I created a simple icon for iTerm2 which I wanted to share below:

You can download it on macos icons or directly here

I was recently reading Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis and in my mind, I could hear this song playing in the background as the ethereal world of Malacandra was described.

I want to share it with you, maybe for sci-fi reading.

I’ve been practicing in the Procreate app:

For directory-specific vim settings, you can use .vimrc but when using neovim, you’ll need to use .nvimrc instead.

To get it all working, add the following to your init.nvim file:

set exrc
set secure

Using set secure will disable/disallow using autocmd settings

In the directory with vim settings, add an .nvimrc file.

I was struggling with this b/c I was using .vimrc for neovim which didn’t work for me.

I wanted to update the Leaf theme (the one I’m currently using) and I haven’t had wordpress on my computer in a long time.

Instead of going through the whole set up again, I decided to use docker for this.

I wanted to keep the setup to a minimal and also make it portable for future use, below are the steps you’ll need to get it running.

1. Install Docker (I’m on mac, so I just have the docker app).
2. Make a directory that you can call something like wordpress-docker, this is where the docker-compose.yml file will live.
3. Add the following to the docker-compose.yml file:
   

version: '3.1'

services:

  wordpress:
    image: wordpress
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8080:80
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: password
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: wordpress
    volumes:
      - wordpress:/var/www/html
      - ../leaf:/var/www/html/wp-content/themes/leaf # --- this assumes we have leaf one dir up


  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
      MYSQL_USER: wordpress
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: '1'
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
  wordpress:
  db:

4. Start up the docker instances by running docker-compose up (from within wordpress-docker)

5. Go to localhost:8080, you should see the wordpress instance.

6. After the setup is complete, go to localhost:8080/wp-admin/themes.php and you should see the theme for development too.

For example:

set number -> sets the line numbers
set invnumber -> inverts the setting so line numbers are off now (or on if they were off)

Today, I was working on a script at work where I ultimately needed to export a 2MB file and although this isn’t a large file, I know I will forget about getting rid of it so while searching around, I came across tempfile.

Tempfile simply will be garbage collected at some time because the file is stored in /tmp and you can make your own copy if you need it. Here’s an example from the ruby docs:

require 'tempfile'

file = Tempfile.new('foo')
file.path      # => A unique filename in the OS's temp directory,
               #    e.g.: "/tmp/foo.24722.0"
               #    This filename contains 'foo' in its basename.
file.write("hello world")
file.rewind
file.read      # => "hello world"
file.close
file.unlink    # deletes the temp file

Make sure to run file.unlink if you want it to be deleted right away.

A little easter egg for May 4th:

I’ve used the Calculator app on the iPhone for as long as I’ve had a smartphone and I think on the computer, it’s a weird thing that’s been missing for a long time. Recently, Apple brought the Calculator app to Mac but I don’t think it’s as useful as I want it to be so I recently discovered an app called Numi.

https://numi.app/

It’s a super simple app that just works and the best part about it is that it supports setting variables and making conversions between many units extremely easy.

Here’s an example of a time difference comparsion:

Using the correct divisors is amazing in this app. So on mac you can use / or alt + / to type out ÷, Numi handles both of these the same way.

Some more examples: