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2023-09-06 - Recovering from failed terraform apply
Quick post on how to recover from a failed terraform apply
2023-04-15 - Taking the drone out in Bayers Lake, early spring 2023
Just taking a quick spin around with the Drone in Bayers Lake, Nova Scotia.
2023-04-08 - Out with the drone in Shediac New Brunswick Easter weekend 2023
Out with the drone in Shediac New Brunswick Easter weekend 2023
2022-11-26 - Setting up Syncthing and Obsidian
Setting up Syncthing and Obsidian on a Boox Onyx, Android phone, Linux desktop and Server
Just an update on hurricane Fiona in my neck of the woods.
2022-09-18 - Out off-roading in Tantallon Nova-Scotia, taking a look at a couple wild campsites
Off-roading in Tantallon NS, taking a look at a couple wild campsites
2022-09-10 - Bayers Lake Droning
A panoramic view of the construction site at Bayers Lake in Halifax, taken while flying my drone around the lakes.
2022-09-09 - Stable-Diffusion on Amd cards with rocm on Arch Linux
Experimenting with Stable-Diffusion with my AMD card on Arch Linux with rocm.
2022-09-07 - Memramcook / Taylor Village off-roading trip
A trip to Memramcook, NB to visit the Taylor Village and do some off-roading.
2022-08-28 - Terrence Bay River outing with the Drone
Terrence Bay River outing with the Drone
2022-08-27 - Second Drone Flight!
Just a quick clip of my second drone flight with the mini drone.
2022-08-24 - Installing Lineage on my Pixel 2xl
Overview of how to install Lineage on my Pixel 2xl
2022-08-23 - Sign your git commits with ssh keys instead of gpg
How to sign your git commits with SSH instead of GPG
2022-08-23 - First Drone Flight / Off-Roading
My first drone flight off-roading.
2022-08-05 - get_latest_proton_ge
Quick script to nab the latest Proton GE version, can be run from your SteamDeck.
2022-08-04 - vImDE - NeoVim Integrated Development Environment
NeoVim IDE, I put together somewhat recently and some folks were asking me to post about it.
2022-07-18 - Ever want Twitch.tv streams in your launcher (Rofi)?
Here's how I setup my Rofi and used wtwitch and mpv to play Twitch.tv streams.
2022-05-08 - Dracula and FzF (fuzzy finder) for some shenanigans in the console
fzf with some Dracula colors and some fun console shenanigans.
2022-03-17 - Steam Deck Gotted!
First thoughts and impressions of using the Steamdeck. spoilers it's amazing!
2022-02-24 - New amdfan and py3status-amdfan releases
Amdfan updated to support Py-Yaml 6.0, and py3status-amdfan updated to use Amdfan 0.1.17
2022-02-24 - Elden Ring on Linux (offline mode)
Elden Ring on Linux (offline mode)
2022-01-30 - New amdfan and py3status-amdfan releases
Amdfan updated to Python 3.10 and Rich 11.1, and py3status updated to use Amdfan 0.1.16
2021-12-30 - Advent of Code 2021
Just my entries into the advent of code 2021, been busy with these.
2021-11-02 - Newsboat, yt-dlp and mpv
Newsboat and yt-dlp for RSS and a usable YouTube.
2021-10-27 - Neovim and Github Copilot
Getting up and running with Neovim and Github Copilot on Arch Linux
2021-10-27 - exa a replacement ls
Exa a modern ls replacement, it's pretty neat.
2021-09-23 - The search for a Vi mode browser
Trying out Nyxt in the search for a Vi mode browser.
2021-09-22 - I got a Pinetime!
I got a Pinetime, it was sweet for about 10 minutes. Hopefully it's sweet again in a couple weeks.
2021-09-21 - Getting chat from Owncast into Obs
Small Python script to get your Owncast chat into an OBS overlay
2021-09-19 - Open Broadcast Software and Owncast on Linux with Nginx and LetsEncrypt
Open Broadcast Software (OBS) and Owncast all running in Linux, the perfect open source streaming solution?
2021-09-16 - Qubes installation
Brief overview of Qubes and the installation process.
Just a quick overview of how to setup X Forwarding
2021-09-13 - New Gear Get - Ploopy Classic
WTF is a Ploopy? Opensource Trackball that runs QMK!
2021-08-31 - Switching to Podman as a Docker replacement (also docker-compose)
How to switch over to Podman for all your Docker and docker-compose needs.
Installing Debian11 into a VM to setup as my Work machine.
2021-08-16 - Slackware 15.rc1 in 2021
Preview / How to install Slackware 15.RC1, and small review.
2021-08-12 - Installing Arch Linux (with helpful screenshots)
Not a replacement for the installation wiki, but a complement for newer folks interested in Arch.
