Blog Tim Kruger
Monday, September 25, 2023
Flexbox Resources - Examples, Links & Videos
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Permanently Disable the Grid when files load in GIMP 2.10.*
So today I was struggling to find the Option to permanently disable the Grid by default without always having to Uncheck the Grid for each image loaded under the menu item:
View > Show Grid
& I managed to find the option under the following menu item:
Edit > Preferences > Image Windows > Appearance > Show grid (Under Default Appearance in
Normal Window)
Sunday, January 30, 2022
South African Krav Maga - Self Defense Videos
Defense against short stick or baton from the side - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZynweO81tY
Thursday, December 9, 2021
I am a Christian
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Adding a favicon to your website ;-)!
I just wanted to let you know about favicons, & how to add them to your website.
What is a favicon >
A favicon is just a little icon / logo in the top left corner of your tab so that your website is easily recognizable to others.
It also makes your website look more professional as it has your icon / logo when your site loads in the browser.
Users are also able to find it at a glance if they have multiple tabs open in their browser(s) ;-).
I hope that helps (HTH)
Take care
Here's more information about what a favicon is:
https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_html_favicon.asp
As well as some favicon generators:
https://realfavicongenerator.net/
https://www.favicon-generator.org/
Thursday, October 21, 2021
A Short History of Teddy the lion who was a member of the Recces in the 70's & 80's
A Short History of Teddy the lion who was a member of the South African Recces in the 70's & 80's
Just BE
Just BE
BE Weak Enough To Know You Cannot Do Everything Alone
BE Generous To Those Who Need Your Help
BE Minimal With What You Need Yourself
BE Wise Enough To Know That You Do Not Know Everything
BE Foolish Enough To Believe In Miracles
BE Willing To Share Your Joys
BE Willing To Share The Sorrows Of Others
BE A Leader When You See A Path Others Have Missed
BE A Follower When You Are Shrouded In The Midst Of Uncertainty
BE The First To Congratulate An Opponent Who Succeeds
BE The Last To Criticize A Colleague Who Fails
BE Sure Where Your Next Step Will Fall, So That You Will Not Stumble
BE Sure Of Your Final Destination, In Case You Are Going The Wrong
way.......
BE Loving To Those Who Love You
BE Loving To Those Who Do Not Love You, And They May Change
the Other Half Is Having The Support And Encouragement Of Someone
who Cares......
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Free or very Cheap Website Starter Templates
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https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/w3css_templates.asp
Please remember that even though there's many free website builder templates out there, it's probably still a good idea to employ a honest web developer to help you get your personal or business website up and running.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
My Coding Resources
- W3Schools - https://www.w3schools.com/ [Training]
- TutorialsPoint - https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ [Training, nice resource but opens up too many tabs for my liking]
- PHP - https://www.php.net/ [Custom development]
- https://www.phptutorial.net/ [Training]
- Laravel - https://www.laravel.com/ [Custom MVC development]
- https://laravel.com/docs/8.x#getting-started-on-windows
- https://laracasts.com/series?curated
- StackOverflow - https://www.stackoverflow.com/ [Coding forums & support]
- WordPress - https://www.wordpress.org/ [Content Management System - CMS]
- GIMP - https://www.gimp.org/ [Creativity & design]
- Pixlr - https://www.pixlr.com/ [Creativity & design]
- Bootstrap - https://getbootstrap.com/ [Mobile 1st CSS framework]
- Code Pen - https://codepen.io/ [Custom website templates]
- Sublime Text - https://www.sublimetext.com/ [Text Editor I use for coding]
- Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/ [Text Editor I use for coding]
- Network Direction - https://www.networkdirection.net/ [Networking & Infrustructure]
- YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=376vZ1wNYPA [Complete Laravel 8 Tutorial | Laravel 8 From Scratch | Full Laravel 8 Course | Laravel For Beginners]
- eBooks - https://leanpub.com/ [Training]
- Arduino [AI and Robotics]
This starter kit was great. I bought this and worked through the examples
- https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKit
Here's a robot made with arduino
- http://www.instructables.com/id/Synopsis/
Here's a robot arm I also played around with. You can buy it from SA suppliers actually!
