Chuck Grimmett


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Year: 2016

  • Having trouble accessing your website from Google’s public DNS? Check your DNSSEC.


    Having trouble accessing your website from Google’s public DNS? Check your DNSSEC.

    Having trouble accessing your website from Google’s public DNS? Check your DNSSEC.

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  • Web crawlers, Regex for Markdown URLs, and Removing your site from Google search results


    Web crawlers, Regex for Markdown URLs, and Removing your site from Google search results
  • Circular Progress Bar Count Up with Javascript


    Circular Progress Bar Count Up with Javascript

    I used ProgressBar.js to build a date counter that counts up from a particular point in time visually.

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  • Converting an Aperture Library to Lightroom


    Converting an Aperture Library to Lightroom

    Converting Aperture photo libraries to Lightroom

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  • Snack Time Episode 2 – Our Biggest Pfand


    Snack Time Episode 2 – Our Biggest Pfand

    When you enjoy a beer in Germany, there’s a very good chance that the bottle you’re drinking out of wasn’t the first time it was filled with Berliner Kindl. This time on Snack Time we talk about recycling glass and the German bottle deposit system.

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  • Amending Commits, Matplotlib, and More Python


    Amending Commits, Matplotlib, and More Python

    Today I collected the things I learned in the past week.

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  • Toggling divs with jQuery


    Toggling divs with jQuery

    Today I reminded myself how to toggle divs with buttons.

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  • Javascript Counter


    Javascript Counter

    TIL how to make a javascript counter.

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  • Running other scripts with AppleScript


    Running other scripts with AppleScript

    TIL how to run other scripts with AppleScript

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  • Reading CSVs, counting, lambda expressions, and plotting with Python


    Reading CSVs, counting, lambda expressions, and plotting with Python

    TIL how to read CSVs, count, order via lambda expressions, and plot with Python.

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  • Dealing with Files in AppleScript and Conditional Counts in Excel


    Dealing with Files in AppleScript and Conditional Counts in Excel

    TIL how to deal with files in AppleScript and how to do conditional counts in Excel.

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  • Steph Curry’s Advantage (Or How to Become a Leader in the NBA)

    Steph Curry’s Advantage (Or How to Become a Leader in the NBA)

    How do you become a leader in the NBA? Take more shots than everyone else.

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  • Excel formulas to combine columns and convert time, More SQL functions


    Excel formulas to combine columns and convert time, More SQL functions

    TIL how to concatenate columns and convert time in Excel and some more SQL functions.

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  • Aliases in SQL and Sorting Tables with jQuery


    Aliases in SQL and Sorting Tables with jQuery

    TIL how to make aliases for tables in SQL and how to sort tables with jQuery

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  • There are Multiple Paths to the End Goal


    There are Multiple Paths to the End Goal

    TIL there are multiple paths to every end goal and sometimes you need to try another one instead of spinning your wheels.

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  • Summing with Filters in Excel, Reminding Yourself “Why”


    Summing with Filters in Excel, Reminding Yourself “Why”

    TIL how to sum in Excel with filters and a trick for bringing myself back in perspective.

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  • Textures and Colors of Yellowstone


    Textures and Colors of Yellowstone

    Last year Amanda and I visited Yellowstone for a couple days before the official start of the summer season. It was chilly and some roads were closed due to snow, but we avoided the crowds and got to explore the park in relative solitude. Here are the best photos I shot over two days. I…

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  • Snack Time Episode 1 – Supreme Court Nominations


    Snack Time Episode 1 – Supreme Court Nominations

    Sean and Chuck are launching a podcast! This first episode is a bit rough around the edges, but it is a start of great things to come. We discuss the Supreme Court vacancy left by Scalia’s death and what happens during the nomination process.

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  • Hiding Categories from the Jekyll Paginator, Unless, and Insert statements


    Hiding Categories from the Jekyll Paginator, Unless, and Insert statements

    TIL how to hide my TIL posts from the front page of my site, the Unless tag, and inserting mysql with PHP.

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  • Connecting and Writing to MySQL with PHP


    Connecting and Writing to MySQL with PHP

    TIL the basics of connecting to a MySQL database and creating tables in PHP.

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