I’m spending a lot of time with the SVN command line right now because we’re trying to get a product release out the door. One thing that I’ve found handy is the ability to get the comments and list of files changed for a certain revision number. This is fairly commonplace for SVN GUI tools, [...]

Just a quick post if you’d like to get a history of SVN commits between an older revision and your current working copy. Get the current revision number from your local copy:
svnversion .
Then get a commit history between and older version and your current version:
svn log -r 6885:8485
Where the number before the colon is your [...]

If you’re working with Magento Commerce you’ll most likely want to remove index.php from the URL when you go live. Or maybe you don’t care so feel free to stop reading.
This post addresses all the things you can do to remove index.php, but let me touch on the items that worked for me:
- From Magento’s [...]

If you’re really bored and decide you want to lobby for a GPS bus tracker on your campus then be sure to check out the video below. I recently posted this article about a Tufts GPS bus tracking project with Ublip. At Ublip, we’re working hard to connect people with remote assets and this project [...]

One of my pet projects at Ublip is focusing on building an online community centered around M2M. If you’re interested in learning more about the M2M industry then I encourage you to check out www.m2mforums.com. The site is in its infancy, but there’s already a strong community of knowledgeable experts talking about all different aspects [...]

A buddy recently sent me a link to a cool site that allows you to search for Amazon Prime items. The site is called iPrimr and if you haven’t heard of Amazon Prime yet you should definitely check it out!  I can guarantee this will come in very handy for holiday shoppers.  I’m not currently [...]

The cat is out of the bag. At Ublip, we’ve just released our easy to use GPS tracking system that is very affordable and can be self-installed. If you analyze a majority of our competitor’s offerings you’ll notice the “kitchen sink” approach where the GPS software has every feature under the sun. [...]

The one major complaint I’ve had with Aptana on OS X is that it’s super-slow. I’m running a 1.67GHz Powerbook w/ 2GB RAM and it still brings my system to a screeching hault. I’ve been digging around trying to allocate more memory to the Java VM and finally got it working today. [...]

Most of my friends and family know that I don’t dance. It’s something I could probably work on, but I’ve never put much time and energy into it. OfficeMax has put together an incredibly viral marketing campaign that has me dancing all over the place. I love this type of creativity and [...]

Let me start with a disclaimer that I’m not endorsing the distribution of YouTube videos in other video formats or even saving them to your computer. This was simply a proof of concept of taking a video from YouTube and having the ability to watch it offline. Also, with my never-ending quest [...]