Mac OS X

Resize a sparsebundle Disk Image in Terminal

I was trying to resize a sparsebundle disk image using Disk Utility and kept getting the error that the image resize had failed. The selected disk image could not be resized. Terminal to the rescue. The following command resized my disk image without any issues: hdiutil resize -size XXXg /pathTo/diskimage.dmg Change XXX to the size […]

Sports

NBA 2019 Bracket Challenge

I only picked one upset, hmm, based on last night’s NHL games, maybe I should rethink that. Regardless, 3-peat for the Warriors!

Science

EHT Images the M87 Black Hole

Today is a big day for science! First ever image of a black hole! https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205/page/Focus_on_EHT

Sports

NHL 2019 Playoff Bracket

While my heart is with the Leafs, I think it’s going to be difficult for anyone to beat Tampa this year. I’d love to see the NHL go (back) to the NBA style playoff structure, where 1 plays 8 but until that time (at least 2 more years), some of the best playoff hockey will

Programming

100 Days of Swift

Paul Hudson (@twostraws) is hosting a 100 Days of Swift in which he provides short videos, quizzes and assignments to walk you through an introduction to Swift. He actually started some time ago, I think on Feb 1, 2019, but I’m just getting started now and have completed Day 4! In Day 1, we covered

Programming

Exec-php WordPress Plugin and PHP 7 Fix

I recently upgraded the version of PHP used on our hosting service to 7.1, as the Elementor plugin requires at least version 7 to run now. This had the side effect of breaking the Exec-php plugin (version 4.9) I use to allow PHP code to run in posts and pages. It manifested itself with the

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