My daughter seemed super fascinated by Willie Nelson songs I was listening to.

This is what I did anyhow…

Here my external disk is Sling and it has the proper permissions root:admin. Before it had root:wheel which wasn’t allowing me to write to the disk as I did before.

To get the right permissions I used sudo chown root:admin Sling/. I thought that this permission would only apply one time, but I ejected and re-mounted and it kept the permission.

Hopefully this helps.

This one’s a little late, but about a week ago I released another site for RYDE, Houston’s Premier Indoor Cycling. The site has been one of the most simplest Websites I’ve built at Excion. It featured a simple sterile-like design, two-tone colors and custom fonts. Built with the minimization of color in mind, you won’t see a lot when you visit the site, but that’s the aim.

The WordPress theme was built from scratch as the client voice that he wanted to code to be as lean as possible. So, in order to keep any bloat out of the way, we didn’t go with a theme platform and the whole theme runs off just index.php, functions.php, and style.css.

The site also featured a responsive design with a slide in menu to make it look as app like as possible.

The whole site integrates with the Zingfit service and the Zingfit sites were all integrated with our theme and the look between the marketing and Zingfit sites are seamless. Their platform was built on Bootstrap and I was able get the two to work harmoniously.

You can actually visit the site at http://letsryde.com

I’m super pumped to release the latest version of my site (which is always changing!).

I’ve included a few screenshots, because I’m sure things will change. The theme is a child theme based on my favorite theme Publish by Konstantin Kovshenin.

It features a Twitter-like mast head I’ve always admired and my favorite WordPress wallpaper which I’ve been using in most of my profiles. The main menu has been given a little more focus with a border, categories in the sidebar are easier to follow with a border too, the edges of everything have been rounded some, and it’s a bit wider.

I’ve also decided to start a new repo for my site using Mark Jaquith’s WordPress Skeleton which should always be on Github now. I’ve marked this version as 31.0 Trevor Hall.

I’ve also decided to let versions [of my site, not this theme] follow my age, so I’m 31, so starting in October this year I’ll move to 32.0. Names will also follow my favorite music at the time, so that will act as a good log of my tastes in music as things progress so that should be fun.

Trevor Hall

Trevor Hall just started popping up in my Spotify and I was totally hooked. You’re really surprised to hear him sing once you see him, it’s almost like his voice shouldn’t be coming from a dreaded skinny guy. His music is relaxing, inspiring, and very alternative. Soon after listening to his music on repeat, I started to look into him more.

His recent music is inspired by some of his recent travels to India, and for the past few years I’ve been really connecting with Buddhism and eastern religions and so I gravitated to his lyrics and story. I consider myself a multi-religious person and Trevor seems to be as well, very open, very grey, very accepting.

His more tame stuff is the best, I think, but he has a wide range of music. Lime tree is one of my other favorite songs. He also has this funny duet with his sister you can check out too, he’s a pretty good freestyler.

The documentation seems wrong, you should use:

defaults write com.sublimetext.2 ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

Ever since (thanks to good ‘ol Spotify) I learned about artists like Nahko I’ve been on this ongoing musical adventure. Hard to explain the genre, more like progressive folk music. Bitterroot is one of those bands, and you should check them out!

Some other bands to check out: Rising Appalachia and Leah Song (another) and James Bay

If you’re like me you work with those (dot) folders and files quite often, but don’t really enjoy the clutter. Plus, you’re probably going to mess with them in Terminal most of the time.

We can use Automator (an app build into your Mac) to create a new Service and add Run Shell Script with the following code (make sure and save it) that will add a Menu item to the application’s menu (right next to the Apple logo). Just navigate to Services sub-menu.

https://gist.github.com/aubreypwd/3997ab447f65db49a029

You can also add a quick Keyboard Shortcut to it by going to your Keyboard Preferences > Shortcuts.

I recently installed Conque in my Vim configuration and wasn’t able to load by .bash_profile when I launched bash. I was Googeling around trying to find a solution, but couldn’t find it.

