Happy Holidays
It’s the holiday season. Regardless of which holiday (if any) you celebrate, I hope everyone the best
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Author Archives: Jon Trelfa
Local development server setup – PHP/MySQL
One of the things that annoys me about website development is the need to prefix webpages running on my local server with localhost like: http://localhost/site_name1, http://localhost/site_name2, etc I don’t usually have the luxury of an external development server, but having … Continue reading
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Inserting a custom file path in vim
OK – so I use CodeIgniter as my PHP framework and one of the things that (I kind of like) is the addition of a special PHP comment that they add to the end of their files: /* End of … Continue reading
Full CMS in 12 steps – is this the best CMS…ever?
To some, their own flavor of CMS would be considered the “best” – but I’ve used a *couple* of CMS’s in the past. Here’s a list of systems I’ve been using from just the past couple of years (in no … Continue reading
Handy VIM keyboard shortcut
One of the things I missed about using UEStudio (in Windows) when I switched to Linux is a simple little keyboard shortcut it has for C programming. The shortcut allows you to type .. (two periods) that will be automagically … Continue reading
Learning Vim
My IDE post re-ignited my interest in learning Vim but “diving right in” has been a challenge – there’s just too much. One of my favorite quotes about Vim comes from the O-Reilly book, “Learning the vi and Vim Editors” … Continue reading
Just write, already
I don’t think it’s writer’s block. For whatever reason, I feel the need to make sure each article I write is thorough and easy to read. I have all these posts in draft status and am losing interest in the … Continue reading
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Choosing an IDE
One of the most frustrating things in the world (to me) is choosing an IDE for developing code. It is frustrating because there always seems to be at least 1 or 2 things that annoy me with each of the … Continue reading
Getting Things Done – or not
Several months ago (closer to 18 months, actually) I read the book Getting Things Done by David Allen. My eyes were opened to the notion that, “Hey! I can finally get things done at work”. The overall process is simple: … Continue reading
So, you think you’re driving an “American” car?
One of the most interesting aspects of living in Detroit is the number of Big 3 branded vehicles on the road compared to non Big 3. On my commute to work today, my un-scientific count was around 30:1 in favor … Continue reading
