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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

2022-09-25 - Hurricane Fiona

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.

2021-09-14 - X Forwarding

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.

2021-08-17 - Debian 11

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?

2021-04-28 - Who wrote this?

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

2021-04-04 - Hello Gemini

Porting my site to Gemini, with Bash and Python

2021-03-29 - 35 mins to Arch

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

2021-02-24 - Noita Together

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.

2021-02-06 - My .vimrc

It ain't much but it's mine

2021-02-04 - Hollow Knight

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.

2021-01-24 - Fancy terminal

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

2021-01-20 - WTF is Gemini?

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.

2021-01-17 - KeyOxide

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

2021-01-04 - ssh-copy-id

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

2020-12-30 - Looking Glass

Basic Looking Glass setup

2020-12-29 - Cyberpunk 2077 in Linux kinda?

Short demo video of VFIO setup playing Cyberpunk

2020-12-28 - Odds and Ends

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

2020-12-25 - Intro to VFIO

Intro to VFIO in Linux

Thanks for visiting my capsule!