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I use a password manager and create very long passwords where possible, including for my Google account. The problem? when setting up a new Android phone, I can’t download the password manager app until I’ve logged into my Google account, which is nearly impossible without the password manager app.
The workaround? Enable USB debugging on the phone, and use ADB to enter the password:
./adb shell input text "LONG COMPLICATED PASSWORD"
Is it safe enough? Probably not. Use at your own risk 🙂
Today was Jonathan’s first day of Kindergarten. On the way home, as the radio played Eli Mohar and Yoni Rechter’s “As Long”, I burst into tears.
While it doesn’t do the original any justice, here’s my attempt to translate the lyrics to English:
A boy walking down the street
On a clear September morning
To the school the children go out again
A man walks behind him
Watches, sees – unseen
And only later he stands there, witnessingHow another year starts there
Like every year, in the fall,
How a son walks alone
With a father in his stepsA man sees, hiding
How his son enters the classroom
A man stands like a child left outside
And inside they sing already
An hymn for the new year
Oh how it all starts over againOnce more they sing of the rain
Once more they sing of the fall
And once more the letters are written on the board(a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n.o.p.q.r.s.t.u.v.w.x.y.z)
A man midmorning
A man mid life
At the school gate he stands alone
He remembers his own dad
Once walked behind him
He tries to hear his stepsBut the children still sing
A song of the first rain and autumn flowers
And the man lips are whispering too:
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear not
Even if I suddenly fall
My heart will singAs long as the morning comes
As long as the letters are written
As long as a son walks
With his father in his steps
As long as the children sing
Of the new year
As long as it all starts over againAs long as the sea awakes
As long as the wind rises
As long as on the blackboard
A word will be drawn
I recently gave a talk about WP-CLI at WordCamp Israel 2016. I thought it would be interesting to actually demo WP-CLI in real time, rather than use boring slides.
I used OS X split screen mode, with a terminal window on one side, and a browser on the other showing the site I’m creating and editing:
The tricky part was to not have to type the commands I wanted to demo (which would be boring, and slow). Luckily, I’ve found doitlive, which takes a bash script and types the commands in a simulated window.
By default doitlive echos the characters one by one: the presenter just has to type randomly on his keyboard (like a Madman!).
But I wanted to be able to move on stage, and control the presentation using a remote. So I set doitlive’s speed option to a large number, and each command appeared with a single key press. I still needed a return to execute the command, a key not present on my remote. I worked around this by using TextExpander to replace ‘b’ (from the ‘Black Screen’ button) with a newline.
The result: each command required just two button presses. (The truth: I forgot to turn on TextExpander, so I had to go back to the lectern for every single command. Bah.)
Some tips that might help if you’re planning to do something similar:
Here’s the script I’ve used, split into commented sections. I’ll link to the video once it’s up on WordPress.tv.
