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2024

• RC Logr 20200810 180831

  If you have a json config file and want to see what it looks like in yaml format, the …

2023

• RC Logr 20230314 184823

  Happy π day; it’s been a while. We have been migrating to M365 for a while and are …

2021

• RC Logr 20211001 171023

  Into color design or accessibility? Give « Accessible Palette » from @efedorenko of …

• RC Logr 20210903 164048

  If you have a need to backup an IMAP mail account to maildir format, @xs4all coded a …

• RC Logr 20210902 085642

  Want your weather in the terminal? Of course you do. @igor_chubin created « wttr » so you …

• RC Logr 20210526 154311

  Idan Kamara created a really useful site called « ExplainShell » that graphically shows …

• RC Logr 20210518 115515

  Check out this impressive, useful site « https://domevents.dev/ » to help you learn about …

• RC Logr 20210502 175135

  Apple has stopped making so-called « delta » updates available as of macOS Big Sur, but …

• RC Logr 20210412 164458

  Wow, « dasel » from Tom Wright @tomwright1993, is a truly cool tool. It uses a standard …

• RC Logr 20210410 160626

  When you cannot dig dig for cli dns lookup, you might try « dog », written in Rust by …

• RC Logr 20210407 085106

  If you need a super simple way to cryptographically sign a file, such as a software …

• RC Logr 20210407 083652

  Devs check out « @ProjectSigstore », a project that aims to ease adoption of cryptographic …

• RC Logr 20210330 083816

  J. B. Crawford @jcrawfordor publishes an informative newsletter at « Computers are Bad ». …

• RC Logr 20210312 151959

  So @isostandards prevent their docs from being read by the unwashed masses, with a …

• RC Logr 20210307 180924

  Ok, this is nifty. « Dolt is git for data » as their repo says. 😎 A SQL database with git …

• RC Logr 20210228 193411

  Github issue comments have long had the ability to auto-upload images just by either …

• RC Logr 20210227 192329

  SVG Blobs have been a trend in web design, and if you need to make some, you can use « …

• RC Logr 20210217 154837

  Devs and sysadmins, have you seen « Shields.io » ? It lets you generate those cool SVG …

• RC Logr 20210215 112532

  Web designers check out « Ipsum Image » which lets you generate placeholder images for …

• RC Logr 20210211 204411

  So I migrated some production PHP apps to « @FortRabbit » and could not be happier. Great …

• RC Logr 20210207 174906

  Surely you have seen these here and there‽ Thanks go to Katerina Limpitsouni (@NinaLimpi) …

• RC Logr 20210206 093903

  Folks, if you want to explore the so-called Jamstack, « @Stackbit » really has it going …

• RC Logr 20210202 211346

  Goodness, « @FortRabbit » is such a good PHP hosting service (er, rather, PHP as a …

• RC Logr 20210128 133037

  « Phantom Analyzer », from the Fathom Analytics guys (@jackellis @pjrvs @usefathom) is a …

• RC Logr 20210125 102147

  If you like puzzle games, 双曲番 Sokyokuban from @alang9g and @jaspervdj is just so, so cool …

• RC Logr 20210125 100846

  Update 202301: Apex unceremoniously closed their services as of end 2022, no email notice …

• RC Logr 20210124 212351

  Looking at modern web hosts like Netlify or Vercel, a smaller provider Aerobatic …

• RC Logr 20210121 205751

  Update 202301: Apex unceremoniously closed their services as of end 2022, no email notice …

• RC Logr 20210117 110526

  MacOS users, perhaps you know you can option-click an icon in the Dock to force quit that …

• RC Logr 20210107 215726

  Two interesting new apps, both keyboard-centric, light and fast: @height_app, @linear_app …

• RC Logr 20210101 084415

  Happy new year! May your 2021 be healthy & extra geeky! 🤖

2020

• RC Logr 20201229 132632

  MacOS users, if you ever need to reset your Finder, Dock or Menubar, you can issue these …

• RC Logr 20201227 210231

  MacOS Big Sur users, if you are having trouble with trackpad gestures, try opening …

• RC Logr 20201115 220326

  Devs, if you upgraded to MacOS Big Sur and use brew, you might need to manually uninstall …

