For me there are two cool things about gist: it can have multiple files per entry, and it is version controlled.
–jeroen
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What do I do if Dropbox is stuck syncing, won’t launch, or reports an error? (Dropbox Help Center)
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/29
These tips usually won’t help: What do I do if Dropbox is stuck syncing, won’t launch, or reports an error? (Dropbox Help Center).
This one does help, but you need to terminate the Dropbox.exe process through Taskmanager first: How to Solve Dropbox Problems Syncing – LockerGnome.
Currently dropbox sync stalls after 50-300 files are transferred.
–jeroen
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WordPress.com old stats and new stats links
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/01/17
Woot! Post 2400 (:
For my own reference.
My old stats: https://wordpress.com/my-stats?blog=7443331
My new stats: https://wordpress.com/stats/7443331
Hopefully the old stats stay for a while as they are far more useful.
–jeroen
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Direct link to the “old” WordPress stats page giving more information: My Stats — WordPress.com
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/12/22
For my link archive: the “old” stats page, as it shows more information in a better formatted way (especially on larger monitors) My Stats — WordPress.com.
The “new” stats page used only half the screen width (long live responsive layout): Stats ‹ 7443331 — WordPress.com.
–jeroen
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Embedding a Gist in WordPress is easy (via: Support — WordPress.com)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/12/08
Boy, I wish I had found out about this a long time ago.
Embedding source code in WordPress web sites has always been a pain, as the Jekyll & Hyde faces of the WordPress Visual & Text keep fighting about the content.
A few artefacts I stumbled upon on a regular base:
- supurious insertions of html br tags.
- xml disappearing (same for html).
- reformatting of the text
Not so any more: just put your code in a public gist, then put the Gist url in the code without making it an actual link. Read the rest of this entry »
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Markdown support on WordPress.com is a farce.
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/10
Too bad the Markdown support from WordPress is a farce.
Below the horizontal rule is the Leak Check test from CommonMark. The rendering is even worse than the spec.txt rendering I posted before.
via:
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WordPress.com #fail (new editor just as bad as old one): Another example of the editor eating line breaks « WordPress.com Forums
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/31
Complaint Friday…
A long time ago, I complained about the (now old!) WordPress.com editor being wrong, wrong, wrong: Another example of the editor eating line breaks « WordPress.com Forums.
The promise then was that the new editor would be better.
The big news: the new editor is just as bad in this respect (and far worse in other respects).
Just watch the text around my signature and PS in the texts below and shiver.
Lets start with the original text of my GoToWebinar blog post today:
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Optimal posting time? (via: Are there optimal days/hours to post questions in order to get visibility and answers? – Meta Super User)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/22
A while ago, i came across this interesting question: Are there optimal days/hours to post questions in order to get visibility and answers? – Meta Super User.
The recommended time 1400 UTC is related to my blog post scheduling behaviour.
Virtually all my blog posts are either (when both apply at the same time, that is pure coincidence):
- scheduled at 0600 WordPress time (which varies because of DST; usually it is either 0600 UTC or 0600 UTC+1)
- about “real world” events and just posted on the spot
I schedule posts on Monday through Friday:
- Monday + Friday I focus on Power User / Lifehacker topics
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I focus on Development topics
Difference between 0600 UTC and 1400 UTC
So why the time difference of about 8 hours between 0600 UTC and 1400 UTC?
That has to do with the public I generally interact with: software developers speaking English, mainly living in European and USA, with a minority in India, Asia and down-under.
- At 0600 UTC, most Europeans are about to wake up or just arrived at work, so they get fresh content. Still quite a few people from India and Asia are up (returning from work) can read it the same day it was posted. And virtually everyone in the USA is still sleeping, so they get fresh content too.
- At 1400 UTC, most Europeans are at work, people at the USA East Coast just started working and the rest of the USA is waking up and (hopefully) going to work. So you get a huge group of on-line people online with a high chance if comment/answer interaction on your question: great for getting answers on the same day.
“Missed Schedule” on WordPress blogs Read the rest of this entry »
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StackOverflow/StackExchange: two queries to help me improve my questions and answers
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/05
On the StackExchange network, I try to keep track of the questions I asked, and answers I gave in order to see if they need follow up.
For instance, questions with answers that have no accepted answer usually indicate there is room for improvement.
On my own questions, it means I could accept an answer, or give out more information on how to better answer that question.
On mu answers to questions from others, it might mean I need to improve my answer, or comment on his question to explain it better.
The first category can be queried easily by the built in search capabilities:
http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3ame%20is%3aanswer%20hasaccepted%3ano
- the ‘me’ indicates it will use the account you are logged in
- replace stackoverflow with superuser, serverfault, apple.stackexchange, etc (stackexchange requires a subdomain)
The second category requires the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE) to execute some SQL:
My answers to questions that have no accepted answer – Stack Exchange Data Explorer.
- Replace the ‘me’ with your StackOverwlow user ID
(for StackOverflow.com, you can get that from http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user%3ame as it will be listed in the search box there) - replace stackoverflow with a mnemonic obtained from the main SEDE page (click on the icon you are interested in, then copy that part into the query)
Note some questions (like Wiki: Current state of the art of Delphi 3rd party TCP/IP components libraries – Stack Overflow) are not suited to have one ‘best’ answer.
Note the SEDE can be addictive. If it is starting to become that way, perform a Jon Skeet comparison.
Note the SEDE data is usually at least a few days older than the live data.
--jeroen
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BitTorrent Labs: BitTorrent Sync – distributed peer-to-peer syncing your files without online cloud storage
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/07/18
Interesting for people that do not trust Cloud Storage providers: BitTorrent Labs’ BitTorrent Sync.
I’ve tried an early version, and it works “OK”. Not yet as well-integrated like for instance DropBox, but stable and fast enough.
Important thing for me: works on *nix, OS X and Windows. Hopefully mobile devices will follow soon.
At the time of writing (May 2013), it is the only cross platform freeware entry in Comparison of file synchronization software – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In the mean time, Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch)wrote a nice blog post with background information on this: Bittorrent Sync, a secure DropBox alternative » twm’s blog.
–jeroen
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