The new iPhone App that we are releasing was written entirely in Swift. It’s a fairly simple app and I used it as a learning opportunity to learn the ins and outsRead More…
XCP 1.6 Console Connections
I was working using the previous post found in the archive (blog.beefyapps.com/?p=338) on a new XCP 1.6 Host that I was setting up and when I was trying to connect into theRead More…
Ruby ODBC and MSSQL delivering x96 Character
We recently overcame a problem where we were trying to pull data from Microsoft’s SQL Server into Ruby for some processing. First, the SQL Server we were connecting to was configured toRead More…
PostgreSQL > MySQL (Facebook MySQL Article Response)
I saw this original article via LinkedIn and a conversation ensued on Google+ and I thought some of the comments were worth posting here. The original article: http://gigaom.com/cloud/facebook-trapped-in-mysql-fate-worse-than-death/ The question was raised,Read More…
Xen Cloud Platform; Mount Disk in different Virtual Host
Here at BeefyApps we run our infrastructure atop the Xen Cloud Platform to maximize the utility of physical hardware. Working in a virtual environment has some excellent advantages for when things doRead More…
Export iCal to Excel or CSV
I had what I thought was a simple task. I wanted to get a group calendar that I was putting together in Google out into a list that I could print outRead More…
WordPress PostgreSQL Trouble – PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class wpdb
So over here at BeefyApps are using PostgreSQL instead of MySQL for our WordPress backend. There is this discussion in the WordPress codex which talks about why they do not natively supportRead More…
Connecting to a Xen Console
So earlier I had one solution for connecting to a Xen domU instance that you had created, but I just came across another, more native way and I thought I should includeRead More…
UITextView Scrolling Doesn’t Work
I had an issue where I was unable to get scrolling on a UITextView to work when editing was turned off. I searched and searched through the vast sea of information thatRead More…
Custom Fonts in iOS 4
Up till now there hasn’t been an easy way to add custom fonts to your iPhone applications. As of iOS 4 it has become very easy to do. Here is what youRead More…
