Adding Speed Test and a Dark Theme to Pi-Hole Ad Blocker

Just keeping these notes here for anyone else that might find them useful. First, install Pi-Hole as per regular. Then, You’ll want to get the Dark Theme going with pi-hole. Open a terminal (or SSH if you’re remoting in) (Ctrl+Alt+T) Type:cd /var/www/html/ Type:sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lkd70/PiHole-Dark/master/install.sh Type:sudo chmod +x install.sh Type:sudo ./install.sh Follow the onscreen instructions! Then, verify it is working (you might have to clear cache) and that you see the dark theme....

August 20, 2017 · 2 min · 237 words · Matt G

SED lines to remove Bold customer pricing app from Shopify Theme

The Bold Customer Pricing app for Shopify is a little complex to remove. You can follow the installation instructions in reverse for removal but you’ll probably also need these lines below to quickly find and replace the lines it has modified in your theme. The other edits can’t really be automated with ease as each theme is different, but, these should remain the same. If you’re on Mac, you’ll need to do this first in your terminal....

July 27, 2017 · 2 min · 263 words · Matt G

Howto add the Slick Slider to Shopify on the Home Page.

So, you’re probably here because you want to implement the slick slider on your Shopify site without using an expensive app, or, enabling it sitewide. This quick tutorial will get you started with enabling the slick slider on your theme, on just one page (in this case, the home page). We’re only going to load the libraries required, if required, which will keep the other pages nice and fast. First I would create a backup of your Shopify theme, and then work on it....

February 21, 2017 · 42 min · 8764 words · Matt G

Getting NZBHydra Working on MacOS Sierra

This seems to mostly work, but still having some issues keeping it stable. Maybe this will help someone else anyway 🙂 Here’s what I did on Mac OSX Sierra Latest: first: # nano ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.nzbhydra.nzbhydra.plist put this (change path + username): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>com.nzbhydra.nzbhydra</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/NZB-APPS/nzbhydra/run.sh</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>KeepAlive</key> <false/> <key>StandardErrorPath</key> <string>/usr/local/var/log/nzbhydra.log</string> <key>StandardOutPath</key> <string>/usr/local/var/log/nzbhydra.log</string> </dict> </plist> make this:...

December 1, 2016 · 2 min · 282 words · Matt G

How to update your Nexus 5x running on stock rom, TWRP with ElementalX, Magisk and PHH Superuser.

This is mainly for my own records so I don’t have to go searching again, but maybe it will help someone else. This assumes you already have ADB installed and working on your computer, and you have some knowledge of how this all works. Here’s the steps to update your phone with the latest security updates or bootloader or radio if you’re already running magisk and phh. Grab the latest Magisk from XDA, get the Uninstaller too and transfer to your phone Grab the latest PHH SuperUser from XDA and transfer to your phone Grab the latest ElementalX Kernel and transfer it to your phone Get the factory image for your device: https://developers....

October 13, 2016 · 2 min · 287 words · Matt G