Sync Github Gists with Git Repo

I needed an easy way to sync github gists to my local machines and I couldn't find anything provided by gist, or any other open source projects out there so I put this little node app together quick.

Simply clone this repo and update the `users.json` file to sync all the associated public gists to your local machine.

https://github.com/aaronhoffman/gists

The node app uses the gists api and `git clone`s each gist into a folder with the same name as it's id:

Hope this helps!
Aaron

Install and Setup Windows 10 for a Developer

I have been writing code on the Microsoft Stack for around 10 years and have set up quite a few developer machines over the years. Starting with Windows XP, Visual Studio 2003, and SQL Server 2000, and on every version of Windows, VS, .NET, and SQL Server since. If there is a quirk with installing dev tools, I've likely run into it. I recently upgraded my primary dev machine to Windows 10, Visual Studio Enterprise 2015, and SQL Server 2014, and decided to capture the steps in this blog so I could point other people to it. Notice: Obviously, these are my preferences, and may not work for your situation. I am writing this post after running this setup for about a week* (edit: about 6 months now and still good). I will update this post as I continue to work with Windows 10. Objective From scratch, set up a developer machine with the following: 1. Windows 10 Pro 2. SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition 3. Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise Edition 4. Other dev tools (git, Sublime Tex...

Search iPhone Text Messages with SQLite SQL Query

While you're here, check out some of our interactive visualizations: Would you like to visualize your text messages? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my experience, the iPhone text message search functionality is usually pretty awful. Especially if you're trying to find a text from a few years ago. Luckily, if you backup your iPhone using iTunes, your text messages are exported/stored in a SQLite database, and it is fairly easy to query. Here are the steps to SQL Query your Text Messages. 1. Backup your iPhone using iTunes. 2. Find the SQLite file that contains your text messages . - in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/* with a filename of 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 3. Ensure you have a SQLite Query tool ( SQLiteBrowser is pretty good ). 4. Open your SQLite Text Message DB File using your favorite SQLite query tool. 5. Execute t...

Pixel Grid Images 8x8 pixel grid on 256 pixel image

Working with some images of maps, I had a need for some pixel grid overlays. I couldn't find any with a quick google search so I made these in paint.net using the Grid Maker plugin. Images below 8x8 pixel grid on 256 pixel image 8x8 pixel grid on 1024 pixel image 16x16 pixel grid on 256 pixel image 16x16 pixel grid on 1024 pixel image Hope this helps, Aaron