Add a local repo to GitHub

If you have a local repo that you want to add as a new project to GitHub, follow these simple steps:

Installing Lucee on Tomcat 7/OS X

Lucee Server (www.lucee.org) is a new application server that sits on the JVM.

Shell script to start and stop Lucee and Nginx

Update I have written a new blog post with an updated script that starts and stops Lucee (Tomcat) as a non-root user on OSX.

Reading and Writing Binary Files to MongoDB/GridFS with Lucee

MongoDB  offers an alternative to traditional database stores. It also offers an alternative persistence store to the file system for storing binary files on the server.

Lucee MongoDB Extension

Update: Looks like this is a bug in the MongoDB extension.

New Open Source CFML Server - Lucee

There is a new kid on the block in the land of open source CFML engines.

Build Nginx on Ubuntu - Adding SPDY, Updating Nginx, OpenSSL, PCRE

Keeping up with server updates can be complicated and time consuming, but its importance can't be overstated.

A Working Eclipse Theme is Hard to Find

I have been looking for an Eclipse color theme that was light rather than dark but still easy on the eyes.

Patches for Apache James mail server 3.0 beta5

A bug reported in Apache James mail server was causing the sender smtp server to be incorrectly reported to the receiving SMTP server.

Installing Python on OS X Mavericks with Homebrew

I've just hit a bug in the build system on OS X Mavericks that looks to be due to an update of XCode 6.