July 2010
4 posts
2 tags
Adding All New Files to Subversion
One thing that has always bothered me when working with Subversion is the inability to easily add a large number of new files to the repository. Subversion does not have an equivalent of ‘git add *’, so we are left to add all of the new files, at best, one folder at a time.
Imagine doing this for a Drupal site that hasn’t been touched in a while and you need to apply security...
3 tags
Apache Solr / Drupal search performance tip →
A great tip by Davy Van Den Bremt of Drupal Coder on disabling Drupal’s core search indexer when using Apache Solr.
3 tags
Creating a new Drupal site from a Drush make file
If you spend a fair amount of time creating new Drupal sites and are not using Drush you are missing out! I used to maintain a subversion repository with my most frequently used modules just for this purpose but this was a very tedious, manual task keeping these modules up to date (almost more trouble than it was worth). With Drush Make however, you can just fire it off, and right before your...
4 tags
Overriding a Drupal Views SQL Query
We all know and love Drupal Views. The queries that it builds are most often very elegant, but there are certain cases where you need to use a query that is just a bit too complicated for the Views query generator to build on its own. I ran into this recently where I could not accomplish my task without a join to a sub-query.
If you find this to be the case, you can utilize the views_pre_execute...
March 2010
1 post
1 tag
Watchmerlin:
Check out TextExpander’s new “Fill” functionality. In. Sane.
My love for TextExpander knows no bounds.
Pasties for the three snippets I mentioned (which need to be tweaked for your own setup):
youtube embed
mp3 embed
flickr link with credit
Also mentioned:
Make Link is an indispensable Firefox extension that lets you grab a customized, marked-up, “one-click” pasteboard of...
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
5 tags
Updated Florida Gators 2010 Football Calendar →
I have updated my Florida Gators Football calendar for the 2010 season. If you add this calendar as a subscription in any calendaring program that supports the iCal standard (iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook, etc) it will update itself on a regular basis with game times and channels when these become available! Florida Gators 2010 Football Calendar.
December 2009
6 posts
7 tags
Optimizing Multiple Domains for Google Using...
If you own more than one domain but point them all to the same site, a portion of your virtual host file may look something like this:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName maindomain.com
ServerAlias www.maindomain.com alternatedomain.com
</VirtualHost>
The problem here is that Google sees the same content being served on multiple domains and will knock down your search...
Handy TextMate tips for working with HTML & CSS
emilbjorklund:
I use TextMate a lot when doing web development, and I absolutely love it. Some of my friends and colleagues also use TextMate, and I get questions like “what was that thing you did with the thing with the text” sometimes. Here, I thought I would document some of the ones I use most frequently.
Creating tag pairs
To create a tag without having to type those pesky angle-brackets...
Repair a Non-booting Mac after Linux Install
mccarron:
While at NSCoder Schaumburg last night I installed Ubuntu 9.10 to a USB stick attached to my MacBook Pro. I mistakenly didn’t check the bootloader installation settings, as I thought it was safe since I was installing to the USB stick. That was a bad idea, because I rebooted to a find the dreaded Question Mark Folder on my screen.
This basically means the system can’t find a...
November 2009
3 posts
“I don’t want to hear that the son of a [bleep] can’t throw,”...”
– Alabama Coach on Tim Tebow
August 2009
14 posts
4 tags
How to Recover From a Broken Mail.app
After upgrading to Snow Leopard and starting up Mail.app for the first time I was notified that some of the plug-ins that I used under Leopard were not compatible and would no longer be active. No big deal, I figured until I looked at my Mail window.
One of the plug-ins I was using was WideMail. What WideMail does is turn your normally two rows of data in Mail.app (messages & preview pane)...
Every dog lover should....
Know his dogs birthday;
Get birthday gifts from the dog;
Consider getting a cat for the dog;
See babies and think of puppies;
Have a near miss in traffic because a dog was walking by;
Have stepped in some, barefoot, in the dark;
Know better than to leave the closet door open;
Know all dogs by name if not all owners;
Be pleased to learn that 63 percent of you sleep with them;
Buy...
(Don't) Support a Public Option →
benzado:
heyjb:
Do not:
vaov:
Sign the petition.
Reblog this link.
The Public Option is a mistake. While the concept is nice (provide a public subsidised plan for those who can’t afford other options), it’s very nature means the death of private insurance. Indeed, it’s the stated goal of many who favor the Public Option.
There are 2 ways to make something ‘more affordable’:...
Tumblr/Twitter Synergy
I am still figuring out if/how Tumblr fits into my “workflow” if you can call my social media interactions a workflow. I guess some people pull their Twitter updates into Tumblr but it seems to make more sense for me to push the other way as I update Twitter much more frequently.
That of course is all moot at the moment as Twitter has been down for the last 90 minutes and counting...
“He’s going to be one of the best college football quarterbacks of all time,” Georgia defensive tackle Jeff Owens said of Tim Tebow
Woman charged with trying to arrange to kill her husband. Set up by police, fake crime scene etc. and its all on video http://bit.ly/fVrIe
RT @USATODAYsports Florida gets to work on another title with opening of fall practice http://bit.ly/18WSIS (via @GatorsNow)
10.5.8 is out. Check Software Update.
I wish there was a Milkshake Truck in Midtown. I want a peanut butter banana one.
“Going to miss @paulaabdul on “Idol.” She was the single craziest...”
– Bill Simmons
