Chuck Grimmett


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Category: TIL

  • How to Implement Search on a Jekyll Site


    How to Implement Search on a Jekyll Site

    TIL how to implement search on a Jekyll site.

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  • Moving Files to a Mac from Microsoft Remote Desktop


    Moving Files to a Mac from Microsoft Remote Desktop

    TIL how to copy files from a Microsoft Remote Desktop connection to my local machine.

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  • Setting and retrieving cookies from form data


    Setting and retrieving cookies from form data

    TIL how to set and retrieve JavaScript cookies from form data.

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  • Powering a Blog Through Medium


    Powering a Blog Through Medium

    It is super easy to power your blog with a custom domain through Medium. Here is what you need to do.

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  • How to Pre-fill Google Forms


    How to Pre-fill Google Forms

    Did you know that you can pre-fill Google Forms based on a URL? Did you also know that automate it with a database and send personalized forms via services like Mailchimp?

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  • Take Notes During Your Next Crisis


    Take Notes During Your Next Crisis

    TIL that the best time to learn how to handle crises is right after you just had one.

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  • jQuery’s Greater and Less Than Selectors


    jQuery’s Greater and Less Than Selectors

    TIL about jQuery’s greater and less than selectors

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  • Scheduling Jobs with Cron


    Scheduling Jobs with Cron

    TIL how to schedule tasks with Cron.

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  • DNS Terms Cheatsheet


    DNS Terms Cheatsheet

    There are a lot more domain record terms than this, but these are the ones I most frequently encounter. I’ll add more as I run into them. Records Record Description Use A Address Record Point a domain to a specific IP address CNAME Canonical Name Record This is an alias of one name to another.…

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  • Automating Blog Posts with AppleScript v2


    Automating Blog Posts with AppleScript v2

    Today I took another stab at automating my blog posts.

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  • Many-to-Many Relationships in Relational Data Models


    Many-to-Many Relationships in Relational Data Models

    Today I learned about Many-to-Many relationships in relational data models

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  • Trifacta Wrangler


    Trifacta Wrangler

    TIL how awesome Trifacta Wrangler is for transforming and digging through data.

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  • Linux Webserver Cheat Sheet


    Linux Webserver Cheat Sheet

    TIL where to find certain things on Linux servers

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  • Cleaning up your Mac with Hazel


    Cleaning up your Mac with Hazel

    Today I learned how to clean up my Mac with Hazel

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  • Using Word Frequency Charts for Better Word Clouds


    Using Word Frequency Charts for Better Word Clouds

    You can use word count charts to complement word clouds for better understanding.

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  • Ember.js Basics


    Ember.js Basics

    TIL the basics of Ember.js.

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  • Link Posts with Jekyll


    Link Posts with Jekyll

    TIL how to make link posts a la Daring Fireball and Marco.org with Jekyll.

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  • Counting and JSON output in Jekyll


    Counting and JSON output in Jekyll

    TIL how to count and make JSON output in Jekyll

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  • Identifying and killing background Python processes


    Identifying and killing background Python processes

    TIL how to kill rogue background Python processes

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  • Simple HTTP server with Python


    Simple HTTP server with Python

    TIL how to make a simple HTTP server with Python

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