- http://lifehacker.com/build-a-kickass-robot-arm-the-perfect-arduino-project-1700643747
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Why do Jews kiss their hand and touch the side of the building before entering their homes?
So naturally I did a web search for (why do jews kiss their hand before entering their homes) and found the following results which I scanned through as I found them (helpful) but honestly an information overload:
Why Kiss the Mezuzah? [source => www.chabad.org]
Why Kiss the Mezuzah? [source => www.aish.com]
Practical Spirituality: Touching the Mezuzah [source => www.ninaamir.com]
Apparently Some Jewish people kiss the mezuzah to remind them of God, and to protect them when going out and coming home.
If you are Jewish and can summarize why Jewish people do this in a nutshell please get in touch.
Hope you find this post interesting and can make more sense out of the links above!
Introduction: The tale of the Monks
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Useful Keyboard shortcuts that are not commonly used (OS >= Windows 7)
Alt + left mouse click and drag (Select text using alt key in MS Word) (MS Word, Notepad++) => Vertically / horizontally select text
Ctrl + tab number, e.g. Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 5, Ctrl + 9 => Navigate to the 1st, 5th and last tab in your web browser.
Ctrl + +, Ctrl + -, Ctrl + 0 => Zoom In, Zoom Out and Reset Zoom in your web browser.
* NB: I'll continuously update this document as I think about other useful keyboard shortcuts.
However if you would like to share your top 10 keyboard shortcuts that are not mentioned above and not commonly known particularly focusing on the MS Windows OS please add a comment.
Monday, September 3, 2018
Laravel 5.* release notes and other useful goodies
Laravel 5.0 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/releases
Laravel 5.1 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/releases
Laravel 5.2 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/releases
Laravel 5.3 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/releases
Laravel 5.4 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/releases
Laravel 5.5 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/releases
Laravel 5.6 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/releases
Laravel 5.7 release notes - https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/releases
Other Links
Laravel 5 file upload - http://tutsnare.com/upload-files-in-laravel/
Laravel 5 file upload - http://itsolutionstuff.com/post/laravel-5-fileimage-upload-example-with-validationexample.html
Laravel 5 file upload - http://itsolutionstuff.com/post/laravel-5-image-upload-and-resize-example-using-intervention-image-packageexample.html
Adding class .active to current link in Laravel 5.2 - https://github.com/dwightwatson/active
Creativity, Inspiration, Design & Dev Resources
CSS Half Circle -> https://codepen.io/xram/pen/thLsk
CSS CRESCENT MOON -> https://codepen.io/chaika-design/pen/eRZxNJ
HTML5 grid layout -> https://codepen.io/krugert/pen/bxgqoP
text / sites
A Complete Guide to the Table Element -> https://css-tricks.com/complete-guide-table-element/
HTML Imports -> https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webcomponents/imports/
create a half moon like arc in css -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44606989/can-we-
CSS design - rainbow -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27730476/css-design-rainbow
HTML5 Template Tag: Introduction -> http://robdodson.me/html5-template-tag-introduction/
CSS Layout - Horizontal & Vertical Align -> https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp
- horizontally left & right align element(s) -> https://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_layout_clearfix
laravel news -> https://laravel-news.com/
- Laravel Enum Package -> https://laravel-news.com/laravel-enum-package
- Manage your Language files from Artisan -> https://laravel-news.com/manage-language-files-artisan
javascript output
-> https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_output.asp
opentutorials -> https://opentutorials.org
youtube
Rainbow Loading Page Animation - Pure CSS Tutorials - How to create Rainbow Animation With CSS -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgUiEk1yj0
30 Genius hacks for your life -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdLQ-mJi7rU
colour picker -> https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp
css clear property -> https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_class_clear.asp
-> https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/c/clear/
Learn HTML5 in 15 minutes! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2RLgTmiZY
HTML5 Tutorial For Beginners - part 1 of 6 - Getting Started -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTw2EDkaDQ