diff --git a/content/post/2006/06/what-do-i-use.md b/content/post/2006/06/what-do-i-use.md index 555cf819..40bed2fd 100644 --- a/content/post/2006/06/what-do-i-use.md +++ b/content/post/2006/06/what-do-i-use.md @@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ Software So, What major apps do I use daily? Well, this is the list of apps that I currently use daily: -- [bash](http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/%7Echet/bash/bashtop.html) - my - shell of choice +- [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) - my shell of choice - [screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen) - a shell multiplexer and more - mutt-ng - a mua on steroids - centericq - IM. How do you stay in touch? -- [snownews](http://home.kcore.de/%7Ekiza/software/snownews) - an RSS feed reader +- snownews - an RSS feed reader - calcurse - a calendar/todo manger - bashblogger - the CMS for this site diff --git a/content/post/2006/11/200611screen-saver-yes.md b/content/post/2006/11/200611screen-saver-yes.md index dc975010..37091a15 100644 --- a/content/post/2006/11/200611screen-saver-yes.md +++ b/content/post/2006/11/200611screen-saver-yes.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags = ["cli","screensaver"] Screen Saver? Yes! ================== -So, a while back I found a screensaver which is meant for the command line. It is called [tss](http://www.pulia.nu/tss/). The latest version is 0.8.1, and it is looking pretty cool. +So, a while back I found a screensaver which is meant for the command line. It is called [tss](https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/tss/). The latest version is 0.8.1, and it is looking pretty cool. Under screen 4.0 or higher, there is a command called idle which is set in seconds. By default, it uses screen's built in lockscreen function, but if you define the environment variable LOCKPGR, then you can call something else. I have it call a the following script: diff --git a/content/post/2007/05/200705bins-photo-album.md b/content/post/2007/05/200705bins-photo-album.md index 1d5bc7c5..7031a994 100644 --- a/content/post/2007/05/200705bins-photo-album.md +++ b/content/post/2007/05/200705bins-photo-album.md @@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ categories = ["software","photos"] tags = ["cli","photos"] +++ -**EDIT 2019-06-22:** It seems like the BINS website is gone. Do not know if this is tempory or not. +**EDIT 2019-06-22:** It seems like the BINS website is gone. Do not know if this is temporary or not. BINS Photo Album ================ -The [BINS Photo Album](http://bins.sautret.org/) is a package to +The BINS Photo Album is a package to generate static web pages from the command line. Why would you want to do this? Well, most of the dynamic web photo albums require that the server do all the work when the client requests the images, thus either slowing it down, or requiring a very beefy server. Also, you introduce the chance for a script-kiddie from hacking your site. Not good. -Enter BINS. Some of its features include \[[from the web -page](http://bins.sautret.org/intro.html)\]: +Enter BINS. Some of its features include \[from the web +page\]: - generated album is **static** : it's just plain HTML/CSS/Javascript files (Javascript is not mandatory to view the album), no need of @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ page](http://bins.sautret.org/intro.html)\]: - A **search engine** is included in the album : you can find some pictures by searching keywords in their description fields. - Album can be generated from pictures managed by - [Zoph](http://www.nother.net/zoph/). + Zoph. - **speed up** album browsing by performing a clean up of HTML code to reduce its size and by **pre-loading** thumbnails in browser cache using *JavaScript* code ; @@ -80,6 +80,3 @@ page](http://bins.sautret.org/intro.html)\]: characters (excepted '/'), and create **valid escaped URLs** ; - generate **valid HTML/XHTML** code. The level of HTML depends of the style used. Some of the styles are valid, table free XHTML. - -The web site has some great -[example.](http://bins.sautret.org/examples.html) Go check them out. diff --git a/content/post/2007/06/200706screen-terminal-multiplexer.md b/content/post/2007/06/200706screen-terminal-multiplexer.md index 27e13f1d..7cd5400b 100644 --- a/content/post/2007/06/200706screen-terminal-multiplexer.md +++ b/content/post/2007/06/200706screen-terminal-multiplexer.md @@ -14,24 +14,14 @@ running on those hosts. ### Additional Links -[gnu screen - Google -Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=gnu+screen&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) -[GNU Screen - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation -(FSF)](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/) [GNU Screen - Summary -\[Savannah\]](http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen/) [GNU Screen - -Wikipedia, the free -encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen) [GNU Screen - -Jonathan McPherson](http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html) [Screen User's -Manual](http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/screen/screen_toc.html) [start -\[GNU screen\]](http://aperiodic.net/screen/) [Deadman.org: SSH-Agent -Forwarding and GNU Screen](http://www.deadman.org/sshscreen.html) - -[Remote terminal session management using -screen](http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/screen/) How to use screen to -detach from and share terminal sessions [z o r g . o r g - A Brief -Introduction to Screen](http://www.zorg.org/linux/screen.php) -[www.zorg.org](http://www.zorg.org)! Linux, Home Automation, VoIP, Radio -Scanning, PMR446, CB Radio, Cryptography, Handspring Visor, Psion Series -3 and much more. [screen - The Terminal -Multiplexer](http://www.bangmoney.org/presentations/screen.html) \[Power -Sessions with Screen +* [gnu screen - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=gnu+screen&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) +* [GNU Screen - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/) +* [GNU Screen - Summary \[Savannah\]](http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen/) +* [GNU Screen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen) +* [GNU Screen - Jonathan McPherson](http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html) +* [Screen User's Manual](http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/screen/screen_toc.html) +* [start \[GNU screen\]](http://aperiodic.net/screen/) +* [Deadman.org: SSH-Agent Forwarding and GNU Screen](http://www.deadman.org/sshscreen.html) +* [Remote terminal session management using screen](http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/screen/) How to use screen to detach from and share terminal sessions +* [An Introduction to Screen](https://nathan.chantrell.net/linux/an-introduction-to-screen/) +* [screen - The Terminal Multiplexer](http://www.bangmoney.org/presentations/screen.html) Power Sessions with Screen diff --git a/content/post/2008/08/200808so-you-need-a-calendar.md b/content/post/2008/08/200808so-you-need-a-calendar.md index 02e64b2e..efdd7052 100644 --- a/content/post/2008/08/200808so-you-need-a-calendar.md +++ b/content/post/2008/08/200808so-you-need-a-calendar.md @@ -8,34 +8,12 @@ tags = ["cli","software"] So you need a calendar? ======================= -So, one of the things we have been using computers for is to keep track -of our lives.  And this means a scheduling or calendaring tool.  Some -tools out there do this fine, and some do it very well. +So, one of the things we have been using computers for is to keep track of our lives.  And this means a scheduling or calendaring tool.  Some tools out there do this fine, and some do it very well. -I have to keep track of a lot of appointments. From conference calls for -work, to each member of the family's schedules, to random, but highly -important reminders.  Most calendaring programs out there will let you -set up a reoccurring event by day of the month, or the date.  But, what -if you need to do something two days before the end of the month, every -month?  Or, you need to do something every full moon, but not on [the -blue moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon)?  Or, you have a -standing meeting with your boss every other Monday morning, execpt when -Monday is a holiday, then the meeting shifts to Tuesday?  Oh, and you -want something that you can run over an ssh session, while on your smart -phone, or you friend's smart phone? +I have to keep track of a lot of appointments. From conference calls for work, to each member of the family's schedules, to random, but highly important reminders.  Most calendaring programs out there will let you set up a reoccurring event by day of the month, or the date.  But, what if you need to do something two days before the end of the month, every month?  Or, you need to do something every full moon, but not on [the blue moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon)?  Or, you have a standing meeting with your boss every other Monday morning, execpt when Monday is a holiday, then the meeting shifts to Tuesday?  Oh, and you want something that you can run over an ssh session, while on your smart phone, or you friend's smart phone? -The answer is simple: -[remind](http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind/).  remind can do -this, and more.  Need to set something up by the Hebrew Calendar?  -Check.  Want your calendar to run a shell command for you on a holiday, -specific day of the month, or phase of the moon? Check. +The answer is simple: [remind](http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind/).  remind can do this, and more.  Need to set something up by the Hebrew Calendar?  Check.  Want your calendar to run a shell command for you on a holiday, specific day of the month, or phase of the moon? Check. Most modern Linux distrobutions include remind nowdays, as it is so darn usefull.  In addition, it runs just fine under Solaris, and the BSDs, including MacOS X.  If fact, over at [43Folders](http://www.43Folders.com), they had a whole section their wiki for remind.  