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Simple Under Cabinet Lighting
Under-cabinet lighting can improve the functionality and look of your kitchen. With today’s LED light strips , installing them is a breeze. The most challenging part is finding the power to conceal your power plug....
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Twitter Bot
For my new quote site, AtomicQuote , I wanted to add the ability for the site to auto-tweet the most popular quotes throughout the day. I ran into a few issues and wanted to write this post to hopefully help others...
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Dynamic Social Media Share Images
To improve the experience when sharing an AtomicQuote URL on Twitter or Facebook, I needed to dynamically generate share images that include the quote and author with multiple background images. To do this, I could...
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Bluebird House with Camera
Bluebird houses are quick and easy to build and great projects for using leftover wood from the scrap pile. They can be inexpensive, depending on how complex you want the house to be. You can also get your kids...
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Control MacBook Volume on an External Display
When I plug my Mac into a DisplayPort or HMDI monitor that has built-in speakers, Mac’s volume controls become disabled. Not being able to control my monitor’s sound has annoyed me for years, but I’ve never looked...
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How to Pin Chrome Extensions in the Toolbar
To pin an extension to the Chrome toolbar, click the extension icon on the toolbar and click the “Pin” icon next to the extension. A couple of years ago, Google Chrome redesigned the way it shows extensions in the...
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Tankless Water Heater DeScaling
If you have a tankless water heater, make sure you descale it every couple of years. They sell kits , but you can do it yourself with a 5-gallon bucket, a pair of washer hoses , 2-4 gallons of white vinegar, and a...
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Adding New Permissions To Chrome Extension
Wanted to share a quick tip to save you a lot of frustration if you are a Chrome extension developer. Never add a new permission to an existing extension that has “warnings” especially if you have a decent amount of...
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Link Unshortener
Link Unshortener now lives inside T.LY Link Expander . If you want to see where a short link goes before you click it, paste it in and it will follow the redirects and show the final destination. That is useful when...
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Subdomain or Subfolder for Blog?
When deciding if a blog for T.LY link shortener , should be on a separate domain, I reached out to IndieHackers to get their opinion. I originally was going to use my tdotly.com domain for the blog and marketing site...
