There is a question on Stack Overflow that I check from time to time, “Disable Auto Zoom in Input ‘Text’ tag – Safari on iPhone“.
“Someday,” I would say to myself, “I’ll post my solution and write a blog post as well.”
That day has arrived.
Localized Lightning for Thunderbird 60 on Linux
Non-English Linux users of Lightning, the calendar extension for the Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, must be having a hard time these days.
Both Thunderbird and Lightning are available from the major Linux distributions’ software repositories. However, with the exception of Debian, the Lightning extension from these repos are available in English only.
Most non-English users at this point would look to Lightning from the Thunderbird add-ons site. Versions available here are only compatible with Thunderbird 52 or older though and stop working in Thunderbird 60.
Lower- or mixed-case Samba server names in Ubuntu 17.10 / 18.04 LTS
Say you have brand new Ubuntu server with a few Samba shares (and Avahi for auto-discovery). Or perhaps you have upgraded your existing server to 17.10 or 18.04 LTS.
Welcome back to the heyday of Windows for Workgroups.
You open up Nautilus or Finder (or if you are unlucky, File Explorer) to test your Samba shares, and what do you see? Your meticulously chosen server name is in now in ALL CAPS. (Note that I haven’t confirmed this in File Explorer.)
This aggression will not stand (man).
Postcards to send from Canada (and where to buy them in Toronto)
I was visiting family in Toronto recently and wanted to send my friends some postcards.
Having grown up seeing cards of the city skyline in every discount or corner store, I wasn’t going to be purchasing any of those.
Luckily, there are folks out there making postcards that are a little bit more interesting.
Presentation: Introduction to Web Performance Best Practices
This was a presentation I gave at the November 2011 Codeaholics meetup and at BarCamp Hong Kong 2011. The slides also have some brief notes.
Hello World
After almost 10 years of existence, I finally decided to turn this site into a blog.
My Declaration of Principles
- I will provide the people of this interwebz with a sporadic blog that will tell some of the news somewhat honestly.
- I will also provide them with a loving and lethargic champion of their rights as citizens and as human beings.
- I will also provide lolcats.
Signed,
Jeffery Foster To