term, around 75 children from the borough, your borough, are taken through a 10 week IT focussed training course, which helps build their confidence in themselves, in these tools and in their education in general. It has been doing this for several years now and the students enjoy it enough that the ones who take the primary version of the course are keen to come back and do the secondary version.

Its not the most perfect training course, its run on a shoestring, largely by volunteers, myself included (sorry, did I disclose I have a personal interest).

It does not solve all problems, for example this term we have had a few of the students drop out of the course because of badgering from their “mates” that it was not “cool” to do the course – but it is something, that some students can attend, can work towards completing – they get certificates presented from the Millwall FC team, at a presentation along with all the other students for that term.

I appreciate these are “tough” and we all need to tighten our belts, but even more so, I feel that closing down programs like this will mean less help for the most at risk in our society.

I look forward to response on this matter.

Regards,
Chris Kimpton