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SingleMind, a small software development consultation firm in the Portland area is looking for a multi-discipline technologist to join our growing team. We need problem solvers who are just as comfortable with systems administration tasks as they are with software development. We work on a wide variety of projects using disparate technology and are interested in candidates who are interested in finding solutions to complex problems in a cross-functional environment.

Primary requirements

Software
Developing and maintaining web applications in PHP, Ruby and Java

You know that all Google/Gmail accounts are also OpenID identities, right? Well, assuming so, have you ever wondered how you can use your Google/Gmail account as an OpenID sign-in to a website? Here is one way of doing such...

Visit http://openid-provider.appspot.com/ and then follow the instructions on the provided page. It's that simple!

I discovered how this is done by reading: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/use-google-account-email-openid...

Using Varnish and Pressflow (The Pantheon Project) together is an effective way to maximize the potential of your hosting environment, and can yield extraordinary results. The problem is, if you're not intimately familiar with Varnish, or the Linux command-line, getting it into a functional state can be something of a challenge. Out of the box, it is adequate at caching content for anonymous users, but that's where the fun ends.