The wiki has many tips and tricks on how to use remind to its fullest. -Most modern Linux distrobutions include remind nowdays, as it is so darn -usefull.  In addition, it runs just fine under Solaris, and the BSDs, -including MacOS X.  If fact, over at -[43Folders](http://www.43Folders.com), they have a whole section their -wiki for [remind](http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Remind).  The wiki -has many tips and tricks on how to use remind to its fullest. +In my next post, I will share some tips on how I get remind to remind me of events. -In my next post, I will share some tips on how I get remind to remind me -of events. +***Edit 2020-04-07**: 43Folders.com have removed their wiki, so no more linking diff --git a/content/post/2011/12/201112an-update-to-window-managers.md b/content/post/2011/12/201112an-update-to-window-managers.md index 14c72a8f..a3a6240c 100644 --- a/content/post/2011/12/201112an-update-to-window-managers.md +++ b/content/post/2011/12/201112an-update-to-window-managers.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Way back, I wrote a quick blurb on [Window Managers](links://slug/window-manager Well, a while back I switched to [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com) for my OS of choice. As you may know, the fine folks at Ubuntu switched to default window manager to something called **Unity**, which caused a stir. I tried it for a while, but decided that it was too heavy, and too mouse-centric. -So, what to do? Well, I went back to my old standby [wmfs](http://wmfs.info), Window Manager From Scratch. This is a modern WM with systray support, full Ximirama and Xrandr support, tiles, and is mainly driven from the keyboard. Life is good. +So, what to do? Well, I went back to my old standby **wmfs**, Window Manager From Scratch. This is a modern WM with systray support, full Ximirama and Xrandr support, tiles, and is mainly driven from the keyboard. Life is good. To install (same steps as for Fedora, RHEL, or Ubuntu), download the source, and install the needed development libraries for: **X11, Xft, freetype, Xinerama, Xrandr, and Imlib2**. I used the native packages from the OS. Then, simple do a @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ This will install all the needed bits and configs into the correct place. Under Config is handled in *$HOME/.config/wmfs/wmfsrc* which you can copy from */etc/xdg/wmfs/wmfsrc*. ***EDIT 2016-11-30**: It seems the domain is no longer active.* -The [wmfs website](http://wmfs.info) has very nice documentation as well as likes to some people’s configs with screen shots. + +***EDIT 2020-04-07**: Removed links to dead domain.* + +The wmfs website (wmfs.info) had very nice documentation as well as likes to some people’s configs with screen shots. It runs very fast, and very lean: diff --git a/content/post/2014/01/cli-added.md b/content/post/2014/01/cli-added.md index c445c720..98a1c39e 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/01/cli-added.md +++ b/content/post/2014/01/cli-added.md @@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ title = "cli add" categories = ["sitenews"] +++ I have not updated [cli.donharper.org - forget the -GUI](http://cli.donharper.org) in a very long time, and I did have some +GUI](http://www.duckland.org) in a very long time, and I did have some nice tricks and tips there, so I decided to bring it over here. -It is all tagged with [cli](/categories/cli.html) for easy searching, -plus I added a whole mess of other tags. +***Edit 2020-04-07**: I merged the content of cli.donharper.org into www.duckland.org a long time ago.* Enjoy. diff --git a/content/post/2014/02/travels.md b/content/post/2014/02/travels.md index c71fd1b4..e2aee774 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/02/travels.md +++ b/content/post/2014/02/travels.md @@ -6,12 +6,3 @@ categories = ["personal","travel"] **EDIT 2019-06-22:** It seems that sometime in the last 5 years, this went away. Oh, well. -Found this site, and since I had someone ask, I thought I would share. - -::: {style="width:550px; position: relative;"} -::: {style="background-color: #38235b; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; text-align: center; width: 549px; border-left: 1px solid #372060; font-size: 11px; color: #EEE; line-height: 1.4em;"} -[**Create your own travel -map**](http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-widgets) - -[**TravBuddy**](http://www.travbuddy.com)\ -::: -::: diff --git a/content/post/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-12-15.md b/content/post/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-12-15.md index 3017870b..713fbe6d 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-12-15.md +++ b/content/post/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-12-15.