How To Install Pyscopg2 Python Postgres Driver on Mac OSX with Homebrew, Postgres.app and VirtualEnv
You might have to append the path of the Postgres.app bin directory to your path in order to install the Python driver for Posgres.
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin
To find the location of the application try this
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Written by Sean Behan on 11/19/2013
Installing RedMine PM Software on Apache with Phusion and REE and Seeing a 404 Page Not Found Error on Installation
If you follow the instructions on how to install the Rails Redmine PM Software (available here) and are using Apache with Passenger (REE), you need to delete the .htaccess file that is kept in RAILS_ROOT/public directory. Otherwise you'll see a 404 page n...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Python String Format Precision of Float
You can use string interpolation in combination with a dictionary for simple formatting.
print "My name is %(name)s and I have $%(change)0.2f in change in my pocket!" % { 'name': 'Sean', 'change': 00.23 }
# My name is Sean and I have $0.23 in chang...
Written by Sean Behan on 11/20/2013
Programmatically Turn Off Comments in Wordpress with Filter
To turn comments off programmatically with a filter in Wordpress, you can set the post object's comment_status variable to "closed". Call the filter at some point after the post is loaded but before the comments are rendered. This is a hack, but I haven't...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Use Python Shutil Make_Archive to Zip Up a Directory Recursively including The Root Folder
The documentation for Python's shutil.make_archive is very confusing. Considering that the arguments to this function only need to be source and destination, makes it even more frustrating to try and reason about.
Here are the relevant docs from the p...
Written by Sean Behan on 05/16/2018