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Want to know what's recently been installed on your system? It's as simple as a few commands.

How to get your IP address from the command line in one shot with curl and sed.

Added StackOverflow button to sidebar

The "follow me" section of the sidebar's been updated to include a StackOverflow link.

How to implement sliding windows on Enumerable types using C# extension methods.

Here's how to remove pesky Unicode byte-order marks added by Visual Studio.

Typing special characters in Ubuntu

We explore three different ways to enter Unicode characters in Ubuntu, an important feature for international and multilingual users.

Adding image credits/watermarks with ImageMagick

ImageMagick is a set of command-line tools and libraries for manipulating and transforming images in succinct and powerful ways. One of the more useful possibilities is using ImageMagick to add logos in batch to all your site's article graphics and...

Additional Periscope improvements

Unlike most Greasemonkey scripts, Periscope now automatically updates itself by pulling down the latest version, even if you haven't gone through the usual uninstall/install rigamarole. I've bumped the version number to 0.2.1. See the Userscripts page for the latest information....

Adventures in jQuery and Greasemonkey

I just got a copy of a great book from a friend about jQuery and Greasemonkey. These two tools form the basis for a good deal of the duct-tape and glue of the Internet. It's time to hack me together...

Instructions for creating a handy bookmarklet that will allow you to cut down on your Movable Type publishing time.