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OpenVPN connects to VPN but no internet
For those stumbling down a similar path… tldr; Check that your Windows Firewall is turned off. My setup OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit laptop OpenVPN: OpenVPN 2.3.4 x86_64-w64-mingw32 My OpenVPN has been working for at least 4 months without problem. First thing to remind yourself is: When you get the VPN working – copy the OpenVPN…
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Google Docs to Markdown to WordPress
I’ve started a fairly standard process of writing a Google Doc when I’m trying to learn something technical that I don’t understand and then if its half useful posting it to WordPress. I know I could then copy paste the code from there to WordPress – but I’m a fan of writing WordPress posts in…
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Windows Netbeans Composer notes
This is for installing the main packages that Netbeans suggests in the Tools > Options > PHP (tab) I’m running the following setup currently [21st April 2015]: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Netbeans 8.0.2 The version of Composer doesn’t really matter PHP 5.3.28 (It’s sooo last decade, I know…) tldr; Just the commands: Then the files to…
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Installing Node.js on Windows 8
Node comes with an installer, but I hit a couple of bugs that knackered my initial attempts to call either node or npm. I followed the installation instructions trying to run a command for the first time and got ‘node’ is not recognized as an internal or external command. For anyone else with the same…
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rebeccapurple
This site’s background is rebeccapurple, its based on the memory of Eric Meyer’s daughter. I have a daughter of two, so reading his tales of anguish are deeply moving.
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Translating WordPress plugins
If you didn’t write the plugin – how do you translate it? I found lots of information for plugin developers to make their plugins translatable but not for people that just want to translate it. Executive summary / tl;dr Edit: The Codestyling Localization plugin I suggested previously isn’t available from WordPress directly any more. Instead…
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One woman can’t have a baby in nine months
Originally posted on A billion monkeys can't be wrong: As all software developers know, nine women can’t have a baby in a month. Or in Fred Brooks’s more elegant phrasing: “The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.” (The Mythical Man Month, p. 17) The point, of course,…
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TeX fonts for the Web
I love the fonts that come out of LaTeX. However I’ve never seen sites displayed using the same fonts, so I wanted to find if it was available to put on a website. TLDR; It looks like you can get a very close free font called Latin Modern Roman. Self help This meant a bit…
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On depression, privilege, and online activism
On depression, privilege, and online activism Well said…
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Ian Channing 