Disable Smart Punctuation

I believe smart punctuation is a new iOS 11 feature. Unfortunately it seems to be enabled by default, which if you use your iOS device for markdown, YAML, code, etc. you will need to disable the feature straight away under Settings > General > Keyboards:

Just a Test

Testing a post from iOS as well as some markdown syntax via Ulysses. Below is a list: item item item How about an ordered list: One Two Three And now some code, which is fine but Ulysses’s implementation of code blocks is less than optimal: const foo = 'something'; const bar = 'else'; Whatever That is all.

DIRECTV NOW: Initial Thoughts

DIRECTV released DIRECTV NOW today and I jumped on their Go Big deal. For $35 (normally $60) you get over 100 channels; some you can stream live and some have on-demand content. I have not had cable for years and while we recently gained access to some local channels via an antenna the biggest thing that I have missed is sports. Every year I pay for MLB, MLS, and NBC Sports Gold (for cycling), but obviously that is still limiting.
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Oregon Brewers Festival

This year was the 29th annual Oregon Brewers Festival. Good times.

Deploying Angular Using http-server, Nginx, and PM2

Since it took about an hour to put all the pieces together correctly I thought it best to document how I deployed an Angular (version 2) app using http-server, pm2, and nginx. In my case I deployed to an Ubuntu server hosted on DigitalOcean, but these instructions should work the same as long as you have the other components installed correctly. I am not an expert on this topic.
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