Hope this helps someone.

nnoremap <Leader>tt :ConqueTermSplit bash --rcfile ~/.bash_profile<CR>

You can see this example in my .vimrc.after too.

Way Too Many – Gizmogul / gizmogul.com

It’s been about sixteen weeks since my new roommate, my daughter Lexie, moved in. It took about a day to realize that day care in one of the livable cities, Scottsdale, wasn’t going to be an option. Everyone works in our family, so we were faced with trying to solve a dilemma. How do avoid day care, work, and take care of a new baby. The solution ended up being that her mom would work at home two days a week and I would work at home three. This way we could avoid expensive day care and spend more time with our little one.

Luckily for the both of us we had working environments that supported the transition. I write code all day while she answers emails and phone calls, all of which could be done at home. So, it’s been about three weeks in, and so far here’s what it’s been like.

Effin’ Monkeys & Rangers

I started off thinking that all the grunting and whimpering Lexie would do would not be a problem, and it wasn’t. But, throughout the day I could see her getting bored. The grunting and crying would increase and then I found a magic bullet…TV. I figured out that she would actually watch and listen to anything coming from the TV like the rest of us. It soon became routine to pull up Curious George on the tube and let her be per-occupied with all the monkey sounds.

…until it started getting on my freakin’ nerves. For some reason a grunting baby doesn’t bother me, but the sound of a menacing monkey, who really isn’t that bright, started to drive me up the wall. It soon was replaced with Power Rangers, which she also found very amusing.

…until I realized new things about the show I didn’t before. Yeah, I guess my inquisitive nature was kicking in because all of a sudden I was thinking, “Why was the yellow ranger Asian, coincidence? Why does the Black Ranger break dance, was that necessary?” As a kid it was simple, people in colored suits kicking adult butt! So… it was distracting me to say the least.

Entertaining the baby had begun to lead to distractions for me. But, all was not lost. All hail the mighty iPad! I figured out I could set up the iPad in the crib with Lexie and she was equally entertained by the crazy monkey (and even music). Now thinking about it, I think it may have lead to her successes in rolling over (she’d lay on her side to veg out).

Routines

If you want to get anything done hanging out with a infant who can’t even figure out that those are her feet, you have to have a routine. Two naps. Two feedings. Play with a toy for at least two hours. Swing right before nap time. And, making sure you’re present at least every once in a while.

Right! Me and Lexie’s routine took a few days to develop, but I always try and remain consistent. As long as it’s consistent, I can’t say I’ve had anything to complain about. I also had to make sure I paid attention to her once in a while. A quick “Hey baby, soaked that toy with all your spit yet?” helped let her know her dad wasn’t just ignoring her.

Too Much Sleep = You’re a Dumbass

The one thing that’s super hard to not do is let her sleep too much. The nap time is the best time to get things done, and I’ve been far too tempted to let her just sleep. But…that kind of plan is going to kick you in the ass later…about eight hours later when she’s ready to party at about 3 am! Again, going back to the routine, I have to make sure she has some engaging things to do throughout the day so she doesn’t just fall asleep.

But, believe me, you’ll be tempted…and you will pay for it.

Mornings

This is an addon to routines. Morning, when you’re the one staying home, are essential. You must get breakfast because as soon as your friend who kisses you leaves it’s all about work and, as we discussed, routine. You might not get that breakfast or coffee you need in the AM!

Luck

Lexie is a sweetheart. She rarely cries and only uses it to clue you into things like, “Dad I think I peed, I’m not sure, but please check it’s driving me nuts!” Or, “Dad, I’m starving. I’d get it myself, but that’s pretty much impossible…please feed me!” Sometimes I get the occasional, “I don’t like this spot! Or that one! Nope, I want to sit up!”

But, really, she’s a really good kid and not fussy for the most part (she’s just chillin’ in her bopie right now). That’s just blind luck! You’ll need some of that too!