Marc Blase

Using WSL Debian for dev and gulp.watch is not running when files are changed on the Windows side. Solution is to add {interval: 1000, usePolling: true} to the gulp.watch event.

For example, here’s the styles portion of my gulp.watch task.

gulp.watch([path.source + 'styles/**/*'], {interval: 1000, usePolling: true}, gulp.series('styles'));

Published on August 19, 2020

In a situation where content in the_title() needed to be italicized.

function fix_the_title( $title ) {

  $new_title = $title;
  $pattern = '/Content to Match/';
  $replace = '<em>$0</em>';
  $new_title = preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $new_title);

  return $new_title;
}
add_filter( 'the_title', 'fix_the_title' );

Add that to functions.php and you’re good.

Published on July 1, 2020

1. The Black Keys
   291
2. Sturgill Simpson
   198
3. Yo La Tengo
   197
4. Pkew Pkew Pkew
   189
5. Big K.R.I.T.
   178
6. Harry Nilsson
   163
7. Chance the Rapper
   155
8. Leon Bridges
   153
9. Maggie Rogers
   149
10. Michael Bublé
    144
11. White Denim
    144
12. PUP
    141
13. Ol’ Burger Beats
    136
14. The Beach Boys
    128
15. Neko Case
    122
16. Kurt Vile
    116
17. Big Star
    109
18. mclusky
    109
19. Built to Spill
    103
20. WESTERN SETTINGS
    94
21. Wilco
    94
22. Gucci Mane
    93
23. The Sea and Cake
    91
24. Twin Peaks
    85
25. DJ Shadow
    84
26. Dead Bars
    78
27. Mac DeMarco
    76
28. The Modern Lovers
    75
29. Bleached
    74
30. The Menzingers
    74
31. Merle Haggard
    73
32. Shannon and the Clams
    72
33. The Beatles
    72
34. Freddie Gibbs
    71
35. Nick Drake
    71
36. James Brown
    69
37. Nice As Fuck
    68
38. Guided by Voices
    63
39. Allah-Las
    61
40. Teebs
    61
41. Vince Guaraldi Trio
    61
42. Jeff Tweedy
    60
43. The Growlers
    60
44. Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
    56
45. Françoise Hardy
    56
46. Jay Som
    56
47. Miles Davis
    54
48. emune
    53
49. Neil Young
    53
50. John Denver & the Muppets
    50

Published on January 6, 2020

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

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

Published on December 19, 2019

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

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

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

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

=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