Author: Maurice Ruckman

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How to turn off WordPress smart quotes

There are actually a few different ways to do this, including modifying the functions.php file in your theme folder, or modifying the default-filters.php file in your wp-includes folder. But I like creating a separate php file and making it into a WordPress plugin, as described in this post by Katja Stokley. Create a text file called TurnOffSmartQuotes.php and put this in it.

Source Code for TurnOffSmartQuotes.php

Then just upload this file to your wp-content/plugins folder, login to your WordPress dashboard, select "Plugins," and activate your new plugin. You've just turned off smart quotes on your WordPress blog.

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The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost (1874-1963) 1920

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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Explorer / “file open” dialog sort order problems

Here's the part that made Windows save this sorting information everywhere. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the X in the upper right-hand corner of the Window to close it. Now whenever you run a Windows application that uses the File Open, Save, or Save As dialog boxes, the files are listed in Date Modified order rather than Alphabetically.

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Order coffee at Starbucks

Syrups Available:

  • Regular: Vanilla, Hazelnut, Mocha, White Chocolate Mocha, Cinnamon Dolce, Toffee Nut, Melon, Raspberry, Juicy Raspberry, Classic, Peppermint, Caramel, Chai
  • Sugar Free: Vanilla, Hazelnut, Cinnamon Dolce, Caramel
  • Traditional Seasonal: Gingerbread, Pumpkin Spice

Reference: link

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Grep Using Regular Expression Example

Use the following example with Cygwin to "-r" recursively scan "-i" ignoring case "-l" list files and use "-E" regular expression which finds all strings that have a pairing of in JSP files

grep -r -i -l -E 'personal.+information' *.jsp

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SQLite IN (Select Example

CREATE TABLE results AS SELECT * FROM loganalysis
WHERE bookingnumber
IN (SELECT bookingnumber FROM advisoryitems GROUP BY bookingnumber)