• RC Logr 20201112 152406

  Macs with the new M1 chip from Apple are limited in external monitor support. People will …

• RC Logr 20201102 163842

  «Dasel» is an open source DAta SELector program that allows you to query and modify data …

• RC Logr 20201015 105657

  I have not used it yet, but «Vale», a cross-platform command-line linter for prose, looks …

• RC Logr 20200818 132712

  Update

  • 20230419 - cannot log in, and looking at the forum, it appears others have been …
• RC Logr 20200730 113444

  If you make a mistake and enter sensitive information in your zsh prompt, it is saved in …

• RC Logr 20200721 195846

  If you want to autosign git commits on Mac, there are a couple of tricks to it. I have not …

• RC Logr 20200721 085228

  If you like Sudoku, you might also like «Hexologic», by Mythic Owl. ⬡

  六角論理 in Japanese.

• RC Logr 20200720 211227

  «Zsh for Humans» (z4h by @romkatv on GitHub) is a configuration for z-shell that just …

• RC Logr 20200719 181054

  Today I sat and replaced cat with «bat». Bat is a fast (written in Rust) cat clone with …

• RC Logr 20200718 203303

  «Exa» (@dot_slash_exa) is a superb modern and fast ls replacement that supports colors, …

• RC Logr 20200714 155907

  Interesting project by Owen Ou «Upterm» (@owenthereal) is written in Go and makes remote …

• RC Logr 20200710 183207

  One way to hide the contents of a file, e.g. one containing environment variables …

• RC Logr 20200706 060711

  Trying a different zsh plugin system, «zplug». It is super simple and flexible, and I am …

• RC Logr 20200627 103837

  If you are using the aws cli tool, you can set the shell env var «AWS_PROFILE» to match …

• RC Logr 20200625 090929

  If you have AirPods Pro headphones there is a firmware update (from 2D15 to 2D27) with no …

• RC Logr 20200625 084815

  I connected a new ELECOM WRC-X3000GS broadband router that supports «Wi-fi 6», or IEEE …

• RC Logr 20200625 054237

  Google released a way to automatically delete the data it stores on you more frequently. …

• RC Logr 20200616 095855

  Simon Fredsted @fredsted has been prolifically releasing new features for his fantastic …

• RC Logr 20200609 172638

  Found a good utility called «yq», which aims to be the jq for yaml. You can easily convert …

• RC Logr 20200606 203447

  If you are doing any modern PHP dev on Mac, check out the Laravel ecosystem, especially …

• RC Logr 20200606 061722

  I use some integrated AWS services to host some sites, including S3 for basic hosting, …

• RC Logr 20200605 083345

  I updated MacOS to 10.15.5 yesterday via the combo updater (i.e. the non-delta updater), …

• RC Logr 20200604 111524

  When doing development on a Mac, you might discover the system is not finding something …

• RC Logr 20200602 201003

  A friend reminded me of a great GUI utility called «balenaEtcher», which lets you flash OS …

• RC Logr 20200601 190658

  I like the Mac utility «ImageOptim» for crunching down my image sizes, and there is a good …

• RC Logr 20200513 193429

  Learned about two cool apps by Adam Newbold at @neatnikllc - «Salty», a simple secure …

• RC Logr 20200511 112219

  If you are making DNS changes, you may want to flush your local dns responder cache, so …

• RC Logr 20200510 182623

  So Zoom acquired a beloved crypto app Keybase, and the announcement blog post is so fuzzy …

• RC Logr 20200510 174559

  Many static site generators like Hugo have a built in dev web server. If you are just …

• RC Logr 20200510 173730

  An rsync command I was using in a git hook was giving an error regarding permissions not …

• RC Logr 20200510 062445

  Twurl uses ruby and broke, so I switched to CLI tweeting via a little golang utility …

• RC Logr 20200503 182144

  There’s a cool blocks-based editor project called «editor.js» that outputs clean …

• RC Logr 20200428 201445

  Today I upgraded a Drupal site with drush, a convenient cli utility for Drupal, but …

• RC Logr 20200412 095433

  Everyone is saying stay 2 meters apart and I mentioned this in a previous post, but …

• RC Logr 20200329 154842

  A geeky-funny Ham radio take on the idea of social distancing in this image from Twitter …