#doitlive shell: /bin/bash
#doitlive prompt: l33t {r_angle.red}{r_angle.yellow}{r_angle.green}
#doitlive commentecho: true
#doitlive speed: 1000
cat name.txt cat wp-cli.txt open http://wp-cli.org -g clear
open http://wpcli.dev -g #Download curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar # Permission and move to path as 'wp' chmod +x wp-cli.phar sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp # Test wp --info wp
cd mdocs mv index.html index.old clear
wp core download ls -l open http://wpcli.dev -g wp core config --dbname=wpcli --dbuser=root --dbpass=root --dbhost=localhost --dbprefix=wpcli_ cat wp-config.php wp core install --url="http://wpcli.dev" --title="WP-CLI Demo" --admin_user=yoav --admin_password=mypassword --admin_email=yoav@farhi.org open http://wpcli.dev -g
wp core language install he_IL --activate open http://wpcli.dev -g wp core update wp core language activate en_US clear
wp option update blogname "l33t wp-cli demo" open http://wpcli.dev -g clear
wp package install aaemnnosttv/wp-cli-http-command wp package list clear
wp http get https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/demo/theme-unit-test-data.xml --scheme=https > theme-unit-test-data.xml wp import theme-unit-test-data.xml --authors=create wp plugin install wordpress-importer --activate wp import theme-unit-test-data.xml --authors=create --skip=attachment open http://wpcli.dev -g clear
wp option get sticky_posts wp option update sticky_posts [] --format=json open http://wpcli.dev -g clear
wp post generate --count=2 open http://wpcli.dev -g clear wp http get http://loripsum.net/api/5 | wp post generate --post_content --count=1 open http://wpcli.dev -g
wp search-replace Lorem WordPress open http://wpcli.dev -g clear
wp scaffold child-theme wpcli-child --parent_theme=twentysixteen --author="Yoav Farhi" --author_uri=http://yoav.fr --activate ls -l wp-content/themes/ ls -l wp-content/themes/wpcli-child cat wp-content/themes/wpcli-child/style.css open http://wpcli.dev -g wp scaffold _s wpcli_s --theme_name=wpcli-s --author="Yoav Farhi" --sassify --activate ls -l wp-content/themes/ ls -l wp-content/themes/wpcli_s
wp theme list wp theme activate twentyfourteen open http://wpcli.dev -g clear
# wp plugin wp plugin list wp plugin install jetpack --activate wp jetpack wp jetpack module list clear
wp export wp db export l33t-backup.sql clear
wp core multisite-convert mv ms-rewrite-rules.txt .htaccess wp site create --slug=msdemo open http://wpcli.dev/msdemo -g wp theme activate twentyfifteen --url=http://wpcli.dev/msdemo open http://wpcli.dev/msdemo -g clear
nano example-command.php mkdir wp-content/mu-plugins cp example-command.php wp-content/mu-plugins/ wp example hello "Wordcamp Israel 2016" clear
cd ../ cat thankyou.txt # Thanks for following! Questions? # Typed using doitlive http://doitlive.readthedocs.org/
Download the full script.
Having recently started using a treadmill desk, I wanted to automate actions on OS X as I switched from the regular desk to the treadmill. For example, turn on Bluetooth, switch the audio output device, etc. Sure, I can do that by creating an Automator script I’d run somehow, but I was curious to see if I could make it happen just by placing my phone on the treadmill desk.
Here’s how I do that using a few apps and utilities.
curl -X POST https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/{event}/with/key/{key}
Setup Hazel as follows:
That’s it! Every time you’ll place your phone on the NFC sticker, it’ll make an HTTP request, which will cause a file to be created in a dropbox folder. After the brief sync delay, Hazel will recognize the file and launch any actions you’ve told it too.
I started running a few months ago, with Runkeeper as my running app. The UI made sense, the audio cues were useful, and I liked the fact that friends were using it too and sharing their efforts.
Yet, too often my runs appeared like this:
I’m inclined to blame the phone’s GPS, but I expect the app to be smart and average my position to figure out I didn’t make impossible jumps across the lake. This was especially confusing during runs when I was doing intervals.
After I’ve tested a bunch of the other available apps (Map My Run, Endomondo, Nike+ Running, Strava, and more), I’ve chosen Runtastic Pro, and I’m really happy with it. Not only has the GPS data been flawless, it also supports HR zones alerts which Runkeeper lacks.
While slightly more complex, Runtastic feels much more powerful too – it’s super configurable, and has a bunch of fun and interesting features.
The only downside for me is the lack of community, since all my friends are on Runkeeper. Luckily, there’s SyncMyTracks (and a limited free version) which can automatically sync activities between the different platforms.
WordCamp Europe 2015 was a superb event, and I’m happy I was able to present. In this talk, I’ve tried to focus on things that are sometimes overlooked when dealing with localization and internationalization.
Video
Slides
Really excited about today’s launch of our new front-end translation tool for WordPress.com.
From The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon:
