I finished watching the final episode of Stranger Things tonight. I had watched through the first four seasons over the years. Sometime before season five was released, I decided to watch through the first four again. Thinking they might like it, I invited my mom and dad to watch through with me. My mom wasn’t interested, but my dad was, so we watched a few episodes a week, however long that took, from the beginning through the end of the new season. It was a long journey, but it was good.
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Rollup Strip plugin for dev code
I use JavaScript modules to organize my JS code. I use Rollup.js to package and minify these for distribution to reduce HTTP requests and transfer size, and to provide support for older browsers. So in development I’m using the modules directly and in production I’m using the built files. I was looking for a good way to have some extra code in for development purposes, but removing it for production. This could be used for a lot of things, including testing some code that runs on certain dates for dates other than the current one. I didn’t find a way to do this built in to Rollup, but there is an official plugin called Strip that allows removing specific labelled statements.
Continue reading post "Rollup Strip plugin for dev code"I’ve discontinued my Amazon Prime membership, opting for just the regular account.
Continue reading post "#4790"F-droid basic
I’m switching my Android devices from F-Droid to F-Droid Basic. They’re both made by the F-Droid team, but the Basic version is simpler, lighter weight, and most importantly for me, with fewer permissions. I don’t need any of the sharing and the like the non-basic version has. I use F-Droid to install some open source software on my phones / e-readers: Aegis AntennaPod, EinkBro, Fennec, GadgetBridge, Thunderbird, VLC. So far I’m happy with the switch.
I finally got my exhaust fixed on my Subaru Impreza (2013). As I mentioned before, I had backed through a plow’s snow berm at the end of my driveway in December.
Continue reading post "#4778"For a couple weeks there it didn’t get above freezing and there was some fairly deep snow on the ground and sidewalks. I had to tromp through it even just walking through the neighborhood, as some people never shoveled the sidewalks.
Continue reading post "#4775"Git aliases and POSIX sh
An interesting problem I encountered when moving to use Linux more is that git aliases are often run in POSIX sh instead of the terminal in use, such as bash or zsh. A few of my aliases are complex enough to require running an external shell command, ie using !. Some of those have complex comparisons or verify with the user what they are doing. I had long used some bashisms to simplify these, and didn’t have problems on my Mac, which uses bash as the sh implementation, but had problems in Ubuntu, which uses dash.
I have finally released my website snow script as its own repo, snow.js.
Continue reading post "#4766"Impreza: New battery
My car (2013 Impreza) wouldn’t start the other day. It had been near 0°F overnight. The accessories seemed to work just fine, but nothing from the starter, not even a weak turn over and then die. Jumping with my NOCO jumper failed. Based on some possibly inaccurate results from a multi-meter and charger, 10V and only taking 2A, I bought a new battery.
Continue reading post "Impreza: New battery"Lots of snow today. I went to take Duncan for a walk at the park, but they were closed, with the lots blocked off.
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