My Setup I have a high DPI laptop with a small screen (specs), running Windows 10. I connect to a dock at work with a monitor, and a monitor at home via Mini DisplayPort to VGA. I keep running into an issue where the GitHub client application will show as […]
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TCP/IPv4 Settings Keep Reverting to Static DNS Server on Windows 10
The Story The other day (Wednesday), my WiFi wasn’t working on my laptop. I would connect successfully, but the network showed “No internet, secured.” I needed to put some time into the WordCamp Kent 2019 site, so I ran back to the office, worked on 2 blog posts, then returned […]
Powerful git Commands (updated 2/11)
Pickaxe (with & without specified file) Search diffs for a particular string. Purpose: If you’re trying to figure out when a particular line was changed and by who. Across all diffs In a Specific File Source More Documentation on git log –merged Purpose: When you’re trying to identify branches that […]
Sublime Text 3 Performance Tips
Sometimes when I’m opening a really large file, Sublime Text 3 will just crash with no warning. It loads roughly 15% of the file and then just closes unexpectedly. From what I’ve read on the Sublime Text forum, it’s likely due to the processing it takes to perform syntax highlighting […]
7 WordPress Features You Can Write a Simple Plugin For
Here are 7 examples of simple plugins you can write to get started with WordPress plugin development. Plugins in the WordPress repository should try to serve a single purpose. The “single purpose” concept is so the author can maintain the code more easily and so the end-user that doesn’t have […]
Cleveland GiveCamp 2018 Recap
Note: I wrote this recap back in July, but somehow forgot to publish the blog post version and only sent this recap to my coworkers. Whoops! 🙂 Figured I owed it to the organizers to get this post out, though! This year I volunteered at an event called Cleveland GiveCamp. […]
Password Security During Reset Process
I wanted to share this article about websites/applications’ password reset process by Troy Hunt. It has a ton of information and examples of how to securely store passwords (with encryption and 1-way hashing), what username enumeration is, what a persistent password is, the purpose of CAPTCHAs, secret questions, etc. On […]