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2019 Top Listens

The Black Keys
291
Sturgill Simpson
198
Yo La Tengo
197
Pkew Pkew Pkew
189
Big K.R.I.T.
178
Harry Nilsson
163
Chance the Rapper
155
Leon Bridges
153
Maggie Rogers
149
Michael Bublé
144
White Denim
144
PUP
141
Ol’ Burger Beats
136
The Beach Boys
128
Neko Case
122
Kurt Vile
116
Big Star
109
mclusky
109
Built to Spill
103
WESTERN SETTINGS
94
Wilco
94
Gucci Mane
93
The Sea and Cake
91
Twin Peaks
85
DJ Shadow
84
Dead Bars
78
Mac DeMarco
76
The Modern Lovers
75
Bleached
74
The Menzingers
74
Merle Haggard
73
Shannon and the Clams
72
The Beatles
72
Freddie Gibbs
71
Nick Drake
71
James Brown
69
Nice As Fuck
68
Guided by Voices
63
Allah-Las
61
Teebs
61
Vince Guaraldi Trio
61
Jeff Tweedy
60
The Growlers
60
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
56
Françoise Hardy
56
Jay Som
56
Miles Davis
54
emune
53
Neil Young
53
John Denver & the Muppets
50

Published on January 6, 2020

Me on a bike (2019/20 Season)

Race Down Spider Mountain – TTP Season Ender

Want video instead?

Zombie Goat Enduro – Flat Rock Ranch

Dino Enduro – Dino State Park

Redemption Enduro

Published on December 20, 2019

Use .htaccess to remove any query string and redirect to site root

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .
RewriteRule ^$ /? [R,L]

Published on December 19, 2019

Negative value for margin using calc() in SCSS

Using SCSS and need to set a negative margin with calc on an interpolated variable. Here’s the solution:

.container {
  margin-top: calc((#{$VAR_NAME} + 0px)/-1); // divide by -1 to get a negative result
}

Published on November 18, 2019

Pretty List Item Disc Coloring with SCSS

Since I seem to be asked for these frequently, I am putting this here for quick reference, as well as posterity.

ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 0 25px;
  padding: 0;
  
  li {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 0 0 30px;
    text-indent: -15px;

    &::before {
      content: "• ";
      color: gold; // it's a pretty color
    }
  }
}

Published on November 6, 2019

Get list of installed programs with PowerShell in Windows

In PowerShell run:

To get a list of installed programs:

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*  | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table -AutoSize > c:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\list-installed-programs.txt

To get a list of app store installed programs:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName |Format-Table -AutoSize > c:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\list-installed-programs.txt

NOTE: Yes, this is all over the internet, but I wanted it here so I could find it faster next time.

Published on October 15, 2019

Pool/Spa Cooling Formula

As I’ve had use of this in the past I am putting it here for future reference.

PI = (V/1000) * DCD * 43.75

Where:
PI = Pounds of ice required
V = Volume of water in gallons
DCD = Degrees Cooling Desired; Current – Desired temp in °F

Note: Not sure where the 43.75 constant comes from. Will update if/when I find a source.

Note 2: This is of interest and could be used to rework the above formula: http://www.hk-phy.org/contextual/heat/cha/la_he07_e.html

Published on September 3, 2019

Random Character Formula for Calc

=CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))&CHAR(RANDBETWEEN(97;122))

Published on April 25, 2019