Jason Leveille's Blog
Web Development Intoxication
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:34 +0000 2 Comments
Securely Mounting an Encrypted Remote TrueCrypt File as a Local Directory
The following post will provide a quick (aka, lacking detail and description) guide for securely mounting an encrypted remote TrueCrypt file as a local directory. If you need more information, feel free to leave a comment with your question(s) and I'll do my best to get back to you.
Why?
Do you have sensitive files that you want protected and accessible from a central location? Cool. So do I.
Materials
- I performed these steps on 3 Ubuntu 9.04 machines. Your mileage may vary.
- A remote server that you have SSH/SFTP access to.
Resources
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:15:19 +0000 1 Comment
My Mini Book Library
Currently, my office library consists of the following books. This does not include the books/magazines that I keep at home.
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:04 +0000 No Comments
Refresh Rockville Presentation
On Tuesday, September 8, I had the pleasure of speaking at the very first Refresh Rockville event. My goal with Let Frameworks Help You was to demonstrate how properly leveraging frameworks can strengthen a developers skillset.
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:15:19 +0000 6 Comments
A Brush with Burnout
I recently had what I would consider to be my first serious brush with burnout. During the years that I have been a web developer, when it became more than a hobby, there have been times when I felt tired. I don't ever remember feeling burnout though. In February, shortly after the birth of my second daughter, I noticed a slip in productivity, as well as a general inability to focus. When I say inability to focus, I really mean an inability to get into a work zone. I met my deadlines, continued to work on my own projects, and kept up with my reading list, however I just felt off. I did my best to push through my sluggishness, however, as it had often done in the past, persistence didn't seem to be getting me over the hurdles.
Tue, 19 May 2009 20:44:48 +0000 28 Comments
Free Web Development eBooks
In celebration of my new blog, and in the spirit of my recent work with Python, I have two Python themed books to give away. Update: I have given away the books. Thanks for everyone who showed interest.
Tue, 19 May 2009 16:03:31 +0000 6 Comments
My New Pylons Powered Blog
It has been at least 3 months since I started coding this blog, and last Friday I finally deployed the thing. Those of you who read my blog likely know that this project was born from a graduate school independent study proposal. No good has ever come from a Friday afternoon deployment (at least for me), however my graduation was this past Saturday (Wo0t) and I had challenged myself to a pre-graduation launch. My primary motivation with this post is to enable and test comments in production. I want to see if things fall apart, and if my primitive spam detection holds up. So, feel free to leave a comment, good or bad.
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:23:39 +0000 No Comments
Book Review: Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6
I was recently contacted by PACKT Publishing and asked to provide a review for Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6. Following is the review.
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:16 +0000 No Comments
An Update for April '09
March and April have been pretty busy months for me. Here are some things I’ve been working on, reading, studying, thinking about, etc.
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:11:00 +0000 No Comments
Breaking the Maintenance Budget
Anyone who works in web design and development is familiar with spending a lot of time implementing client requests: modify this photo, change this footer text, add this navigation item, remove this link, etc. Knowing this, I try to think about the decisions I’m making while putting together a template or writing code. I often ask myself if the decision I’m currently making will impact maintenance later on.
Poor decisions during development/implementation lead to poor decisions during maintenance. (via Twitter)
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:23:17 +0000 No Comments
An Update for March '09
As the month mark approaches since my last post I figured I would take a few moments to talk about some of the things I’ve been working on. I’ve been working on: