Contents of My blog
2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005
2023
- Setting up a GitHub repo for an existing local git repo
For when you have something tracked in git locally, and want to get it into GitHub with minimum stuffing around.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
2021
- Self-signed certificate in lighttpd
How to set up a self-signed certificate in lighttpd - when you’re sure you don’t need a CA-verified one.
Thursday, August 26, 2021 - Replacing a disk in a BTRFS RAID1 configuration
How to replace a failing drive in a BTRFS RAID1 (aka mirroring) setup.
Friday, June 18, 2021
2020
- NetworkManager problems
How I solved NetworkManager suddenly not configuring DHCP and DNS
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
2019
- Raspberry Pi video output
How to tweak Raspberry Pi’s video output.
Sunday, November 24, 2019 - Record my desktop with ffmpeg
Since I haven’t found a foolproof GUI program, I decided to try the command-line.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - Find and replace in geany
Getting it to work with regexes.
Monday, February 18, 2019 - Getting Void Linux to work right
The business of getting nonfunctional stuff to work.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 - Entering the Void
Or, my experiment with Void Linux.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
2016
- Removing gvfs
It is possible (at least on my systems) to remove gvfs.
Monday, December 5, 2016 - Disk Encryption in Linux
Setting up disk encryption in Linux
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - FreeBSD Disk Encryption
How to set up one type of disk encryption on FreeBSD.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - Up close and personal with FreeBSD
My first experience setting up FreeBSD
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
2015
- Brickmaster Website
Brick master J.N.H
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - Python in the Browser – the verdict
My search is over, and the winner is …
Friday, February 27, 2015 - Python in the Browser: RapydScript
Today I’m looking at RapydScript
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Python in the Browser: Brython
Today I’m looking at Brython
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - Python in the Browser: Skulpt
Today I’m looking at skulpt
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - Python in the Browser: Pyjs
Today I’m taking a look at the first contender: Pyjs
Monday, February 23, 2015 - Python in the Browser
Which option is best for developing my browser-based programs in python?
Monday, February 9, 2015
2014
- Open Source Cake Mix
I was quite intrigued the other day to find a cake mix with the recipe printed on it.
Sunday, October 26, 2014 - Reprogramming the MaKey Makey
Getting different keycodes out of the thing.
Sunday, October 19, 2014 - Lunar Eclipse, October 8, 2014
On October 8, 2014 there will be a total lunar eclipse.
Monday, October 6, 2014
2012
- Making sshfs friendlier
I’ve wanted to make a nice friendly front-end to sshfs and various other mount-related programs for a while.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
2011
- Microsoft Outloo…
I had quite a frustrating time today with some email.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
2010
- Removing GNOME
I’ve been getting annoyed by evince because it’s forgotton how to remember things, so I decided to blame gconf and evict it from my system.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
2007
- AWB – Asciidoc Website Builder – is Go!
I’ve built my own website building tool, so I don’t have to spend so much time fussing around with this stuff.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - The Ideal Job
Forget looking for the perfect, exciting, full-on passionate job. Just find something that doesn’t suck too much and pays the bills.
Monday, February 26, 2007
2006
- I’m a casualty in the Israeli-Lebanese conflict
This time my web host has been attacked by some people upset about the latest war.
Monday, July 17, 2006 - Passion Driven
Someone got so excited by this book that they left a copy in everyone’s mail box.
Friday, July 14, 2006 - Idiot!
Words for idiots. Why doesn English have so many of them?
Friday, February 24, 2006 - Nokia service sucks
I had a fairly negative experience with Nokia: two dead phones (brand-new), and poor service.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - A plug for MemoryX
I’ve actually had good service from a company! Worth cheering about.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
2005
- Eden’s Not So Hot
We live in Eden. That’s the name of our building, but it’s not quite paradise…
Sunday, November 27, 2005 - Chinglish!
Reading English written by people who don’t know it very well is always rather funny.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - Web Hosts – Grrr
I’m unhappy with my web host: they’re down.
Saturday, November 12, 2005 - Why does Internet Explorer suck so much?
Internet Explorer gives me all sorts of trouble. At the moment it’s related to XHTML.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005