I'm glad to see that MacVim 183, released on April 8th, contains the fix for the…
Continue reading post "#4872"Computers & Tech posts
I've discontinued my Amazon Prime membership, opting for just the regular accoun…
Continue reading post "#4790"F-droid basic
I'm switching my Android devices from F-Droid to F-Droid Basic. They're both m…
Continue reading post "F-droid basic"Git aliases and POSIX sh
An interesting problem I encountered when moving to use Linux more is that git …
Continue reading post "Git aliases and POSIX sh"Vim: Netrw SFTP error
I was annoyed by a problem that cropped up in the latest version of MacVim when…
Continue reading post "Vim: Netrw SFTP error"MacOS 15.7.2 seems to have fixed my issue with very slow Touch ID on awakening. …
Continue reading post "#4697"vim.tiny and vimrc
I tried installing my dotfiles on an unmodified Ubuntu install. My vimrc threw…
Continue reading post "vim.tiny and vimrc"Since MacOS 15.7.1, the touch ID (fingerprint reader) often takes a while to bec…
Continue reading post "#4658"Goodbye, LinkedIn
I have deleted my LinkedIn account of 16 years. I hadn't even touched it in se…
Continue reading post "Goodbye, LinkedIn"Sequel Ace
I finally moved from Sequel Pro to Sequel Ace. Sequel Pro hasn't been updated …
Continue reading post "Sequel Ace"Recently, I gave in and set up my work email on my phone. I had gone the first …
Continue reading post "#4616"New phone: Minimal Phone
I got a new phone, the Minimal Phone. It is an e-paper phone with physical key…
Continue reading post "New phone: Minimal Phone"Openrsync issues resolved (I hope)
I think I have finally worked through and fixed the issues caused by Mac OS 15.…
Continue reading post "Openrsync issues resolved (I hope)"Got a smartwatch: Bangle.js 2
I bought a Bangle.js 2 smartwatch from Adafruit. I haven't ever owned or playe…
Continue reading post "Got a smartwatch: Bangle.js 2"Looks like my Macbook Air (2020 Intel) will not be supported for the next major …
Continue reading post "#4578"My main email app (Fastmail) on my phone logged me out without me noticing for t…
Continue reading post "#4565"Mac: 15.4 rsync issues
After running into some problems with some rsync scripts recently, I discovered…
Continue reading post "Mac: 15.4 rsync issues"ZSH regex capture groups
In writing a script for the ZSH shell, I wanted to extract some bits from a str…
Continue reading post "ZSH regex capture groups"Finally got the One UI 7 / Android 15 update on my phone (Samsung S24) today. 1…
Continue reading post "#4539"Using pipes to augment IO of command with bash script
I like the interactive mode of the bc command line calculator because it is ubi…
Continue reading post "Using pipes to augment IO of command with bash script"Server upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04
My server was on Ubuntu 20.04, but due to the end-of-life of that LTS version n…
Continue reading post "Server upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04"In Mac OS Sonoma, browsers now require and the OS will ask for the "Local N…
Continue reading post "#4479"Goodbye, Twitter
I have deactivated my Twitter account, as of last night. I hadn't posted since…
Continue reading post "Goodbye, Twitter"Mac: create app launch keyboard shortcuts
I wanted to create some global keyboard shortcuts for launching apps on MacOS. …
Continue reading post "Mac: create app launch keyboard shortcuts"Compact about:profiles in Firefox
Firefox allows us to create multiple browser profiles to separate our activitie…
Continue reading post "Compact about:profiles in Firefox"I haven't been able to upgrade composer with homebrew to version 2.7.7 (on Intel…
Continue reading post "#4355"New phone: Samsung S24
Yesterday, I got a new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S24. Jade green, ordered from s…
Continue reading post "New phone: Samsung S24"xz backdoor
Reading this weekend about a backdoor introduced to the open source xz project.…
Continue reading post "xz backdoor"Being stuck on my Moto X has somewhat forced me to use my phone less, which has …
Continue reading post "#4288"My Moto X phone, a stand-in for my non-functioning Pixel 3a, scared me by force …
Continue reading post "#4286"Pixel phone may be dead?
My "current" phone (4.5 year old Pixel 3a) may be dead. I now can't …
Continue reading post "Pixel phone may be dead?"I went to send a private message on Twitter for the first time in probably 6+ ye…
Continue reading post "#4268"I've had a single GMail account for over a decade. I've thought of creating a s…
Continue reading post "#4263"Vim terminal mode config
Vim has a couple ways to run terminal commands from the editor. From ex comman…
Continue reading post "Vim terminal mode config"SSH to directory
I have been using SSH configuration a lot to make short hostname aliases for si…
Continue reading post "SSH to directory"Bumping version tags with git
It is common to use git tags to manage software version numbers. Such tags are…
Continue reading post "Bumping version tags with git"Updating to MacOS 14.2 also meant I had to update to the latest VirtualBox versi…
Continue reading post "#4196"Homebrew `composer` 2.6.x failing
For some reason, the Homebrew version of composer hasn't been working recently,…
Continue reading post "Homebrew `composer` 2.6.x failing":wq Bram Moolenaar
Sad to hear of Bram Moolenaar's recent death. RIP. He was the creator and mai…
Continue reading post ":wq Bram Moolenaar"T-Mobile is being annoying, requiring a debit card or bank routing number to get…
Continue reading post "#4099"Mac OS 13 Ventura update
I recently updated to Mac OS version 13 (Ventura). It mostly went smoothly, bu…
Continue reading post "Mac OS 13 Ventura update"Due to some compromised Github code signing certificates, I had to downgrade my …
Continue reading post "#3949"Vagrant network IP change
Apparently, an update to VirtualBox after version 6.1.26 limited the IP's usabl…
Continue reading post "Vagrant network IP change"Github repo backup script
For some time, I've been wanting to set up a backup for my Github repos. Techn…
Continue reading post "Github repo backup script"Vim autocomplete setup
After hours of playing and learning some details of vimscript, I have improved …
Continue reading post "Vim autocomplete setup"git: MacOS default branch now "main"?
At some point recently, git init on my Mac has started to default to the branch…
Continue reading post "git: MacOS default branch now "main"?"Seems like Facebook rescinded their choice to have dark mode on Messenger Lite. …
Continue reading post "#3833"During my sick time at home, I discovered that Cosmic Osmo, Manhole, and Spelunx…
Continue reading post "#3809"[update]er, not?[/update] Yay, Facebook Messenger Lite (on Android) has finally …
Continue reading post "#3803"I updated to Mac OS Monterey (12.5) finally. It went smoothly but I'm still wor…
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