• RC Logr 20200320 114100

  We are not quarantined in Japan (yet), but here is an idea to squelch the boredom: get a …

• RC Logr 20200317 094234

  I just love webhook.site. Simon Fredsted @fredsted has done such a great job on it, and …

• RC Logr 20200317 092838

  A little .gitignore tip: you can use regex to cover cases where reports you do not want in …

• RC Logr 20200312 092639

  I tried using the Post feature in Slack, and found that pasting code is buggy, and that …

• RC Logr 20200212 142448

  Read about this in the NY Times this AM - Prof Po-Shen Loh has re-introduced an ancient …

• RC Logr 20200209 094156

  Apple is deprecating «kext» kernel extensions from macOS 10.15.4. Check your …

• RC Logr 20200108 111937

  If you need to generate a uuid, say for a unique filename, on mac you can do it via the …

• RC Logr 20200107 210557

  I used the Simple Event Correlator «SEC» on a past project, and it is still maintained. It …

• RC Logr 20200102 161726

  I use the CLI utility «jq» from stedolan a lot to manipulate json, and just bought a …

• RC Logr 20200101 095245

  Happy New Year, lovely nerds: may your 2020 be as crash free as possible. Heard of «Zeit»? …

2019

• RC Logr 20191231 191950

  There are about 31,557,600 seconds in a year, with about 16,500 of those left in this …

• RC Logr 20191227 170048

  Demolishing a 60-year old wooden house requires a team of 3 people 4 weeks, a backhoe, and …

• RC Logr 20191209 095404

  My «Pinebook Pro» came finally. It is a $200 linux/BSD laptop with great specs for the …

• RC Logr 20191208 191442

  Looking at task management apps lately, I noticed that many have a wiki-like trust of …

• RC Logr 20191002 201759

  If you need to test webhooks, just make a PostBin for it. You get a unique URL to post to, …

• RC Logr 20191001 100653

  Today is the 1st of Oct, which marks the increase of VAT tax from 8% to 10% (an easier …

• RC Logr 20190930 083359

  I usually use the static site generator called Hugo, but I am interested in this SSG …

• RC Logr 20190829 152813

  Will try a «Pinebook Pro», a $200 linux laptop with a 14 inch IPS 1080p panel, magnesium …

• RC Logr 20190806 155623

  Learned about «Typeform» for forms and surveys for the people. Easy to use, and works with …

• RC Logr 20190805 200629

  Here we are in August in Japan, and the heat is here with a vengeance. To top it off, the …

• RC Logr 20190730 191256

  Java runtime got upgraded today, and I notice that Oracle will start charging a license …

• RC Logr 20190725 172614

  Panic «Nova» beta was announced. Yes, it is yet another text editor, but, this is Panic. …

• RC Logr 20190725 171849

  I use straight git from the terminal or SmartGit, but today I learned about git client « …

• RC Logr 20190719 123054

  Today I learned about «Heart Rate Variability» as a general indicator of fitness, after …

• RC Logr 20190718 175035

  Have you ever heard of a «Pasigraphy», where written symbols refer to concepts rather than …

• RC Logr 20190701 125451

  It is July already, and this month on «Tanabata» on the 7th, my company eSolia turns 20! …

• RC Logr 20190619 151808

  There is a new service to automate outgoing webmentions by Remy Sharp @rem. Check it out …

• RC Logr 20190616 080509

  Troy Hunt talks about the future of Have I Been Pwned, «Project Svalbard», after the seeds …

• RC Logr 20190615 181107

  According to an ad I saw, now «Chromium-based preview builds» of Microsoft Edge are …

• RC Logr 20190607 185910

  If you want to test scripts and programs in various programming languages, check out: …

• RC Logr 20190606 194748

  Welcome to June, already a month into the Reiwa 令和 Era in Japan, and we are probably in …

• RC Logr 20190528 115216

  Here is a practical look at how Maciej Cegłowski (@pinboard) tried to get normal people to …

• RC Logr 20190524 164948

  Like reading a system log where we cannot really assess motive by its entries, we also …

• RC Logr 20190522 075900

  «Le Grand KG», a small cylinder of 90% platinum and 10% iridium located in a Paris …

• RC Logr 20190518 083534

  Learned about an interesting shell called «elvish» today. It includes pipelines that can …

