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moomerman | 14 years ago | on: Two-factor Authentication with Rails

Thanks for the tip on rand() will update the code.

This uses another cookie because it is permanent. The standard rails session cookie ends at the end of the session so isn't acceptable here.

moomerman | 15 years ago | on: Deploying a Rails 3.1 app in production

That could be one solution, however there are some problems that spring to mind like deploying to different architectures (common if you're using EC2) - I guess this fits your point about your CI env resembling prod.

moomerman | 15 years ago | on: Deploying a Rails 3.1 app in production

Thanks for the info, I'll update the post shortly. Out of interest, what was wrong with the FB comments? I only started using it yesterday because disqus doesn't have a HTTPS option (that I could find anyway).

moomerman | 15 years ago | on: Show HN: Zen Text - Beautifully simple text authoring

I spent Friday afternoon and a bit of Saturday hacking this together and am wondering if anyone else finds it useful / has any ideas where to take it from here.

For those interested, it is using Heroku for hosting (obviously), Sinatra, MongoHQ, Google OpenID (via ruby omniauth gem), the ruby dropbox gem and Google Web Fonts.

Edit: Sorry, forgot to add it is only really styled for webkit

moomerman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Startups and In-House Mailing

I tend to use a slicehost slice to do my own outbound mail (I use Google Apps for all inbound).

Assuming you have a slice first you'll need to set up your DNS entry pointing to the slice and a reverse DNS entry in the slicehost manager. See these resources for more information:

http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/9/2/mail-server-slice-set... http://articles.slicehost.com/2007/10/24/creating-a-reverse-....

Next set up an SPF record for your domain to legitimize your new mail server:

http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/8/8/email-setting-a-sende...

Finally you'll want to install the mail server software and configure it. I have a blog post that shows the standard config needed to configure the mail server and set up DKIM and DomainKeys to help your mail look legitimate:

http://blog.nimbu.net/setting-up-a-postifx-outbound-mail-ser...

Check out the links at the bottom of the article for more information about DKIM and DomainKeys.

moomerman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you use to monitor your websites?

Thanks for the detailed response. It is useful to hear real-life requirements and I'll bear this in mind when thinking about pricing options. I must admit though the number of options on site24x7 is a bit off-putting to me, I was thinking about much easier 'packages'

moomerman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you use to monitor your websites?

Yeah, nimbu.net does do what you're asking for and it will always be free for one site. You will get notifications by email and/or SMS and/or twitter within minutes of your site going down. The SMS option won't always be free, but you can send via Twitter and then get Twitter to SMS you for a free option.

Edit: I just re-read about having lots of little sites. I will consider a reduced-functionality (eg. as you say within the hour notification) but allowing more free sites as an option.

moomerman | 16 years ago | on: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

Thanks for the comments, I will fix the bugs asap. On the redirect issue, do you think that receiving a redirect on a url you are monitoring should result in success? I hadn't thought about that before, maybe it should be an advanced option, eg. do you expect a 200 OK or (dropdown list of other responses).
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