This site is some twenty-five years old, and it contains lots of ancient stuff, much of it utterly dated and useless.
Sorry about that.
If anything, I post very unevenly, and about whatever occupies me.
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De-googling
I have tried for ages to de-google. Not just from Google itself, but all the big ones — Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon. However, de-googling is not easy.
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Koha Library Software
Setting up a library management system like Koha is not easy, but once it’s done, registering and cataloguing your books is very easy.
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Across the river, into the trees
I spent a good deal of January and February 2021 on a movie set, but it wasn’t a very positive experience
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Kayaking again
Back kayaking again, after a very long break.
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Atlantis KD3116 keyboard
A compact keyboard with a touchpad, but rather odd, and only partially working with Linux.
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Logitech and Solaar
A Logitech Pebble M350s mouse connects to the USB dongle as device 3.
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Nextcloud CLI updater
I use Nextcloud extensively to run my little micro-business, and updating has often been a hassle, with regular timeouts and “Gad gateway” messages. Then I discovered the Nextcloud CLI updater. You can update Nextcloud (and apps) directly from the command line on your server. Just move to the Nextcloud installation directory, execute the PHP script…
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Moving Darktable files
Moving Darktable from one disk to another is not really that difficult.
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StarLabs StarBook Horizon
Debian Trixie on a StarBook Horizon from Starlabs Systems in the UK.
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Nextcloud markdown editor — CLI
A CLI command to open the Nextcloud rich text editor, with file manager integration.
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External disk with ext4 doesn’t auto-mount
Why won’t my external disks with ext4 file-systems auto-mount? Well, now they do.
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Sending newsletters in bulk
I have a newsletter — Venetian Stories about the history of Venice — with a couple of hundred recipients. For some time, I have managed that with a free WordPress plugin. One of those with a PRO version, and every update shifted some functionality over to the paid version. When I wanted to move the…