Jesse Dyck

General web nerd. Rider of bicycles. Amateur picture taker.

  • Custom Domains on iCloud Email

    I’ve been concerned for a while about Apple’s long-term commitment to iCloud email, and have been considering the painful task of switching my primary email address from my 10+ year old @me.com address to one at my domain. That is not to say I think they’re actually going to shut down iCloud email, but their apparent…

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  • Exclude posts from WordPress’s Sitemap

    Starting with 5.5, WordPress now generates its own sitemap.xml without the need of a plugin. It’s possible to filter the results to exclude a specific post using the below filter: That filter takes a familiar WP_Query argument, so it’s quite simple to add any additional filters, for example if you wanted to exclude posts from…

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  • Updated Firefly III Shortcuts for iOS 13

    Back in March I shared a few iOS shortcuts to add transactions to a Firefly III when on the go. Both Shortcuts and Firefly III’s API have changed in the interim, and I’ve finally got around to updating my shortcuts to reflect those changes. The bulk of the changes for iOS 13 were just structural,…

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  • Quick Script to Migrate from SimpleNotes

    Moving hundreds or thousands of notes from SimpleNotes (to Apple Notes in my case)? This script aught to help clean up a few things for a better structure after importing. Converts tags in *.txt files to #tag format for easier searching. Preserves original modified timestamp. Updates the modified timestamps to a UTC offset (if specified)…

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