Today I have signed up to the Fishpond affiliate advertising program. This will affect the content of my blog so in fairness I will outline my views on advertising, this program and how I intend to market products. Advertising In my view advertising is a necessary component of civilisation but that doesn’t mean I approve… Continue reading My affiliation with Fishpond and my stance on advertising
Author: Ryan McCoskrie
Founder of the Hurunui Tech Club
Creator of Vicinitude
President of the Leithfield Public Library
My Minecraft Launchers
I’ve got two custom launchers for Minecraft on Linux. One is a wrapper script written for zsh and the other is a *.desktop file so I can conveniently launch it from my desktop. First the script ~/local/bin/minecraft: #!/usr/bin/zsh function minecraft () { case $1 { “”) java -jar $HOME/minecraft/MagicLauncher_1.3.1.jar;; “-def”) java -jar $HOME/minecraft/Minecraft.jar;; “-tech”) java… Continue reading My Minecraft Launchers
Theory of quantum software generation
Note: The following is an idea that has only just occurred to me and I feel the need to write as fast as possible. Unless I am mistaken the core theory of quantum computing is that a Quantum Computer (Q. Computer) generates all possible (or at least billions) of conceivable answers to a problem and… Continue reading Theory of quantum software generation
Core Linux servers
The following is a list of Linux server software that is used in many, many situations to provide infrastructure to other services. If you want to be a sys admin you must know these. OpenSSH: This server is used to provide authenticated command line access to remote servers. Additionally it can also be used to… Continue reading Core Linux servers
I just read an article on this matter and feel that this message must be spread as far as possible
http://agateau.com/2015/qdir-separator-considered-harmful/
After my last post I started working on a prototype for a podcast client that supports what I am talking about. If I work at a good pace I ought to have a beta out around the end of this month.
A suggestion to improve podcasting.
In recent months I have started listening to various podcast via Amarok. The problem is when a host assumes that I listen from a web browser and have the show notes in front of me. I have simple idea on how to fix this though. Either add a tag to the RSS standard (or re… Continue reading A suggestion to improve podcasting.
mkcd: My favourite script
The two commands that I cannot stand to run consecutively are mkdir and cd. It’s a little thing but I despise creating a directory and then entering it with a second command so I wrote a /bin/zsh function to combine them. If you want to do the same add the following into your .zshrc file:… Continue reading mkcd: My favourite script
I just suffered a massive data loss due to using btrfs on my PC; Do not let yourself be next! Avoid btrfs at all cost!
Topics I might write about
A quick list of things that I am looking at writing about. Bug fixing on LibreOffice, KDE and other open source projects. How I get the most out of my computer (shell scripts, KDE setup, server config, etc). Draw attention to non-action graphic novels. Music history / reviews (mostly prog rock and euro metal). Pros… Continue reading Topics I might write about