Tim Leland

When accepting money online, it is important to be accurate.

With the preorder of my new iPhone Xs , I was faced with this question, “Will iPhone X cases work for the Xs?”.

TL;DR Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program is actually a good deal if you plan to upgrade to the latest iPhone every year.

Usually in a Unix/Linux terminal when you press tab it will autocomplete with several options and then it will list the options below for you to select....

The short answer is YES!

Chrome is my browser of choice primarily because of the speed and extensions.

I’m a big fan of the weather icons from Dark sky called Skycons .

Keyboard shortcut to show and hide files for mac os finder

Url shorteners are great but they do have the risk of redirecting you to a site you may not want to visit.

I have always been annoyed at how slow the cursor moves when navigating a large text file.

Wanted to share a quick tip on using keyboard shortcuts to activate chrome extensions.

If you’re like me and use Laravel Forge to host multiple websites on a single Digital Ocean server, then you may have run into the issue where you need to...

Wanted to share a quick tip that I use every day on my iPhone.

Have you ever wanted to split test multiple pages on your website?

I want to start this post by saying this is my preference on the frameworks and technologies that I use for most of my apps.

Digital Ocean just came out with new droplets and prices for 2018 .

Copying my ssh key to my clipboard is always something I have to google.

My goal of this project was to track the temperature in different rooms in my house using multiple temperature sensors to send the data back to a raspberry...

I’ve been working on a new site called Weather.io.

Amazon has been running some great deals on their hardware devices.

I’ve wanted a robot vacuum for several years but have held off from getting one primarily because of the price.

I’ve been experimenting with headless chrome for a Link Unshortener tool I’ve built to take screenshots of websites.

Alright first off if you’re in the market for an electric standing desk, you’ll notice to take ownership of this flagship of technological innovation that...

If you’re a developer and have ever tried to market your own app or website, you’ve most likely discovered that the biggest challenge isn’t the building but...

You’ve probably come across extensions that allow you to install them from their website without ever going to the Chrome extension store.

Weather Extension was recently updated to have a spinning indicator in the badge icon to let the user know the extension is loading when it is clicked.

Recently I was trying to add some folders to my global .gitignore file on windows.

Ever wonder how many requests your $5 a month Digital Ocean server can handle?

In a previous post, I’ve covered how I used Digital Ocean’s load balancer to handle the increasing number of request my Weather Extension receives.

With the purchase of my new Dell 34 inch monitor , I decided to add some led backlights to the monitor.

My primary monitor for the past several years has been the Dell U2412M , a 24 inch ultra sharp 1920×1200.

A recent Freakonomics episode on the dangers of sugar, spark the idea for me to share my fruit smoothie recipe I’ve been making for the past 2 years.

Performance and reliability are two key factors that contribute to a user being happy when using a website/app.

For the past year and a half I’ve been testing different ways to market my Weather Extension.

To get a better idea of how my server for Weather was handling request, I needed a way to get some insights into nginx.

Over the past few months my Weather Extension has grown to over 118,000+ users and averages 14 req/sec.

How to deploy a Laravel app on Forge with near-zero downtime by preparing the release in a separate directory before swapping it live.

If you are a web developer you probably have heard of Flexbox .

A challenge that a lot of bloggers face is choosing images for their post especially if their theme uses a feature image.

I’ve been a long time listener of podcasts while I drive and workout.

If you use Amazon Drive you may have seen the message, “We don’t support playback of videos longer than 20 minutes.”

After researching cloud storage providers, I decided to use Amazon Drive .

This is version 2 for my guide on how to control cheap wireless power outlets using a Google Home and a Raspberry Pi .

Here are the steps to have a program or script start on boot on a linux machine using Systemctl.

This is part 3 for my guide on how to control cheap wireless power outlets using a Amazon Echo and a Raspberry Pi .

Edit your port by running this command Change Listen 80 to 8000 To exit nano editor, press ctrl + x then y to save Then restart apache

If like to listen to music or podcasts then a bluetooth speaker is essential.

I recently discovered a blogger called John Saddington who has been blogging everyday for over 15 years.

After researching the Amazon Echo and Google Home , I couldn’t decide which device to buy.

Update – Just published a better method This part 2 for my guide on how to control cheap wireless power outlets using a Google Home and a raspberry pi ....