Random Tips
- Panic in the ranks! This is not the first thing you want your users to see in the morning as they attempt to log into to complete a grant application:
The table "{{settings_global}}" for active record class "SettingGlobal" cannot be found in the database."
After some poking around it turns out we were out of allocated disk space on the Linode. df -m showed 100%. I think this was related to a backup and restore that I had done a day earlier; which preserved the old image as it copied a new version to the same allocated disk space. The actual error was returned by LimeSurvey, which was reacting to a system 8 error generated by mySQL.
- Trying to see the analytics for a bit.ly link? Just append a plus sign ‘+’ to the link. This will show the statistics for the link instead of what the link points to.
Stuff I’d Like to Try Out
Two “glue” programs that process something in one program, based on a trigger that is set in another program.
Two forms program that make web forms.
Links of Interest
50 tools for project management. (from Zapier)