Selecting a database:

mysql> USE database;

Listing databases:

mysql> SHOW DATABASES;

Listing tables in a db:

mysql> SHOW TABLES;

Describing the format of a table:

mysql> DESCRIBE table;

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Why Rails?

Ruby on Rails is a tool for making web applications—and it’s freakishly good at it. If you’re reading this (which, evidently, you are), you’re probably wondering what makes Rails so special. When you ask this of a programmer who has already fallen in love with Rails, maybe he’ll tell you it’s “agile,” and you’ll have to read up on what that means to coders. Or maybe you’ll be bombarded by a list of acronyms like ORM, MVC, or DRY. While these are all cool features of Ruby on Rails, the real reason Rails rocks is not about vocabulary; it’s about the philosophy of efficient design. There’s that word: design. It’s a slippery concept, yet unmistakable. Good design is like pornography: You know it when you see it. Rails is like very, very good pornography. What makes the design of Rails so good is difficult to pin down, but we’ll do our best. We think the heart of it is free productivity.

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RailsConf Videos

DHH Keynote

Rubyology Podcast for RailsConf

Ruby on Rails Podcast 37 Signals Designer

To people who love using terminal, this is my way of converting DMG to ISO without breaking/loosing Boot/System Files.

hdiutil convert /PATH/TO/FILENAME.DMG -format UDTO -o /PATH/TO/SAVEFILE.ISO

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Building a new social network

A very successful man told me once "Never confused being busy with results". Results in his eyes were based on how much money you made at the end of the day. "Until you make over a million dollars a year for six years straight you haven't beat me." I may not be a business major, but business has more than been apart of my life. As a passionate computer programmer, with a life growing up in a business world, I have to wonder about these statements. Results in my eyes have always been based on what I've learned at the end of the day. Don't get me wrong, making money is great, and not having money is the toughest thing in life. I push myself harder than most 25 year olds. I love computers to the point that I almost rather be poor all my life then to give up on what I love.

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