
Here’s how to run the Riak distributed database on a Samsung Chromebook.
sudo sh -e ./crouton -t xfce to get something graphical but not huge like Gnome.sudo apt-get install erlang git build-essential to get the dependencies.tar zxf riak-<TAB>cd riak-<TAB>makemake relcd rel/riak./bin/riak startThat’ll get Riak running locally. I literally just did this, so I have no idea how to get it visible to the world; that might come later.

Google’s “Hangouts” feature change this week broke it for Domain/Apps/Business accounts. Get your Google domain administrator to do this to get it back:

It would be nice if Google emailed domain administrators when new features become available and require administrators to configure them.
These thoughts are things that occurred to me during my travels home from Scottish Ruby Conference. They haven’t been checked for accuracy.
cat some files together by hand.LessConf 2013, the last LessConf event, was a few weeks ago. This is a few short things I’ve learned; more details in a future post.