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 [...]
From the “Why Didn’t I Think of That” department: GMailSecure has got to be one of the most elegantly simple, yet useful Greasemonkey scripts ever.
When I say simple, I mean one line of code:
location.href = location.href.replace(/^http:/, ‘https:’);
This script ensures your Gmail session using Firefox takes place over a secure HTTP connection providing a reasonable amount [...]
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 [...]
ALA serves up a great article addressing the dangers of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Author Niklas Bivald says,
Validating and sanitizing user input is no longer optional. Consider what your users really need to do, think about what characters they need to accomplish those tasks, and strip/convert as necessary to protect your community.
Part 1 provides examples [...]
Bite Size Standards went online today, offering web development tutorials, tips, etc. In their own words:
The basic idea being that busy web designers don’t always have time to read or write lengthy tutorials but that a daily “bite” of useful information, taken or given, could be good for the soul.
Sounds promising. Hat tip to snook [...]
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 [...]
Found this at del.icio.us… Layout-palooza. Great source for links about CSS layout, hacks, and tricks. Many familiar, many new.
