If you’re using IBM Cloud and Staticfile Buildpack for Jekyll and want to show the contents of directories that start with a “.” on your statically generated site, you need to do ...

We have looked at how to get your Jekyll site up and running. In some cases, you need to have a directory on your site that starts with a “.” – usually, some system item requires ...

I use Power BI to visualise the team I work with and to see where we have been spending our time. Recently, I was trying to see if I could visualise what people would be busy with over the next few...

With the recent discussions around working from home and home-based learning due to COVID-19, someone asked me what equipment I use at home, and I wrote up something to make a list of what serves m...

I’m trying to note down things that have helped me while using Windows – to the point that I feel that my setup is geared towards me, and it sometimes, becomes a challenge when using so...

I have been using RSpec to test an API and calling web services is a natural part of the work – so, I find myself going back to the Net::HTTP documentation from time to time. Most of the item...

In a recent conversation, we were discussing the practice that we should not store values such as API Keys in the configuration file, but instead load them from an environment variable. The referen...

JRuby is a Java implementation of Ruby that runs atop the Java Virtual Machine. In a previous post, we covered how to install JRuby on Windows. We also saw the commands for running and installing g...

This started due to something on Twitter where someone questioned if Ruby + Windows + Jekyll was still viable in 2020. Since I had just set up Ruby 2.7, I decided to give it a spin after suggesting...

JRuby is a Java implementation of Ruby that runs atop the Java Virtual Machine. The JRuby wiki has this to say: JRuby is a 100% Java implementation of the Ruby programming language. It is Ruby for...

Deleaker is an extension that can help C++ Builder and Delphi users to find leaks in their applications. This post provides a very brief introduction to it. I have been a long term user of Embarcad...

After a very long time and being recently frustrated by using Wordpress for one of our sites, I was keen to go back and check how things were with RadiantCMS which had long been my go-to CMS for my...

We all have our own preference of which operating system works best for us, and helps us enhance our productivity. Over time, we also devise our own ways to make the operating system work better fo...

In a previous post, we covered how to get your Jekyll blog working with Bluemix – that post was written in 2017 and if you followed the instructions now, you would find that you are unable to...

I recently got a file with numerous dates to be “marked in my calendar” – the original file was a PDF file but what I really wanted was to have this data put into my calendar so t...

Working on planes in economy is always a hit and miss. But, I had a great experience on a lightly loaded flight from Singapore to Kolkata I flew on an Air India Express flight (a 737 arranged in a ...

Time zones really are the bane of travellers… and if you don’t get it right, you might not wake up or reach an appointment in time and so on. Modern technology and gadgets help – ...

Productivity: love it or hate it, it’s always an ongoing battle and is always in fashion. We all have our own ways of working and doing things… we all find ways to manage the complexiti...

In Singapore recently, going cashless has been in the news quite a bit. However, when I was in Japan, I noticed something interesting – there doesn’t seem to be any rush to go cashless....

Once you have gone through the trouble of setting up your static website on Bluemix and done up a custom domain for your application, you’ll need to start doing updates. If you follow the ins...

It would appear that digital audio music devices are getting more and more personal – people are using their mobile phones, streaming services and more with their headphones plugged in. For p...

Have you ever given a thought to the grab straps (handles, straps, loops, grips, … there’s a debate on what the correct word is) in the trains? If you take a look at the pictures on Wik...

I was in Japan earlier in the month and I spotted this in Tokyo. Of course, from the title, you know that this must be a bicycle park. So, let’s start with a question – how many bicycle...

It seems that of late, I have been saving a number of articles related to Embarcadero C++ Builder, Delphi and RAD Studio tools. I’ve been a fan of C++ Builder and Delphi since I first used th...

In a previous post, we covered how to get your Jekyll blog working with Bluemix and also how to get Google Analytics working on your new site. The next thing is to set up some way to allow people ...