Automatically importing IP2Location to MySQL

Automatically importing IP2Location to MySQL

May 26, 2011 | No Comments

Have you ever found that you need to know where in the world a user happens to browse from? We did, and we tried several API services that proved to be unreliable and also created overhead when an API call was placed for each visitor of the site.

Using Solarized colors with vim, Eclipse, and Ubuntu

Using Solarized colors with vim, Eclipse, and Ubuntu

Apr 11, 2011 | 9 Comments

We discovered Solarized by Ethan Schoonover and instantly fell in love with its “precision colors for machines and people.” Having read up on its properties and unique features we decided to try to make our Ubuntu systems use it as extensively as possible.

Setting up Zend Framework — Part 1

Setting up Zend Framework — Part 1

Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments

Zend Framework has a straightforward setup process providing that the developer sets everything up manually. This guide illustrates how to set up a modular installation of Zend Framework.

Auto-Scaling with EC2

Auto-Scaling with EC2

Mar 27, 2011 | One Comment

Set up a scalable server farm in less than 10 minutes with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud utilizing Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling.