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Gmail

Gmail - App Specific Passwords

An explanation of what app-specific passwords are, and a link to easily creating your own.

Shutter image-tools screenshotter

Ubuntu 18.04 - Enable Edit In Shutter

Get the edit button working in Shutter in Ubuntu 18.04

VIM

Fix Vim Pasting Issue

Fix issues with pasting into VIM.

Laravel

Laravel - Creating A Service Provider

How to create a service provider in Laravel.

PHP Laravel

Ubuntu - Install Laravel Installer Through Composer

Install the Laravel installer.

PHP

Ubuntu 18.04 - Install Mcrypt for PHP

Install mcrypt for PHP in Ubuntu 18.04

Git

Backing Up Your Git Repositories Through Mirroring

Learn how you can backup your Git repositories easily using through mirroring.

CSS

CSS - Completely Filling Container With An Image

Details on how you can use CSS to allow your images to appear in different shapes without appearing skewed.

Git sublime

Configure Git To Use Sublime Text Editor For Commit Messages

Configure Git To Use Sublime Text Editor For Commit Messages

Git sublime

Ubuntu - Install Sublime Merge

Ubuntu install scripts for Sublime Merge on

ZFS NAS hardware

HP Microserver ZFS NAS

Today I bought an HP microserver to act as an Ubuntu 18.04 ZFS NAS server.

ECC

How to Check For ECC RAM Functionality

Check for ECC functionality in your computer/server.

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