Geeky Blinders

Category: Technology

  • WordPress rel=”me” Link For Mastodon

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    I’ve been a Mastodon user for many years now, though — as is commonly the case for me with respect to social media — I’ve deleted and created new accounts there many times over. One of the cool things about Mastodon, though, is the verification system. Rather than having you pay money, submit a form,…

  • Monaspace Font

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    As a computer nerd, I spend a lot of time staring at text editors and terminal windows. As a result, I like them to be both pleasing to look at and easy to read… so I spend more time than I care to think about trying out different fonts and themes to make things both…

  • Automatic Python Linting and Formatting in Neovim

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    Outside of languages that more or less require a specific IDE (looking at you, Java), I typically prefer to write code in Neovim. It’s fast, it’s lean, and with a little bit of configuration to get an LSP running, it gives the exact same experience as something like VS Code but with much better editing…

  • WordPress Stock Images Without Jetpack

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    As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’ve recently found myself back in the realm of managing some WordPress sites. One of the first things I typically do for a WordPress site is link it up with Jetpack for things like CDN, minification of CSS and JavaScript, etc. Overall, it does a great job of…

  • Create JAR File With IntelliJ

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    I’ve recently been doing some work with Java and Groovy for the first time in a year and some change. I’ve historically done some random scripting in Groovy, but I’m now at the point where I’m making some libraries that I can use in other places and greatly simplify some areas of my (coding) life.…

  • Sign Git Commits With 1Password

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    I recently decided to stop being lazy and digitally sign my git commits, at least for the ones I do on projects for work with my work laptop. This was something that had actually been in the back of my mind for a while, but I kept forgetting about it almost as soon as I…

  • Full Site Editing With WordPress Twenty Twenty-Four

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    As I had mentioned in my inaugural post, I’ve recently been involved in WordPress again for the first time in a few years. Most of my previous theme work has been fairly pedestrian. For basically all of my previous sites I would simply design it to match the Dracula theme and call things complete from…

  • EasyWP PositiveSSL With External Domain

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    Having recently dipped my toes into the world of WordPress once again, I needed to find where to a host a new WordPress site. WordPress hosting tends to be a bit tricky because it can easily become quite expensive if you don’t want to take on ownership of doing a WordPress install of your own…