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Auto-increment Build & Version Numbers in xCode

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While doing some rapid prototyping in xCode (>=4.2) & deploying demo builds to my beta team via TestFlight; I wanted to automate the Build Number each time I built & the Version Number each time I archived a build for a TestFlight AdHoc deployment. My solution was adding two Build Phase Scripts to my primary

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Commit Data Visualization

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It can be difficult to express how much effort can go in to a piece of code – it can even be lost on the developer him/herself.  Version control commit logs can be nice, but in retrospect, don’t really help you understand the breadth of your efforts & follies. This sentiment (along with my general

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Install Node.js on Debian Squeeze

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Recently I began a few Node.js projects which I roll micro VM guests to sandbox my experiments on. Unfortunately there are not maintained APT packages for Node or NPM on Squeeze. I decided since most information out there for Node/NPM installation on Debian/Ubuntu is a bit dated I’d document the quick/easy steps I used for my machine image: Install dependency

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Leifs Arrival

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Leif Karaca Horwitz landed ashore of Brooklyn New York on October the 6th of 2011 at precisely 8:21am eastern, carrying a cargo of 8.9 pounds measuring 21 inches from bow to stern. Please welcome this new adventurer ! Flickr Slideshow (constantly updated) Preferred Pronunciation (for those on unsure footing): “Leaf Karaja Horwitz”

FFFound

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I discovered this guy on the glass door to our back yard late last night. Best I can tell he’s not  a local; green tree frogs not being indigenous to New York City (not even in the North Slope / Prospect Park) he may have hitched a ride on hurricane Irene. Either way from what we ready he

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Xen Management Made Easy

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As I’ve mentioned in other articles I switched to a Xen para-virtualized infrastructure for the Sekati Reboot. Similar to my streamlining of APT Management via control script – I created VMManager a small control script for administering Xen VPS domU’s by wrapping xm & other xen-tool binaries. It’s feature packed & yours for the taking:

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