Jun
20
MySQL Lost Connection error in Rails
June 20, 2006 | 4 Comments
I was working with Rails on my local development server tonight and was running into the MySQL ‘Lost Connection’ error. I read a couple other posts of others having problems on Win32 systems and privilege issues, however I am running Linux and the suggested fixes weren’t going to work for me. Apparently, mySQL was not liking how Rails was sending the username and password when initiating the connection through the socket. Not exactly sure why, but in case someone else runs into the issue, the quick fix is to create a mySQL user without a password. Add it to your database.yml file and restart the WEBrick server.
I am running mySQL 4.1.11, another solution might be to upgrade to the latest mySQL release.
Jun
16
I am going to be presenting one of the Mobile and Devices eSeminars for Adobe next week. I’ll be presenting on the MediaPlayback API example that I created for shipment in the Flash Lite 2.0 SDK. If you are interested in easily integrating video, audio, and dynamic images into your Flash Lite 2.0 application, please register.
Jun
9
Widsets – amazing “companion” app platform
June 9, 2006 | 2 Comments
I’ve discovered Widsets. I think this is the best mobile application I have see to date. It’s not just an application, but a platform. It uses a Web based interface, which allows you to manage data/content that will be viewed via a rich client on the handset. The developers have done an amazing job!
The Web interface is fantastic. Of course it fits into the Web 2.0 meme and uses Ajax. The rich client on the device uses J2ME and works beautifully. Looks beautiful as well.
For an example of what it can do, say you have a Ta-Da List. Widsets provides a widget that allows you to view your list on the phone. This is exactly what I mean by “companion” app. I use Ta-Da List every second of the day. It is always open in a tab in Firefox on my PowerBook. While away from my machine, it is almost a necessity that I have access to the list. This is a great way of doing it.
There are RSS feed widgets as well, and you can even create your own. This is a cool feature as well. So the average user can build a widget and share it with the world. So the application now becomes a platform.
I’m impressed with the idea. I am impressed with the implementation. And I am impressed with the technology. Very good on all fronts. Go check it out today: http://www.widsets.com.