I wanted an easy way to create new files with the ever-awesome Alfred App.
First attempt (which is still pretty neat) is to use the silent terminal commands option (requires at least v0.9 and the PowerPack).
I wasn’t planning on building a computer last week, but I made the mistake of browsing NewEgg while also thinking it would be neat to have some sort of home server for easily sharing files. So here I am, less than 1 week from clicking the first “Add to Cart” button, with my FreeNAS box.
I hope most of you are smarter than I am and won’t need any of this info, but here it is anyway. Continue reading
WordPress/TinyMCE will sometimes remove code that you’d rather it not. For example, have you have tried to add a Google Map to a post without the aid of a plugin? You can’t. The iframes aren’t allowed.
Because of this, and a few other similar instances, I wrote a plugin that would let me easily bypass this filters. Continue reading
I really like the jQuery Cycle plugin for slideshows. It’s easy, it’s jQuery, it works, and it looks good! However, when I setup a slideshow, I want it to play through once and offer a replay button (typically the last slide). With the built in features, this seemed a little difficult to accomplish – but maybe that’s just because I’m no jQuery expert and I just didn’t get it….
But whatever the reasoning, I finally found a way to accomplish what I wanted, here it is: Continue reading
Generally, I’m a big fan of doing things manually – I don’t know why, I guess I just don’t trust other services very much. So when it comes to syncing files between work and home, I usually end up zipping whatever I’m working on and email it to myself. It works – but isn’t exactly the most efficient way of doing things.
Enter DropBox. Continue reading