https://iso-100.com/blog.html Field notes from Ian Pitts on the web, photography and the occasional detour. en Copyright 2026 Ian Pitts Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://iso-100.com/blog/triggering-a-specific-tab-in-the-gumby-framework.html https://iso-100.com/blog/triggering-a-specific-tab-in-the-gumby-framework.html A small trick for raising the right tab when someone lands on a page with a hash in the URL. Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Coding https://iso-100.com/blog/when-random-isnt-so-random.html https://iso-100.com/blog/when-random-isnt-so-random.html A car stereo that claimed to shuffle kept serving the same songs. The reason says a lot about weak randomization. Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Automotive https://iso-100.com/blog/keep-git-out-of-your-cache-folders.html https://iso-100.com/blog/keep-git-out-of-your-cache-folders.html Keep the required folder in the repository while leaving all of its noisy generated files out of git. Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Coding https://iso-100.com/blog/x-ray-vision-for-your-scss-projects.html https://iso-100.com/blog/x-ray-vision-for-your-scss-projects.html A tiny SCSS guard that shades block level elements while you tune a grid, then disappears in production. Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Coding https://iso-100.com/blog/informal-survey-code-indentation-for-embeds.html https://iso-100.com/blog/informal-survey-code-indentation-for-embeds.html Should included templates be indented to match the page, or should every file start flush left? Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Code https://iso-100.com/blog/removing-the-rear-brake-bias-valve-from-your-xr4ti.html https://iso-100.com/blog/removing-the-rear-brake-bias-valve-from-your-xr4ti.html Why the factory proportioning valve holds a modified XR4Ti back, and how a two dollar brass union replaces it. Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Automotive https://iso-100.com/blog/apacheconf-syntax-highlighting-in-sublime-text-2.html https://iso-100.com/blog/apacheconf-syntax-highlighting-in-sublime-text-2.html A quick package install that turns a wall of rewrite rules into something you can actually read. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Code https://iso-100.com/blog/statamic-theming.html https://iso-100.com/blog/statamic-theming.html Flat files make drop in themes possible, and maybe a small market for designers who ship content with the design. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Statamic https://iso-100.com/blog/related-content-via-taxonomy-overlap-in-statamic.html https://iso-100.com/blog/related-content-via-taxonomy-overlap-in-statamic.html How to build a related posts list by overlapping tags with the conditions parameter, without a third party plugin. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Statamic https://iso-100.com/blog/statamic-plugin-replace.html https://iso-100.com/blog/statamic-plugin-replace.html Porting a familiar ExpressionEngine text replacement plugin to Statamic, minus one parameter. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Statamic https://iso-100.com/blog/reborn-with-statamic-compass-bourbon-and-neat.html https://iso-100.com/blog/reborn-with-statamic-compass-bourbon-and-neat.html Rebuilding this site on flat files, with a hand rolled grid and a cleaner Sass toolchain behind it. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Statamic https://iso-100.com/blog/spotify-mac-remote.html https://iso-100.com/blog/spotify-mac-remote.html Making the old white Mac remote useful again, this time for Spotify instead of iTunes. Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Application https://iso-100.com/blog/instantly-search-devot-ee-with-a-bookmarklet.html https://iso-100.com/blog/instantly-search-devot-ee-with-a-bookmarklet.html A one click shortcut into the ExpressionEngine addon directory, built before its search got fast. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 ExpressionEngine https://iso-100.com/blog/sonic-cameras-review-doing-evil-with-googles-help.html https://iso-100.com/blog/sonic-cameras-review-doing-evil-with-googles-help.html A camera ad that was too good to be true, and the retailer rating that confirmed it. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Random https://iso-100.com/blog/solid-dieting-tips-in-only-two-pages.html https://iso-100.com/blog/solid-dieting-tips-in-only-two-pages.html The best nutrition advice I found that year came tucked inside the manual for a chin up bar. Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Fitness https://iso-100.com/blog/updated-script-for-tracking-outbound-links-in-google-analytics-with-jquery.html https://iso-100.com/blog/updated-script-for-tracking-outbound-links-in-google-analytics-with-jquery.html The outbound link tracker gets smarter by comparing hostnames instead of looking for http in the href. Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Code