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Setup an Ubuntu Development Environment the Agaric Way

Use the following commands to set up a development environment on Ubuntu (8.10).

1. Install GIT Core

sudo aptitude install git-core

2. Install RubyGems

sudo aptitude install rubygems

3. Install Rake

sudo aptitude install rake

4. Install Capistrano

Remove the iGoogle Sidebar

For some reason, someone over at Google thought it would be a good idea to add a sidebar to the iGoogle homepage and not give ANY option to get rid of it, even though it essentially takes up 20% of the screen real estate...

Ask Agaric: Putting e-mail addresses on a site?

My spam filter is now catching close to 300 messages a day.Since my email is the only one on the website, I’m wondering if these spams are coming via the website? And is there something that can be done to stop this?

We’d like to load all the staffs emails but I won’t do it if it increases their possibility for this much spam.

Thanks.

Ask Agaric: Max Allowed Packet error

Also do you know about this error?

User warning: Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes query: UPDATE cache_form SET data = 'a:56:{

I haven't seen it on example.com, I've seen it on other sites. I started one of the longest issues in the drupal issue queue from that error! http://drupal.org/node/121390

Ask Agaric: Theater ticketing system help

Ben,

Ask Agaric: Drupal for Artists

This question came from a fellow couchsurfer.

We are dedicating our selfs almost all summer to learn drupal and make a website for artists.

There are some basic things we still don't understand:

Ask Agaric: Settings for a Drupal theme without requiring a module

Hi,

I've been breaking my brain over some issue and I cant figure it out so I
figured I'd check with a fellow themer(s?)!

[Related d.o. thread: http://drupal.org/node/247032 ]

What I'm basically trying to do is use drupal theme settings in a file
that is not processed by drupal, and its part of a theme. I also do not