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How to Disable JavaScript in Chrome

Last updated on August 29, 2014 by Sal Ferrarello

2014-08-29 UPDATE: Current version of Chrome has issue I’m seeing an issue where the Disable JavaScript checkbox is becoming unchecked on refresh (thus undoing the point of this post). More info at https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=369844 Current fix seems to be “click Disable JavaScript a bunch of times” (yes, I realize this is a ridiculous fix) How to […]

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming Tagged With: JavaScript

Quick Cache requires PHP v5.3

Last updated on December 13, 2013 by Sal Ferrarello

WordPress Quick Cache Plugin There is a new version of the WordPress Quick Cache plugin available. Higher Minimum Requirements This new version requires PHP 5.3+  This is a higher requirement than WordPress itself, which requires a minimum of PHP 5.2.4 (http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/). Sometimes Newer is Not Better If you are running on a server with sub PHP […]

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: WordPress, WordPress Plugin

Command Line DNS Lookup with dig

Last updated on April 21, 2017 by Sal Ferrarello

dig is command line DNS Lookup program pre-installed on *nix and Macs. If you don’t have access to dig from the command line, there are some websites that offer a web interface to dig (e.g. Google Toolbox’s Online Dig). Basic Lookup (Similar to ping) dig example.com Advantages over ping: Doesn’t get grumpy when you include […]

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: DNS, network

Find Your Local IP Address

Last updated on November 13, 2013 by Sal Ferrarello

Find Your Local IP Address on Your Mac ipconfig getifaddr en0 (primary) or ipconfig getifaddr en1 (secondary) How do I know which to use? It is common for Mac laptops to have one (wireless only) or two (wired and wireless) network connections.  When a wired connection is present, it is the primary connection (with wireless […]

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: network

JPG will not display in IE8

Last updated on September 20, 2013 by Sal Ferrarello

I had a client contact me with the problem that on his site a jpg will not display in IE8, but is showing up in other browsers. After checking the code and viewing the image in multiple browsers, including IE8 mode (using IE10’s web developer tools), I was convinced it was a problem with the […]

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: troubleshoot

Vim Visual Mode Search for Selection

Last updated on May 2, 2019 by Sal Ferrarello

Sometimes you want to search for a long string in Vim. When using a GUI interface you may be able to get away with CTRL+c, CTRL+v but when you are in a terminal, it is a little trickier to use Vim Visual Mode search for a selection. Here is how to search in Vim using […]

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: vim

Stop Annoying Mac Updates Available

Last updated on December 13, 2013 by Sal Ferrarello

UPDATE: This wonderful ability to ignore updates has been removed in Mavericks ( OS X 10.9 ). https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5509820 Mac Updates Available has been an annoying reoccurring message for me ever since we got a new printer replacing the HP model we had previously. With the old printer gone there is no reason to install updates to […]

Filed Under: Computing, Happy Tagged With: happy, mac

VIM fix line-breaks

Last updated on April 23, 2018 by Sal Ferrarello

When your line-breaks are WONKY, try this. :%s/\r//g Definition of “WONKY” Some (or all) of the lines have ^M at the end of them.  This is a product of mixed line endings (DOS and UNIX).

Filed Under: Computing Tagged With: vim

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