NSIS: StrContains function – Find the index of a sub string.

Recently I was out of internet and I needed to implement a function that would search if a String was part of another String for an NSIS installer. Here’s my rendition of such a function. Once I came back online I found out about StrStr, but here’s another option that gives you as output the […]

How to resize a VirtualBox fixed size virtual drive (.vdi) on Mac

So you created a disk for your Windows or Linux VirtualBox VM and you made the mistake of not creating the drive as a dynamically expanding storage drive, you chose fixed size. Now you’re running out of space and all your Google searches point you to stupid posts on the virtualbox.org forums that lead to […]

Mc Donalds introduces “EASY ORDER” in-store ATMs, and they rock

Saw these on a McDonalds near Paris. Haven’t seen it anywhere in the US, if you have, please share a link of a picture and let me know how was your experience. They did a great job with UX on it, it was quite easy to put together an order for three people, very flexible […]

DON’T UPGRADE YOUR VERIZON 4G THUNDERBOLD FIRMWARE, JUST ROOT IT

So I had to work outside today, and as usual I wanted to use my Verizon 4G Android (Thunderbolt) to connect my laptop using the Wi-Fi hotspot feature, as I’ve been doing since I got the phone, it’s been a real life saver many times. This morning I saw that there was a firmware update, […]

twitterAutoLinks: jQuery extension to replace twitter @names for links to their respective pages.

Save the following on a .js file, preferably named jquery.twitterAutoLinks.js [javascript] /** Auto replace all Twitter nicknames for links */ $.fn.twitterAutoLinks = function() { return this.each(function() { var html = $(this).html(); $(this).html(html.replace(/B@([w-]+)/gm, ‘<a href="http://twitter.com/$1" target="_blank">@$1</a>’)); }); }; [/javascript] Usage After importing the jquery.twitterAutoLinks.js file (make sure it’s after you’ve imported jquery itself), you’ll use the […]