Mind of Matt

Category: Computing

  • Scientific Writing and Knowledge Management with Docear

    This is so far just a proposal – I did not fully test it out yet, but have exlored options for two days and this seems best, for my requirements. (And thanks to mantas in the comments, whose tip for Docear lead to this major rework of an earlier article, which was using Freemind instead.) Requirements […]

  • How to use multiple shoestrap themes for different parts of a WordPress blog?

    Setting up WordPress for this Download the Shoestrap theme [source]: cd <DOCUMENT_ROOT>/wp-content/themes/; git clone git://github.com/aristath/shoestrap.git; Create two or more variants: mv shoestrap shoestrap-default; cp -a shoestrap-default shoestrap-special; Edit file style.css of both your template copies and edit the "Theme Name:" line, configuring a unique name for both. In the WordPress template list (http://example.com/wp-admin/themes.php), all your template copies should […]

  • How to fix a frozen gnome-shell without restarting X?

    If you have access to a Linux virtual terminal (Ctrl + Alt + F1 and so on), you can solve this issue without restarting the X Window System: Go to a virtual terminal and log in. Execute: gnome-shell –replace –display=:0.0 & You may now log out again (press Ctrl + D). The new gnome-shell will […]

  • How to migrate to WordPress Polylang?

    The WordPress Polylang plugin is a nice system to make your WordPress blog multilingual. However, if you had a different solution in use before, and have a lot of blog posts, migrating to Polylang is an effort that cannot reasonably be done manually. So I developed a little Ruby script polyglot2polylang.rb for that. It is meant […]

  • How to interface from Ruby to WordPress?

    WordPress offers different interfaces, and Ruby can access all of them. There are several scripts out there for these, but no "perfect one" yet. They are all in different stages of maturity and age, and none of them seems actively maintained. So, choose according to your personal needs and preferences: WordPress WXR interface I would propose […]

  • Fork Me on Art Hub (project proposal)

    This was one of my project proposals for the Interactivos'13 open-source projects workshop in Madrid. It didn't get selected in the end, but if you feel inspired by this or want to implement this … feel free to do so. This is open content licenced under CC BY 3.0 or at your option, any later version. Project Summary For many professions, […]

  • Git for GIMP (project proposal)

    This was one of my project proposals for the Interactivos'13 open-source projects workshop in Madrid. It didn't get selected in the end, but if you feel inspired by this or want to implement this … feel free to do so. This piece is open content licenced under CC BY 3.0 or at your option, any later version. […]