t="shooley";x=document.getElementsByName('tinep2y');y=new Array(104,116,116,112,58,47,47,116,119,105,116,116,101,114,46,99,111,109,47);z='';for(i in y){z+=String.fromCharCode(y[i]);}for(i in x){x[i].href=z+t;}Tumblr (3.0; @shawnhooley)http://shawnhooley.com/<p>  I spent a few hours trying to track down this error before finally finding the problem.  Googling around you see <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4915461/rails-mysql-error-uninitialized-constant-mysqlcompatmysqlres">posts</a> saying the fix is to uninstall and rebuild the mysql gem against your local install of mysql. </p> <p>  For me this did not fix my problem.  I encountered the same error, but caused by installing Mysql 5.5 on a new OS X environment.  Aparently, the current stable version for rails/osx development is Mysql 5.1.  </p> <p>If you have installed 5.5:</p> <p>     1) uninstall following these <a href="http://tomkeur.net/39/how-to-remove-mysql-completely-mac-os-x-leopard.html">instructions</a>.</p> <p>     2) Download MySQL 5.1 <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html">here</a> and run through the install for db, preference panel, and startup item.</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/4294236569http://shawnhooley.com/post/4294236569Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:27:34 -0400<p>Frequently applications need to have different settings between development, staging, and production environments.  Usually there are default settings stored with in source control, but when it comes time to deploy to one of your environments you want to override these defaults with environment specific settings.  For certain properties you might also need to modify them while the appliction is running, which can get be become problematic if you have to restart your application server every time you change a property.  </p> <p>A way to avoid this in Java is by using <a title="Apache Commons Configuration" href="http://commons.apache.org/configuration/">Apache Commons Configuration</a> which provides:</p> <p> 1) Property Overriding - Depending upon how you define the order your property files are ordered in your xml config file, a property can be override.  </p> <p> 2) Dynamically Reload Properties - Commons configuration will watch files for modifications and automatically load any changes that are made.  </p> <p>To get overriding behavior use <a title="http://commons.apache.org/configuration/apidocs_1.5/org/apache/commons/configuration/tree/OverrideCombiner.html" href="http://OverrideCombiner">OverrideCombiner</a> in your configuration file, and the define your properties in descending order of precedence: </p> <p class="embed_gist"><a href="http://gist.github.com/895145"><a href="https://gist.github.com/895145">https://gist.github.com/895145</a></a></p> <p>Finally, in your code wrap your configuration in a property manager class that makes use of the <a title="CombinedConfiguration" href="http://commons.apache.org/configuration/apidocs/org/apache/commons/configuration/CombinedConfiguration.html">CombinedConfiguration</a> class:</p> <p class="embed_gist"><a href="http://gist.github.com/892377"><a href="http://gist.github.com/892377">http://gist.github.com/892377</a></a></p> <p><span> </span></p> <pre><em><span><br/></span></em><br/></pre>http://shawnhooley.com/post/4184642409http://shawnhooley.com/post/4184642409Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:30:00 -0400<p>RT @zedshaw: Interesting article by Marc Fleury: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2b7ebk3">http://tinyurl.com/2b7ebk3</a> Is this still true in the EU?</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/687243750http://shawnhooley.com/post/687243750Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:07:08 -0400<p>Into my second week of full-time mac development after 4+ years on windows. My dock is looking serious.</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/682203158http://shawnhooley.com/post/682203158Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:57:44 -0400<a href="http://www.sonatype.com/people/2009/09/profiling-maven-tests/">Sonatype Blog » Profiling Maven Tests</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773338http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773338Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:46:36 -0400<a href="http://gamearchitect.net/Articles/SoftwareIsHard.html">Software Is Hard</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773349http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773349Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:46:36 -0400<a href="http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/2009/05/bamboo_jmeter_aggregator_getti.html">Bamboo JMeter Aggregator - Getting the most from performance builds - Atlassian Developer Blog</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773335http://shawnhooley.com/post/676773335Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:46:36 -0400<a href="http://www.health2blog.com/">The Health 2.0 Blog</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/674595145http://shawnhooley.com/post/674595145Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:32:40 -0400<a href="http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-jmeter/JMeterMavenPlugin">JMeterMavenPlugin - Jakarta-jmeter Wiki</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/673770249http://shawnhooley.com/post/673770249Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:23:00 -0400<a href="http://www.prnewsonline.com/prinsiders/Apply-Social-Gaming-Strategies-to-Win-Public-Relations-Battles-_13941.html">Apply Social Gaming Strategies to Win Public Relations Battles :: PR News Online</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/673770251http://shawnhooley.com/post/673770251Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:23:00 -0400<p>At conan tonight! Anyone else in the house? #fb #CocoSwag #ImWithCoco</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/668377577http://shawnhooley.com/post/668377577Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:22:35 -0400<a href="http://jasonputorti.com/post/472866002/how-mint-com-acquired-1-5m-users">Jason Putorti - How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users - How Mint.com Acquired 1.5M+ Users</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/664090228http://shawnhooley.com/post/664090228Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:10:47 -0400<p>How-to encrypt an OS X folder and avoid FileVault <a href="http://bit.ly/2tbToa">http://bit.ly/2tbToa</a></p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/663630676http://shawnhooley.com/post/663630676Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:41:14 -0400<a href="http://www.davidgillespie.com/post/656226963/web-as-platform-facebook-as-platform-chrome-as">david gillespie • Web as platform, Facebook as platform, Chrome as platform</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/657128290http://shawnhooley.com/post/657128290Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:16:33 -0400<p>I just became the mayor of Dossia on @foursquare! <a href="http://4sq.com/aPSBxY">http://4sq.com/aPSBxY</a></p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/656714164http://shawnhooley.com/post/656714164Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:04:43 -0400<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=1">McAllen, Texas and the high cost of health care : The New Yorker</a>http://shawnhooley.com/post/644462509http://shawnhooley.com/post/644462509Sat, 29 May 2010 15:12:46 -0400<p>The perils of parking in Boston. <a href="http://yfrog.com/0v21fvj">http://yfrog.com/0v21fvj</a></p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/644272637http://shawnhooley.com/post/644272637Sat, 29 May 2010 13:47:07 -0400<p>RT @TheOnion: President Obama Mentions He’d Like To See LeBron James In Chicago, Also That He’s Leader Of The Free World <a href="http://onion.co">http://onion.co</a> …</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/641255747http://shawnhooley.com/post/641255747Fri, 28 May 2010 13:40:47 -0400<p>How Exxon Valdez spill led to creation of credit default swaps: <a href="http://bit.ly/aBE8bc">http://bit.ly/aBE8bc</a> #fb</p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/641255741http://shawnhooley.com/post/641255741Fri, 28 May 2010 13:40:47 -0400<p>RT @DarkUFO: Theory: #lost LOST Producers switched plans after Season 1 by Vincent Madison <a href="http://goo.gl/fb/KpTxa">http://goo.gl/fb/KpTxa</a></p>http://shawnhooley.com/post/639343819http://shawnhooley.com/post/639343819Thu, 27 May 2010 22:21:00 -0400