All my local shops have run out ...
All my local shops have run out of hand gel sanitizer, but still have bars of soap available. It’s very weird as the latter is more effective in getting rid of dirt and virus from your hands. #corvid19
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I run my own Nextcloud server, and every other week there's an update to the server, or one of the plugins I've enabled. The following steps enable automatic updates to the Nextcloud server.This...
View ArticleFafi v0.1.5-alpha
I just released Fafi v0.1.5-alpha. Fafi is a console application that indexes and searches the page content of Firefox bookmarks.Install via pipx install fafiv0.1.5 stores the database into it's own...
View ArticleI updated the "Auto-Update Nextcloud" post with ...
I updated the "Auto-Update Nextcloud" post with a new version of the script to update the installed apps as well! https://vandragt.com/2020/auto-update-nextcloud
View ArticleReady to give up on Python for ...
Ready to give up on Python for cli tools and switch to nim or crystal or whatever. Creating and distibuting a standalone executable shouldn't be this hard.
View ArticleTip: when opening food containers write the ...
Tip: when opening food containers write the DoO (Date of Opening) on the container with a sharpie. Never guess if something is in date!
View ArticleIf you need a few minutes of ...
If you need a few minutes of calm in these worrying times, try listening to Ólafur Arnalds https://open.spotify.com/artist/7E3BRXV9ZbCt5lQTCXMTia?si=iqlvP-3NRQGqOAcZ93DUbw
View ArticleHide Trackbacks 1.1.4
Hide Trackbacks is a WordPress plugin that hides pingbacks and trackbacks from your website comments.The minimum supported WordPress version is now 5.0 and I've bumped up the version to indicate it is...
View ArticleWhen a website looks good people will ...
When a website looks good people will be drawn in; when the experience is good people will come back.
View ArticleInstalling PyInstaller on a Poetry project on MacOS
I'm looking to create a cross-platform executable of my commandline application. The application is using poetry as the package manager, and I'm running this on MacOS.First we need to install...
View ArticleI’ve FINALLY setup a BookStack instance (trivial, ...
I’ve FINALLY setup a BookStack instance (trivial, once I sorted out a Let's Encrypt issue) for reference documentation. Find it at https://brain.vandragt.com. The ‘pages’ functionality for Known is...
View ArticleUpgrade BookStack
I use the following script to run a daily upgrade on the #BookStack instance:#!/usr/bin/env bashpushd /var/www/brain.vandragt.com git pull origin release && composer install --no-dev...
View ArticleA wolf in sheep’s clothes
Moving contact tracing down the stack fundamentally changes the amount of control users have: you can uninstall a (contact tracing) app, you cannot uninstall the entire OSThat's a very worrying...
View ArticleFirefox's spelling checker wasn't working for me, ...
Firefox's spelling checker wasn't working for me, and unfortunately it doesn't support the macOS default one, so I was seeing a lot of spelling errors. I fixed it by installing the recommended links at...
View ArticleelementaryOS is the comfy slippers of Linux ...
elementaryOS is the comfy slippers of Linux distributions. If Apple ever ruins their privacy game, this is where I will end up.
View ArticleMy server ran out of space, it ...
My server ran out of space, it turns out NextCloud was holding on to 30GB of trash! Fixed as per https://bayton.org/docs/nextcloud/nextcloud-hoarding-trash-how-to-force-automatic-removal-of-deleted...
View ArticleLooking for a way to checkout the ...
Looking for a way to checkout the same git repos on two machines. Moving the files into cloud sync causes trouble so maybe there’s a tool that export git repo definitions from a folder structure?
View ArticleFancy Zoom Calls - Snook.ca
Although I'm too pragmatic to go through the setup required to get this up and running, I love reading about these elaborate #remoteworking setups
View ArticleIf you send email using `noreply@` then ...
If you send email using `noreply@` then think about why you're not having a human contact? Why are you sending email and missing out on starting a conversation? That's bad business. It also flags you...
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Turn that frown upside down
People recognise faces. Make sure your logo has a positive connection.
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