• RC Logr 20190516 184252

  Static Site Generator Hugo has a relatively new «append» command made possible because of …

• RC Logr 20190514 083832

  Japan train stations now have announcements to stay behind the yellow «tenji burokku 点字ブロッ …

• RC Logr 20190511 081114

  Ars says Nest died at Google I/O 2019. The current unbridled investment culture where …

• RC Logr 20190509 075011

  Reading this article from EasyDNS about Network Solutions scammy business practices, I am …

• RC Logr 20190508 081521

  Todd Austin and colleagues at The U of Michigan, have developed the unhackable chip …

• RC Logr 20190507 182133

  Microsoft is shipping a Linux kernel in «Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL 2». That is …

• RC Logr 20190507 175601

  We are back at work after a long, long Golden Week. Well that will not happen for another …

• RC Logr 20190505 063647

  PSA: A hacker is wiping git repositories and demanding bitcoin ransom. Git config files …

• RC Logr 20190503 121035

  Welcome to May, the beginning of the Reiwa 令和 Era in Japan. The color palette on my Logr …

• RC Logr 20190503 115158

  Martin Tournoij reformatted «The Art of Unix Programming» by Eric S. Raymond. See his …

• RC Logr 20190430 094940

  One mistake I often see beginning front-end devs make is, not knowing the difference …

• RC Logr 20190425 095640

  Learned about «Synergy» from Symless today, which lets you share one mouse and keyboard …

• RC Logr 20190421 095801

  Learned about «Working Copy» today, a git client for iOS. Anyone use it? I think it would …

• RC Logr 20190418 122925

  You can use a plugin to generate your vim status line, or you could use the «vim …

• RC Logr 20190414 135141

  Given a json file, used say for a search index, you can easily use «jq» from stedolan to …

• RC Logr 20190413 121627

  Apple iCloud Drive has its place and works well for syncing data for certain apps to «all …

• RC Logr 20190412 233559

  Static site generator «Hugo 0.55.1» was released, with three bug fixes. Go static! 🚀 …

• RC Logr 20190412 144410

  MacOS or Linux users, you might find log file viewer «lnav» useful. It is for viewing …

• RC Logr 20190411 071927

  The first black hole “photo” is incredible, and before her credit gets sucked …

• RC Logr 20190410 093015

  Saw @AdobeType post that they are adding the #Reiwa era single-kanji character to their …

• RC Logr 20190410 075101

  Turns out birds are not so bird-brained after all, per the «Birdsong» episode of the …

• RC Logr 20190409 224521

  PSA: A serious bug was discovered in Apache, the web server that powers a lot of the …

• RC Logr 20190409 144438

  After upgrading to static site generator «Hugo 0.55.0», building with hugo server -D …

• RC Logr 20190409 071904

  Static site generator «Hugo 0.55.0» was released, we got a lot of great new features to …

• RC Logr 20190408 145501

  Today I learned about «Lynis», an agentless security auditing tool for *nix-based systems, …

• RC Logr 20190408 061136

  «Cargo Cult» programming is a waste of time and effort. The best way is to understand …

• RC Logr 20190406 181729

  I often need to replace dates in the frontmatter of markdown files, in «RFC 3339» format …

• RC Logr 20190405 182129

  You can use the Haversine formula to approximate the «great-circle» distance between …

• RC Logr 20190405 144845

  To avoid storing a credential in command line history, you can store it in a file and use …

• RC Logr 20190403 093056

  If you use Win 10 64 bit, you can install the «Windows Subsystem for Linux» from Control …

• RC Logr 20190401 134646

  The new Japan era name is «Reiwa» 令和, the 239th such era, which comprises daily-use kanji …

• RC Logr 20190401 073544

  I was disappointed in this incredible article by Hans van «Hook», because it mentions the …

• RC Logr 20190401 055127

  Welcome to April. The color palette on my Logr site this month was picked thinking of the …

• RC Logr 20190331 115301

  An «L» on a sock is ambiguous as it could mean left or large assuming English, so if you …

• RC Logr 20190328 172846

  Ever need a super simple way to show hidden files in Mac Finder or a File Open dialog, …

• RC Logr 20190328 165103

  I love the zsh configuration framework «prezto». Browse the runcoms folder for all the …

