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
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