Drobo vs OS X Mavericks

After upgrading to Mavericks your Drobo might not show up in Finder (here it did just fine, using a Drobo FS800 (aka 2nd gen Drobo) connected over Firewire). If that happens, do either one of these to get your Drobo visible in Finder again: Unmount the Drobo from Disk Utility (where it by magic will …

zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation

Simplistic strength estimation gives bad advice. Without checking for common patterns, the practice of encouraging numbers and symbols means encouraging passwords that might only be slightly harder for a computer to crack, and yet frustratingly harder for a human to remember. zxcvbn, named after a crappy password, is a JavaScript password strength estimation library. Use …

Fixed-sticky: a CSS position:sticky; polyfill

CSS position: sticky; is really in its infancy in terms of browser support. In stock browsers, it is currently only available in iOS 6. In Chrome it is locked behind a chrome://flags setting. Fixed-sticky is a polyfill to enabling this in browsers that don’t support it yet. position: sticky; is one very handy addition to …