• RC Logr 20190327 160702

  When there is a new macOS point release available like today, before you update I …

• RC Logr 20190326 193800

  When you use bash as your shell, normally your .bash_profile is run once when you log in, …

• RC Logr 20190325 182919

  macOS often lets you set the default app for something, from preferences in their …

• RC Logr 20190325 150523

  The zsh that is installed by default on macOS is 3 years old, but you can use homebrew to …

• RC Logr 20190324 091526

  Saw this tweet in which .bash_history was accidentally re-executed using source. …

• RC Logr 20190322 183601

  Vim lets you search in normal mode by simply pressing slash followed by the search word …

• RC Logr 20190322 072545

  Ever boneheadedly pasted a password into a terminal command? Restart your terminal, find …

• RC Logr 20190321 082138

  Email newsletters have to cater to various email clients that parse HTML differently, …

• RC Logr 20190320 083743

  I posted about how to remove a key from ~/.ssh/known_hosts using vim, when you have …

• RC Logr 20190319 124917

  Today I learned about Input Club mechanical keyboards, and the KLL keyboard input …

• RC Logr 20190318 195558

  Sys admins you will have seen those messages you get from ssh servers sometimes, saying IT …

• RC Logr 20190318 103738

  Is your Japan branch using Era Year Names (元号, げんごう, gengou) in any apps? If so, you …

• RC Logr 20190318 082725

  The chips that power our devices rely on EUV or «extreme ultraviolet lithography», to draw …

• RC Logr 20190317 101817

  Happy St. Patrick’s day! Designers should note the official green and orange of the …

• RC Logr 20190316 091856

  Heard about the #HHKBChallenge in the Bay Area by @taromatsumura? I have used PFU Happy …

• RC Logr 20190316 000357

  Haha, is it wrong to get this giddy over software? «Monodraw» is an ascii art editor for …

• RC Logr 20190315 164306

  Learn what «CAPTology» is so you can gird yourself against it (I do not care about likes, …

• RC Logr 20190315 082448

  If you tried using bc to do the quick pi calculation I mentioned yesterday, you can also …

• RC Logr 20190314 180352

  Since it is March 14th and Pi day, here is an odd fact: you cannot ever know the exact …

• RC Logr 20190314 170409

  Happy π day. #piday #円周率の日 It is trivial to approximate pi to say 100 digits using bc, the …

• RC Logr 20190314 133358

  And last not least, check out «Tubes» by Andrew Blum, a «Journey to the Center of the …

• RC Logr 20190314 125911

  NEC subsidiary OCC is a major maker of undersea cables, and some models of their SC300 and …

• RC Logr 20190314 085618

  Most of the massive amount of our internet traffic including Netflix binges, is carried by …

• RC Logr 20190313 084110

  Thinking about the potential perils of using remote access technology in inappropriate …

• RC Logr 20190312 225720

  Twitter user @hmpffff gave me a tip about «davmail», the main goal of which is to «provide …

• RC Logr 20190312 133400

  F5 Networks has agreed to acquire Nginx for 670MM USD. It remains to be seen if this will …

• RC Logr 20190312 091026

  Living in Japan with our pervasive, sleepy feeling of security, we do not consider that …

• RC Logr 20190312 072547

  Learned about «KeyMe» in the New York Times this AM. Apparently they are developing what …

• RC Logr 20190311 222245

  I am trying to indie-webify my logr site, but there are a lot of moving parts like …

• RC Logr 20190311 082658

  You know those absurd Gcal «you have no events scheduled today» emails? Calendar settings, …

• RC Logr 20190310 204554

  «Spring ahead» or daylight saving time has started in North America, and since Japan does …

• RC Logr 20190309 152928

  A day late and 100 yen short to honor important people who happen to be female:

  • Hypatia …
• RC Logr 20190308 124731

  Reading up on the titanium tumbler I just got from SUS Gallery, it turns out there is a …

• RC Logr 20190307 172838

  Python program «remarshal» is a useful utility to convert between TOML, YAML and JSON. My …

• RC Logr 20190307 092129

  PSA: Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome versions prior to …

• RC Logr 20190306 221459

  I love the typeface «IBM Plex» so much that I re-formatted my Logr site to use it. The …

