Category Archives: Tips

Vimdiff for three-way merges in Mercurial

Posted on May 6, 2011 by James Murty

I’ve been using vim as my sole code editor for a couple of years now at work. I find that the more I use it and the more I learn (there will always be more to learn about vim) the … Continue reading →

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Work-around for Mac OS X python package install error — "lipo: can’t figure out the architecture type"

Posted on January 29, 2011 by James Murty

This is just some quick documentation of a couple of work-arounds I needed to install the a python package on Mac OS X 10.6.6 (Snow Leopard). This solution could work in a number of cases, not just for this one … Continue reading →

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OpenID Delegation: Why and How

Posted on June 16, 2009 by James Murty

The great promise of the OpenID specification is that it can simplify identity management on the ‘net. At its best, OpenID provides three great features: Unified Identity A single account (identity) with which you can log in to many sites, … Continue reading →

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IPython with Python version 2.6 on OS X Leopard

Posted on June 5, 2009 by James Murty

I recently installed the excellent IPython program, a beefed-up Python console that provides a raft of extra features over the default interpreter and makes it even more of a pleasure to work with this language. When you install IPython on … Continue reading →

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How to use JetS3t with Eucalyptus

Posted on April 30, 2009 by James Murty

Updated 2009-06-22: Added settings that limit JetS3t to a single HTTP connection at a time, to work around apparent thread-safety issues in Walrus. Eucalyptus is a relatively new but rapidly developing open-source system for running your own cloud computing clusters. … Continue reading →

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XCode 3.1 and SVN 1.5

Posted on March 18, 2009 by James Murty

I am reading the book Xcode 3 Unleashed to get to grips with Apple’s Xcode IDE. While configuring a local Subversion code repository I came across a couple of problems that had non-obvious solutions. After creating an SVN repository in … Continue reading →

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