Maximize a Window in OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
Maximize a window in OS X 10.10 rather than entering full-screen mode. Continue reading →
View ArticleUpdating Array Elements in CoffeeScript Loops
Notes on modifying a CoffeeScript array in place using a for loop. Continue reading →
View ArticleRe-enabling Repeating Keys In Yosemite
When programming, I and millions like me like to keep my hands on the keyboard and minimize the number of times that I have to spend time going through the process of lifting my hand off the keyboard...
View ArticleReverting File Changes With git
Notes on how to undo changes to a file (à la Subversion revert). Continue reading →
View ArticleResolving the git error “pack exceeds maximum allowed size” during push
Pushing large git repos to a remote machine may fail. Fix this by pushing in smaller chunks. Continue reading →
View ArticleTurning the Spindle On/Off on a Comet CNC
Use "M3 S1" to turn the spindle on, on a Probotix Comet CNC. Continue reading →
View ArticleGit Cheat Sheet
An acquaintance sent this to me last year and I thought the link might be useful to others before I deleted the old e-mails. Git Cheat Sheet by Tower I haven’t looked at Tower’s GUI since their version...
View ArticleCSS Specificity Overview
A link to a nice overview of CSS specificity. Continue reading →
View ArticleKorad KA3005P Serial Programming
I wrote a Python wrapper for the serial protocol for the Korad KA3005P power supply. Continue reading →
View ArticleCentOS 7 Firewall Configuration
CentOS 7 uses firewalld for its default firewall. DigitalOcean has a nice overview on the basics of firewalld here.
View ArticleInstalling a PhoneGap App On an iOS Device Using iTunes
Preliminary Steps To produce an iOS build using the PhoneGap Build web site, one must have created a signing certificate and provisioning list for the devices that the app is allowed to run on. These...
View ArticleNotes on Signing Keys for PhoneGap Build
As always, this site contains notes to myself which others may (or may not) find useful. They may contain errors. Corrections and clarification is gratefully accepted. I apologize that these notes are...
View ArticleInstall NodeJS and MongoDB on CentOS 7
Notes on installing NodeJS and MongoDB on a CentOS 7 server, including how to fix the mongo client's warnings. Continue reading →
View ArticlePunked!
It looks like some rather naughty individuals have found and exploited a vulnerability in my WordPress blog. This is an inconvenience but I’ll work to restore my notes so they can remain useful to the...
View ArticleAngularJS 1.6 Bindings Inconsistent? No, just RTFM.
Reminder to put controller initialization for bound class members in the $onInit() method.
View ArticleConverting Less to Sass
We converted our project from Less to SCSS. Our original decision to go with Less rather than Sass hinged around Bootstrap 3’s use, along with with the fact that the original Sass syntax was a...
View ArticleInstalling NodeJS on Linux from Tarballs
Install the latest NodeJS on Linux from a tarball.
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