diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 310b78cc6..497e3c970 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
 docs/
 node/server.json
-node/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node/node_modules
+
+# Numerous always-ignore extensions
+*.diff
+*.err
+*.orig
+*.log
+*.rej
+*.swo
+*.swp
+*.zip
+*.vi
+*~
+*.sass-cache
+*.ruby-version
+
+# OS or Editor folders
+.DS_Store
+._*
+Thumbs.db
+.cache
+.project
+.settings
+.tmproj
+*.esproj
+nbproject
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node/package.json b/node/package.json
index aa305644d..65afe61ff 100755
--- a/node/package.json
+++ b/node/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     "grunt-contrib-compress": "~0.5.2",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
     "grunt-docco-multi": "0.0.2",
-    "grunt-flipcss": "~0.1.2",
     "grunt-cssjanus": "~0.1.1"
   }
 }