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PostProductivityMy Opinionated MacBook SetupEverything I change on a fresh machine, in three parts: the settings anyone benefits from, the next level up, and the bits that only matter if you write code.10 Aug 202615 min
PostSystemsGitlab CI - Commit & Push in a JobRecently I needed to make a GitLab CI job where when a merge to master occurs, it runs a bash script, commits the files & pushes them back to master. I needed this to build a change log out…26 Jul 20222 min
PostProgrammingGPG signed commits in PHPStorm on CentOS 7Having the functionality of automatically being prompted to sign your commits while still using PHPStorms Git GUI means you’ll never forget to sign commits again. To start with, the version…23 Jan 20191 min
PostSystemsFree SSL Certificates with LetsEncrypt and Ajenti-vThis is a quick post on how to use LetsEncrypt SSL certificates on your Ajenti-v setup . Ajenti-v will probably be supporting this natively at some point, there is an open issue on their…21 Mar 20162 min
PostProgrammingApache Localhost Rendering Slowly?Is your localhost taking longer than expected to load? A possible quick fix is to edit your httpd.conf file and set 'ServerName' to 127.0.0.1:80 . This can make the difference between…3 Nov 20141 min
PostProgrammingPopulating a Form with a dropdown (jQuery)I thought I’d share this, maybe it’ll help somebody else. Basically this will take the value of the drop down (select) and show() that many input fields. Javascript $(document).ready…5 Feb 20121 min
PostSystemsControl Your Windows PC with an Xbox ControllerToday I’m going to walk you through setting up an xbox controller to work on your computer and control the mouse / keyboard. First your going to need an Xbox Controller that works on Windows…25 Jan 20121 min
PostProgrammingCSS Code for Wrapping Long URLs and TextRan into a problem last night where a long email was messing up a design in smaller screen resolutions. Perfect fix down below: pre { white-space: pre; /* CSS 2.0 */ white-space: pre-wrap; /…4 Oct 20111 min
PostProgrammingWordPress – Shortcode in PHP filesSo in WordPress with plugins etc. you end up using shortcode in posts to keep things simple, an example would be if you want to display a gallery you would just use: [galleries id="1"] Howe…11 Sep 20111 min
PostSystemsInstalling PEAR in WAMPSo this evening I went about attempting to install PEAR on my WAMP installation, this should be as simple as opening up a command window navigating to C:/wamp/bin/php/*phpversion* and…27 Dec 20101 min
PostSystemsSaving Your Windows PC From Virus Infections with LinuxOften you get a friend or other times a client who has gotten themselves locked out of their system by a virus. I’m talking about the seriously nasty virus’s out there that will just corrupt…30 Oct 20101 min
PostSystemsEarcandy in Ubuntu JauntyEarCandy is a volume manager for PulseAudio that fades applications in and out based on your current activity. Meaning it can do handy things like muting your music playing when you decide…28 Sep 20091 min