2021-08-10 - New Noita Save Manager release
Small update to the Noita save game manager
2021-07-22 - Porting old code again!
Again with porting old projects to modern Python and PyGame
2021-07-16 - Steamdeck Announcement
An interesting time now with the annoucement of Valves Steamdeck.
2021-06-27 - Downgrading your Linux kernel in Arch Linux
Quick write up of downgrading your Linux kernel using Arch Linux in the event of some issues.
2021-06-03 - Pipewire one sound dilly to rule them all?
Taking a peek at Pipewire, to see if it's really the dragon slayer of Linux sound?
2021-05-16 - New amdfan and py3status-amdfan
New releases for AMDFAN and py3status-amdfan
2021-05-11 - Arch Linux after 6 months
Recap / Review after 6 months of usage of Arch Linux
2021-05-09 - Linux From Scratch again!
Taking a look at Linux From Scratch again whats changed in the last 20 years since I last ran through it?
Fun times porting my first personal Python project to Python3
2021-04-20 - Bitwarden after a couple years of LastPass
Overview from a couple months of usage with bitwarden, coming from several unwilling years with LastPass.
2021-04-19 - Something new for me anyways
Giving nvim a try, after a very long time spent with Vim.
2021-04-14 - Initial release py3status-amdfan
The initial release for my new py3status module to monitor fan RPM and temperatures.
2021-04-08 - Movie Night with Friends
Syncplay is a neat tool for watching movies with friends remotely
2021-04-06 - Last Noita update - Linux performance
With the final large update to Noita, there are some benefits and sadness.
2021-04-05 - py3status-github-notifications
Small py3status module for showing github notifications in i3wm
Porting my site to Gemini, with Bash and Python
35 minutes from release to Arch
2021-03-16 - Automating the little things
Small automation for my server
2021-03-09 - weechat and tmux for remote IRC
Quick setup for persistent weechat with tmux and systemd
2021-03-03 - Urtuk: The Desolation
Urtuk: The Desolation is a new roguelike, turn-based tactical combat game with a native Linux build.
2021-02-28 - Noita Save Manager
Linux compatible Noita Save Manager
A multiplayer mod for one of the best roguelikes out there.
2021-02-21 - amdfan First release
My first release of AMDFAN, a fan controller for amdgpu video cards.
It ain't much but it's mine
What a great game, with fantastic Linux support.
2021-02-02 - Miniflux + Wallabag + Android client = 👍
Setting up Miniflux with Wallabag to read articles on my Android phone.
2021-02-01 - Adding Python Virtual Env support to Synth Shell
Just a quick write up of adding Python virtualenv support to Synth Shell
2021-01-29 - cpu_governor.py a py3status module
Another py3status module for i3, this time for showing the CPU governor
2021-01-28 - Falling Everything in Python
Small Python demo of the Noita physics engine "falling everything" written in Python.
2021-01-26 - http_monitor for i3 (py3status)
Small http monitoring script that I wrote to keep track of some services running on my server.
Setting up Alacritty, ranger and ueberzug for image previews in the terminal
2021-01-23 - Demon's Souls / RPCS3
Getting Demon's Souls up and running in Arch Linux with RPCS3
WTF is Gemini? Really... is it just a fancy Gopher?
2021-01-19 - Noita - Linux performance
Some settings and programs you can use to improve responsiveness of Noita, and other CPU intensive games.
Setting up KeyOxide for DNS, Github and Mastodon
2021-01-14 - Dead Cells controller issues
How I managed to resolve (kinda), my controller issues with Dead Cells in Linux
2021-01-13 - Foundry setup in Linux
Quick setup guide for self-hosting Foundry VTT
2021-01-12 - Wizards and State Machines
Noita, the best Witch game you haven't played.
2021-01-11 - Dwarf Fortress in Arch with a Tile-set
Small write-up of how to install a tile-set for Dwarf Fortress in Linux (Arch, but any other distribution will work as well).
2021-01-09 - Building AUR's with a chroot
How to build AUR's with a chroot cleanly
2021-01-07 - pacman coming from apt / dpkg
Working with the Arch Linux package manager
More commands that I didn't know about
2021-01-03 - Ventoy how did I not know about you?
Neat tool that I didn't know about for bootable media
2021-01-01 - Installing Arch Linux blind after 20 years of Debian
Some thoughts about Arch and Debian after 20 years of using primarily Debian
2020-12-31 - Creating a py3status module to monitor my UPS battery
How to create a py3status module
Basic Looking Glass setup
2020-12-29 - Cyberpunk 2077 in Linux kinda?
Short demo video of VFIO setup playing Cyberpunk
BIOS and optimizations
2020-12-27 - The Machine! (virtual)
Configuring your VM
2020-12-26 - Isolation (of hardware)
Isolation of components for VM pass through
Intro to VFIO in Linux
Thanks for visiting my capsule!