Plasticmind

2014

31 Jul
Linux Disk Space Paradox
19 Jun
Capturing Pixel Density with Google Analytics Google Analytics lets you see how many of your users are on mobile devices, but the information you can pull on those devices is woefully limited. One such oversight is pixel density ratio.
12 Jun
A Better Behaved Infinite Scroll After several days of trying to integrate the Infinite Scroll plugin into the Simply Recipes mobile site, I finally came up with a solution that works well.
31 May
Web Performance Resources Resources from the 2013 Eat Write Retreat technical panel.
14 Mar
Moving From Google Reader to Fever In case you were handcuffed to a pole in Jesse Pinkman’s basement and missed the announcement, Google Reader is getting put out to pasture this July 1.
28 Feb
Pinterest Image Overlays Some code snippets to give you a nice looking Pinterest overlay for your images.
27 Feb
So You Want To Learn To Code? The best place to start is by realizing that coding is fundamentally about solving problems. It’s not about variables or subroutines or even the code itself. Those are just the means to an end. Coding is about identifying problems and finding the best way solve those problems.

19 Dec
WordPress Publish Confirmation
22 Aug
My 10 Most Useful Shell Commands I use most of these commands on a regular basis, so I thought I’d pass them along in the hope that others find them useful.
20 Aug
A Better System for Passwords No one likes talking about passwords. No one wants to give away secrets to the bad guys, and no one wants people becoming lemmings and copying their system exactly. I’m going out on a limb here and making some suggestions that will help you make your passwords more secure. Don’t be a lemming, please.
29 Mar
Cheap Site Backups Using Amazon S3 I created a PHP script that archives a specific folder and database then uploads the archives to an Amazon S3 bucket for safe keeping. Here’s how it works, hopefully it can help you get your backups in order.