alias startpostgres='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/log/pg.log start'
alias stoppostgres='pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/log/pg.log stop'

Create the postgresql user and databases

$ createuser owc
Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) n
Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n

$ createdb -U owc owc_development
$ createdb -U owc owc_test

• cp config/database.yml.postgresql config/database.yml
• Edit this file, leave the password field blank and change "user" to "owc"

Gems/etc

• Make sure you have a separate gemset created, and make sure bundler and rake are included. This can be either directly in the gemset, or in your "global" gemset
• bundle install
• rake db:migrate
• rake db:seed (optional)

At this point you should be able to do "rails server" from the project directory and run.