Getting MediaWiki Collapsible Nav to Load Collapsed

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Whether you are using the old UsabilityInitiative extension, or the new split out Vector enhancements, you may have noticed an issue where the Collapsible Navigation functionality causes the first nav item in your list to remain open when the page loads. It doesn’t behave like the rest of the nav items that will remain in… Read more »

Time Tracking Report Bookmarklet for Basecamp

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If you’ve ever tracked your time in Basecamp, and you are forgetful like me, you know that sometimes it’s a pain to go check how much time you’ve already tracked. When you forget to check your time as you go, you end up going back and fill in the blanks. The process involves a few… Read more »

How to remove .svn files

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If you are looking for a command line way to remove all .svn folders in a directory tree, the correct answer here is: Don’t. As it turns out, all you need to do is run an SVN Export command and that will create a clean directory tree for you, hastle free. Here’s an example $… Read more »

Using Firebug to Hack TinyMCE

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Sometimes we have to use someone else’s CMS to get our content live. That’s what I ran into today. The genius that set up this suctom CMS, decided it wasn’t a good idea to allow the user to have access to the HTML editor that comes with TinyMCE, so at first I thought my ability… Read more »

Twitter vs. the Attorney General

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We all know that Mark Shurtleff has no clue how to use Twitter. In fact, he mistakenly announced his Senate Candidacy via twitter when he thought he was sending a text message to news reporter Ben Winslow. But that was like, a whole year ago, right? Mr. Shrutleff has certainly become more aware of how… Read more »