[program:resque]
command=bundle exec rake environment resque:work
# Do not use BACKGROUND=No, it only checks if BACKGROUND is set
environment=QUEUE="post_receive,mailer,system_hook",RAILS_ENV="production"
process_name=resque
numprocs=1
directory=/home/gitlab.tim-online.nl/public_html
autostart=true
autorestart=true
user=gitlab.tim-online.nl

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-transmissionrpc

Edit ~/.pydistutils.cfg

[easy_install]
user = true

Install flexget

easy_install flexget
mkdir ~/.flexget

Edit ~/.flexget/config.yml

feeds:
  Coder Radio Video:
    rss: http://feeds.feedburner.com/coderradiovideo
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/Coder Radio Video/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/Coder Radio Video/

  Dev1.tv:
    rss: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dev1tv
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/Dev1.tv/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/Dev1.tv/

  FauxShow HD:
    rss: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/feeds/FauxShowHD.xml
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/FauxShow HD/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/FauxShow HD/

  In Depth Look HD:
    rss: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/feeds/indepthlookihd.xml
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/In Depth Look HD/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/In Depth Look HD/

#  TechSNAP Large Video:
#    rss: http://feeds.feedburner.com/techsnaplarge
#    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/TechSNAP Large Video/
#    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/TechSNAP Large Video/

  The Changelog:
    rss: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thechangelog
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Changelog/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Changelog/

#  The Linux Action Show! Video:
#    rss: http://feeds.feedburner.com/computeractionshowvideo
#    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Linux Action Show! Video/
#    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Linux Action Show! Video/

  unfilter HD:
    rss: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/feeds/unfilterHD.xml
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/unfilter HD/
    download: /media/freenas/podcasts/unfilter HD/

  Linux Action Show Torrent:
    rss: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/feeds/lasstorrent.xml
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Linux Action Show! Video/
    set:
      transmission:
        enabled: yes
      path: /media/freenas/podcasts/The Linux Action Show! Video/

  TechSNAP Torrent:
    rss: http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/feeds/TechSNAPTorrent.xml
    exists: /media/freenas/podcasts/TechSNAP Large Video/
    set:
      transmission:
        enabled: yes
      path: /media/freenas/podcasts/TechSNAP Large Video/

presets:
  global:
    accept_all: yes
    limit_new: 2
    transmission:
      host: localhost
      port: 9091
      username: transmission
      password: transmission
      honourlimits: yes
      maxdownspeed: 200
      maxupspeed: 20
      enabled: no

Now test it:

flexget --check
flexget --test

Mark all current feed items as seen

flexget --learn

Download one feed

flexget --feed "unfilter HD"

Unmark feed as seen

flexget --forget "unfilter HD"

Add it to cron

/usr/bin/nice -n19 /home/leon/.local/bin/flexget --cron

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named distutils

This is how I solved it:

Edited ~/.local/share/applications/sublime.desktop
Especially this line:

Exec="/home/leon/Software/bin/sublime" %U

/home/leon/Software/bin/sublime contains this:

#!/bin/bash
cd /usr/lib/python2.7
/home/leon/Software/SublimeText2/sublime_text

Then I installed some excellent plugins:

• http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control
• https://github.com/Kronuz/SublimeCodeIntel
• https://github.com/JulianEberius/SublimeRope
• https://bitbucket.org/sublimator/sublime-2-zencoding

So I’m developing it on my local computer but I wanted to test it on a remote server. Well, actually not that remote because I can touch it from where I’m sitting but that’s not the point The point was that I needed something to keep the remote version of the sourcecode in sync with the local source. Google to the rescue and I found lsyncd.

A nice little tool to sync two directories with rsync. Too bad it didn’t support transfers only via sftp because freebsd (the remote server) doesn’t come with rsync installed. So I had to install that also Yeah, tough job….

cd /usr/ports/net/rsync
make config
make install

Then on the local machine:

lsyncd --no-daemon --delay 1 ~/Workspaces/spamassassin-test/ beastie:~/spamassassin-test/

You have to specify the remote directory or else it will wipe you home folder as I discovered…

After this was done I could go on developing.

There’s also a wiki about this new feature from Ubuntu. I thought about creating a plugin for weechat that uses this library. Especially because the notify-plugins is useless if you’re away and somebody mentions you on irc. Libindicate would be perfect for this. First have to find out how the behaviour of the applet would be.

[update]
I asked my question on the libindicate launchpad so I’m very curious about the answer(s).
[/update]

./configure --prefix=/home/leon/Software/local/ --enable-gtk --enable-demo
make
make install

Note: gtk is not very usable so you better use the ncurses interface!

I wrote a little plugin for it that autosaves the current connected channels and enables autojoin for them. It can be found on my github page and on the plugins page of weechat (if FlashCode aprobes the new version 0.2).

And here a nice plugin of weechat in action with the autojoin plugin (Nice!!):

For Ruby I use netbeans. I would also like to use it for php but it doesn’t allow to quicly open a file via ftp/scp or whatever. And it can sometimes be sloooooowwww. I’ve  seen netbeans used on a Windows platform and there it is much faster.

When I right-click on a project in netbeans for the first time, it takes 5 seconds (not lying!) to render the popup-menu. Come onm take forever!

And because I was now developing with Python I decided to try a new editor. Something more hardcore and lighter. Something nerdy So ofcourse I only have two decent options: Vim & Emacs.

I already had try them with Ruby. But I found good Ruby (& Rails) support rather lacking by both of them. I believe that the python comminity is more hardcore and therefore are using more arcane editors And maybe because they aren’t afraid to hack away in another language than their own (lisp, vimscript).

I think I have been comparing the two editors for nearly two weeks now. I have spent hours and hours comparing, trying and browsing for blog posts about the two. At the end, I really didn’t know which one to choose. I really suck at deciding something So I made a little list of what I find to be strong points of each editor:

VIM:

• Better syntax highlighting/theming supprt (wombat ftw!!)
• Faster/smaller
• No weird handling of new buffers like with emacsclient
• No daemon like: emacs –daemon
• Better python integration
• Easier to make extensions
• Preview of docstrings when using omni completion

EMACS:

• Better python-mode
• No commandmode/normalmode
• Directory browser/editor
• Debugger (better integration with external tools)
• easier to begin
• Everyting is a buffer™

And now I have chosen to be the editor with which I am going to work is…… (drum roll please) …….:

Gedit!

No, it’s (g)Vim

And while writing this article I was looking for a WordPress/blog plugin for Vim and Emacs. At a glance it looked like the wordpress plugin for Emacs was a little bit better. So already I was doubting my decision… So it could be that I switch editor in the next few months But I’m first going to really use gvim to see if it fits with my workflow and is really useable for me.

As cherry on the pie, a nice screenshot of my gvim in action:

[update]
I’ve installed Netneans 6.8m2 and it feels a lot faster than 6.7 but python completion is as bad as in 6.7.
[/update]

[update2]
Found out about Vim’s netrw. So Emacs no longer got “Directory browser/editor” as a strong point.
[/update2]

The new Pmpd project (looking for a better name) can be found on github. The hardest part so far is having to restructure the sources. Python is not a difficult language to master at all but I’m very picky on how everything fits together. My ruby project felt right on that part. But the python equivelant has some things I just don’t like enough up to now.