• RC Logr 20190306 112621

  I saw a post comparing the HHKB to the Leopold FC660C mechanical keyboard, concluding that …

• RC Logr 20190305 194040

  Do you know of the «Doherty Threshold» or «Zeigarnik Effect»? If you design any …

• RC Logr 20190305 143751

  If you are a mechanical keyboard user (and you should be), follow @PFU_HHKB on Twitter, …

• RC Logr 20190305 095600

  Did you know that if you store your iPhone backups on iCloud, it is encrypted so that not …

• RC Logr 20190305 095019

  The EFF has a subdomain «fixitalready» about the privacy problems being long ignored by …

• RC Logr 20190305 092239

  Making a bulk email template with the excellent and popular mjml, guess which mail client …

• RC Logr 20190304 153429

  Neat zsh trick which I understand works in bash too, replace text of your last issued …

• RC Logr 20190303 201422

  I like keybase.io for secure file sharing, but bashupload.com also looks like a cool tool, …

• RC Logr 20190303 080935

  I am tempted to try Nix over the fairly standard Homebrew on my Macs (anyone remember …

• RC Logr 20190301 191716

  I integrated holiday name display in Logr, pulling the needed holiday data in json format …

• RC Logr 20190301 191149

  The open source «fsnotes» is macOS and iOS only, but looks really solid! 📓

• RC Logr 20190301 154044

  If you are using ssh or rsync, one important setup tip is to make sure your permissions …

• RC Logr 20190301 123212

  I hate corporate email systems that tack on a massive disclaimer or insert [EXTERNAL] or …

• RC Logr 20190301 114354

  Well, the month-based color palette changed as expected with the previous post, and my …

• RC Logr 20190301 082710

  Was pleasantly suprised at how easy it is to get syntax highlighting going in Hugo, since …

• RC Logr 20190228 191950

  In bash or zsh, do cd - to pop back to your previous location. Say you are deep in your …

• RC Logr 20190228 151933

  In bash or zsh, you can recall the last argument using !$. For example, if you execute ls …

• RC Logr 20190228 074744

  Finally had time to experiment with the Hugo SSG pipeline feature for real, which lets you …

• RC Logr 20190227 123708

  You can use the dd command to write a downloaded .iso file to a USB stick, for booting and …

• RC Logr 20190226 172942

  Today I saw the phrase «security theatre» used to describe not setting a passphrase on …

• RC Logr 20190226 150132

  If you use zsh «and you should», you can use many vim key bindings to edit the command …

• RC Logr 20190226 081429

  Linux distro comparison lists are misleading, for instance counting the number of …

• RC Logr 20190225 073505

  Want an easy way to reload your shell? Do: exec $SHELL --login. Alias it with a shell …

• RC Logr 20190224 214108

  macOS users, if you are using Hammerspoon for your windows management, be sure to check …

• RC Logr 20190224 163437

  Gotta remember the difference between the z-shell config files. The .zshenv loads first, …

• RC Logr 20190223 065350

  You can elect to decrypt your macOS FileVault via your Apple ID, but that implies keys …

• RC Logr 20190222 121056

  Creating responsive email templates that are viewable on any device is full of pitfalls. …

• RC Logr 20190222 091004

  I am a MailMate user myself for email, MailMate being the fantastic IMAP-centric …

• RC Logr 20190222 075557

  By creating a situation where so many companies developed websites that only worked in IE, …

• RC Logr 20190220 111843

  If your system is EFI or UEFI, you can make use of a utility called rEFInd, which looks …

• RC Logr 20190220 093453

  I have tried various bulk email services, and now I will try the self-hosted sendy, which …

• RC Logr 20190219 201247

  Got asked by a client to add a second URL to a block on a seminar page, but they wanted to …

• RC Logr 20190219 074932

  It is easy to think that you must use javascript to do something like a collapsible menu, …

• RC Logr 20190218 112009

  A Google engineer stated at FOSDEM that the 8.8.8.8 DNS service is about generally faster …

• RC Logr 20190217 195345

  Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, tells us how to pronounce it. 🎓

• RC Logr 20190217 115331

  Window managers for macOS, for your tiling pleasure: Hammerspoon, Moom, Veeer.io, DIVVY, …

