Using wget to crawl your website
If you are looking to crawl your website for something like cache warming you can do so with wget quite easily. The following wget command will crawl a site and leave nothing behind on the local...
View ArticleCopy data from one Google Drive to another domain
Transferring data from one Google account to another is typically as easy as sharing the files with another user and making them owner. There is a caveat though, you have to be on the same domain or...
View ArticleSync shared Google calendars with your iPhone or CalDAV device
When you add your Google account to an iPhone or CalDAV enabled device by default you will only see events from your calendar. If you someone has shared a calendar with you there is no clear way to...
View ArticleRemove untracked local files from Git
If you have need to get rid of a bunch of files that are in your git repo but not yet tracked it can be tedious to do the job one file at a time. Git has you covered with the git clean command....
View ArticleList size of directories in the current folder in terminal
If you would like to list the size of all the directories in your current folder run the following command: [bash]du -a -h –max-depth=1 | sort -hr[/bash] This will provide output similar to [bash] 69M...
View ArticleFix “frozen” Evernote app when fullscreen on OS X
The Problem: When you start Evernote it goes into fullscreen mode. You are not able to use any features of Evernote and hear the “Do not click me” error sound. The Cause: There is some sort of message...
View ArticleFind largest files in a directory using the terminal
If you need to find out what the largest files are in a directory and subdirectories here is a command you can run that will find the top 5 largest files. find . -type f | sed 's/.*/"&"/' | xargs...
View ArticleBash script to automatically convert git submodules to regular files
Git submodules drive me batty! They are a great idea in theory however in practical application they are a pain in the butt to work with. I have a project that has accumulated over a dozen submodules...
View ArticleMute and unmute your mic quickly with this Alfred Workflow
I am on a lot of calls for work every day and juggle several different call applications. Finding the apps mute/unmute button quickly gets tedious. On some apps the UI is so poorly designed as to make...
View ArticleQuickly list all hosts in your ssh config
I try to be a good citizen and create unique ssh keys for each service I ssh into. I setup all sorts of fun config items and one of my favorites is host aliases. I have accumulated dozens of hosts in...
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