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Coping with writer's block
It's 5:55 PM on a Sunday afternoon and I am succumbing to the fact that today I have writer's block. I don't think it's that I'm blocked up completely (although I am admittedly a bit constipated right now) but I [...]
The "Josh" Sandwich
Get your head out of the gutter, that's not the kind of "Josh Sandwich" I'm referring to. The "Josh" is an actual sandwich of my own design. The exact date of creation is unknown but I'd argue that it was [...]
How to POST to a webhook in 5 different programming languages
With the release of inbound webhooks for CrowdSync workflows last week, it seemed fitting to do a write up on how to POST to a webhook. So what is a webhook, anyway? The Wikipedia definition is that webhooks are "used-defined [...]
How to install Node.js 10 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Two days before Canonical dropped the latest and greatest long term service release of Ubuntu, the Node.js Foundation dropped the latest and greatest (and eventually long term service release) of Node.js. Due to the timing of things, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS [...]
How to install the latest version of Node.js 8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Right on schedule, Canonical has released the latest long term service release of Ubuntu, version 18.04. This particular release is shipping with Node.js 8 which is the current long term service release of Node.js. Unfortunately, the version which shipped (8.10.0) [...]
I deleted my Facebook and here's what happened
Not a damned thing. Nothing bad at least. Unless you count typing facebook.com a few times a day when I was trying to avoid the things I should be doing. Time heals all wounds though ;) With that, I have [...]
So I guess that makes me a liar
It was just over a year ago that I wrote this gem. I shouted to the world that I was done fucking around with how my blog looked and would solely focus on content creation moving forward. Indefinitely. 5ever. Then [...]
How to install Firefox Developer Edition in GNOME on Debian Stretch
Haven't said much about it, but I've recently moved back to Firefox on all of my devices. Nightly on my phone, and Developer Edition on my computers. The installation on Arch was a piece of cake (as expected) but on [...]
Chunking an array in JavaScript
Recently I was working with some data coming out of a Redis pipeline and I wanted to take the data and split it up into an array of X items per key. I was working with PHP, this wouldn't have [...]
$5 VPS Showdown - April 2018 - DigitalOcean vs. Linode vs. Vultr - West Coast Edition
This month I'm switching it up and comparing servers on the west coast, specifically in or around the San Francisco area. Also, I'm going back to only comparing 5 buck instances in the hope that it will free up a [...]