The Bash shell always amazes me. I needed to create a Maildir using the typical Maildir/cur, Maildir/new, Maildir/tmp structure and stumbled on this:
$ mkdir -m 0700 -p Maildir/{cur,new,tmp}
The -m and -p options are no-brainers, but the {cur,new,tmp} was new to me. It was easy to figure out what was going to happen… one command to [...]
After cleaning my laptop’s LCD several times with Windex, a fair amount of streaking built up, making the display far less than perfect. A quick search suggested a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and distilled water was the best solution for safely, and effectively cleaning LCD displays.
After mixing a batch, and tearing up an old [...]
Smart Keywords are one of my favorite Firefox features. Enter a keyword in the location bar (CTRL + L), type a couple of search terms, and voila, instant results with minimal typing.
Since my job requires frequenting the Microsoft Support and MSDN sites, I added Smart Keywords to simplify the searches. Each of the following keywords [...]
Lifehacker shows you how to back up del.icio.us bookmarks on your blog. As the article points out, aside from backups, there are other benefits to doing this:
It also kills two birds with one stone: participate in the del.icio.us community AND update your blog daily with one del.icio.us post.
This is a “no-hassle” solution done completely through [...]
When I first became involved in a project that would require Ajax techniques, I quickly went to the web in search of tutorials to learn how to use the XMLHttpRequest object. Following are the resources I found most helpful as I learned to create dynamic web applications. Links to various JavaScript libraries and other sites [...]
Found this at del.icio.us… Layout-palooza. Great source for links about CSS layout, hacks, and tricks. Many familiar, many new.
