Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to deploy a Django webapp on your own server just based on a git repo URL? I set out to try this using the neat-looking family of “application” chef cookbooks. These can be used to setup nginx, gunicorn and a Django webapp. With a few more chef recipe extensions …
An .asoundrc ALSA config for the PS3 Eye
It took quite some fiddling for me to get ALSA setup to record sound from my PS3 Eye USB camera and to play back sound using my onboard Intel PCH sound device. Here’s the result:
Rackspace first impressions
I just signed up for a Rackspace account and got my first server up and running. Here are some initial thoughts.