• RC Logr 20190217 093413

  Hammerspoon hackers, you can get display names dynamically by doing this: local …

• RC Logr 20190216 234157

  I looked at various window tiling managers for macOS, but I think I will stick with …

• RC Logr 20190216 184424

  I programmed my Elgato Stream Deck to trigger some macOS Services, namely the WordService …

• RC Logr 20190216 150919

  On macOS you can get the number of words in text on the clipboard, by doing pbpaste | wc …

• RC Logr 20190215 123805

  In shell scripting, you need to keep in mind that single quotes preserve the literal value …

• RC Logr 20190215 112132

  Check out the keybow, a mini DIY mechanical keyboard that is a solderless design, meaning …

• RC Logr 20190215 064223

  I have been using linux on servers only, but idea of using a minimalist window manager …

• RC Logr 20190214 162959

  Ever need to download a website for offline viewing? You can use the wget utility to do …

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  Lately I am interested in the idea of building small cross-platform utilities for my team …

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  Today I easily renamed a large number of text files in nested folders with the zsh …

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  Looks like darch is like dockerfiles for your dotfiles. I’ve been looking into how …

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  Succeeded in flashing a custom keymap to my HHKB with custom controller using qmk: install …

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  Found out that I can make use of qmk to program my custom HHKB keyboard controller. I need …

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  Vnote (donationware) and Standard Notes (premium edition option) seem like good options …

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  macOS has a native hypervisor, called Hypervisor.framework. You can use full (and …

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  I installed the TMK programmable controller into my PFU HHKB Happy Hacking keyboard, and …

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  In shell scripting, besides the canonical way of checking a variable using [ -z = $1 ], …

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  In bash shell scripting, you can conveniently extract substrings using its parameter …

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  Twurl is an OAuth-enabled curl-like app written in ruby, to let you easily use the Twitter …

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  Vantablack is an incredible Nanotube-based substance which absorbs 99.965% of visible …

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  Got my Elgato Stream Deck and it is pretty slick. It is definitely a streaming centric …

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  Another discovery today was the Dat Project, a peer-to-peer protocol that combines the …

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  Cronitor looks like a slick service, designed to monitor and alert you when a cron job …

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  Yesterday I learned about so-called “macro pads”, which are small programmable …

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  I love the utility jq from stedolan. It is so useful in day to day terminal activities, …

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  TIL about the concept of a warrant canary, with which an org states the absence of any …

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  I’m going to try dotbot for managing my dot files. I really need a quick and easy …

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  Made by the same fellow, Hasu, who also makes the programmable replacement control board …

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  Hugo, my static site generator of choice, just released version 0.54.0, kompleat with …

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  I’ve ordered a cool programmable controller for PFU HHKB Happy Hacking keyboards …

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  Sometimes you need a timestamp in a shell script, for example if you need to calculate the …

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  Did significant changes to my Keyboardio Model 01 layout, putting the shifts under my …

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  Got word from my ISP that a backup had a bunch of files with suspected malware (uh, why …

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  My Keyboardio Model 01 surely has some DNA from the Esrille New Keyboard from NISSE. The …

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  It’s been a looong time since I soldered anything, but the Helix ortholinear (grid) …

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  Apple’s FaceTime has a serious bug that lets people remotely listen in via your …

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  You can choose which of your keybase folders to sync from the terminal, although kbfs …

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  Have you heard of “Have I Been Pwned”? It’s used by Firefox Monitor and …

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  If you’re a Facebook user (hard to justify in light of hard evidence), you should …

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  Have you heard of the programming language Rust, for “safe systems …

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  In terms of cables, I like the brand ANKER because their products are sturdy and last …

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  Successfully compiled and loaded the Arduino firmware with some basic customizations for …

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  Big advantage to a keyboard like the keyboardio Model 01 is, you can chord multiple …

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  Learned something important about keybase’s kbfs system, which is mounted as a fuse …

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  For all its benefits, Keybase.io doesn’t support audio or video chat, but Wire does. …

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  Are you aware of keybase.io? They offer various features like encrypted chat, git, shared …

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  For wrist health, I’m trying an ergonomic Model 01 from Keyboardio. So far …

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  Did you know you can specify how rsync uses ssh? Set a variable like this:

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