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Tomorrow, I will take the second laptop (HP EliteBook Revolve 810), and load it My updates have been a bit slow due to craziness at work. I am taking a trip, and the departure date has been reset many times. I am on my 5th set of airline tickets. With things settled, I need to decide if I am going to bring the second laptop (the R180) with me or not. Weight issues and all. -How do I think this is going? Well, the two major issues I thought I would have going in, WiFi and Photo editing/management, are for the most part solved. Can I use this for my daily non-work driver? Yes. Can I use it for my work daily driver? Maybe. I have set up a few jails on the FreeNAS box (btsync, dns/dhcp, [taskwarrior's taskd](http://taskwarrior.org/docs/server_setup.html), and Plex), and they are mainly working well together (the Plex will not play nice with btsync, yet), but I need to figure out a bit more, and set it up as a target to backup my laptop's ZFS snapshots. +How do I think this is going? Well, the two major issues I thought I would have going in, WiFi and Photo editing/management, are for the most part solved. Can I use this for my daily non-work driver? Yes. Can I use it for my work daily driver? Maybe. I have set up a few jails on the FreeNAS box (btsync, dns/dhcp, [taskwarrior's taskd](https://gitpitch.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskserver-setup#/), and Plex), and they are mainly working well together (the Plex will not play nice with btsync, yet), but I need to figure out a bit more, and set it up as a target to backup my laptop's ZFS snapshots. Next steps are to find those performance monitoring tools/docs, and to look at something like puppet/chef/salt. diff --git a/content/post/2014/05/on-the-road-again.md b/content/post/2014/05/on-the-road-again.md index 9402b4c2..b354ac1b 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/05/on-the-road-again.md +++ b/content/post/2014/05/on-the-road-again.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ date = "2014-05-20T12:05:59-07:00" title = "On the Road Again" categories = ["travel","photos"] +++ -![On The Road Again](/images/2014-05/StartMexico.jpg) +![On The Road Again](/photos/Travel/Mexico/2014-05/StartMexico.jpg) The reason I was busy at work is that I was getting ready for two different trips to conduct three different training courses. diff --git a/content/post/2014/06/rewards-for-hard-travel.md b/content/post/2014/06/rewards-for-hard-travel.md index a48eeb01..3cb054bf 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/06/rewards-for-hard-travel.md +++ b/content/post/2014/06/rewards-for-hard-travel.md @@ -3,18 +3,9 @@ date = "2014-06-05T04:06:15-07:00" title = "Rewards for Hard Travel" categories = ["travel","photos"] +++ -![New Toy](http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/media/catalog/product/cache/hero_resize/600X245/em5_hero_black.png) -So, in 2013, I went to China twice, Tokyo, Las Vegas, London twice, and -Barcelona. This was enough to get me some serious air miles. I decided -to turn them into something to help me get back into photography, so I -got [Olympus OM-D -E-M5](http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/digitalcameras/omd/e-m5.html) . -This is one of the latest in the line of Olympus DSLR. This one is a -micros 4/3, with a built-in Electronic View Finder (EVF). +So, in 2013, I went to China twice, Tokyo, Las Vegas, London twice, and Barcelona. This was enough to get me some serious air miles. I decided to turn them into something to help me get back into photography, so I got Olympus OM-D E-M5. This is one of the latest in the line of Olympus DSLR. This one is a micros 4/3, with a built-in Electronic View Finder (EVF). -It showed up yesterday, and I have not had much of a chance to take it -through its paces. I hope to have some time this weekend, but I have a -major work project which might interfere. +It showed up yesterday, and I have not had much of a chance to take it through its paces. I hope to have some time this weekend, but I have a major work project which might interfere. Keep an eye out for some photos as I get a chance to try it out. diff --git a/content/post/2014/09/perl-modules-and-package-management.md b/content/post/2014/09/perl-modules-and-package-management.md index 0be6551f..d71a5071 100644 --- a/content/post/2014/09/perl-modules-and-package-management.md +++ b/content/post/2014/09/perl-modules-and-package-management.md @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ So, even though I have been starting to [work with \]{role= And I wanted to run a script I wrote a long time ago to support a [website](http://www.donaldharper.com/) of mine, which I have not updated in a while. The way I would update the site is by doing some batch editing of photos, park them in a directory, and then run my script which pushes the photos to the web server, and then interfaces with the CMS software to schedule the posts and all is good. -Except the script is in perl, and it uses some modules which are not main-stream. While perl has the awesome **cpan(1perl)** command to fetch and install perl modules, I wanted it to be tied into **pacman(8)** . A quick trip to the [AUR](http://aur.archlinux.org/) turned up the tools [cpan2aur](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-cpanplus-dist-arch-git/) and [mkaurball](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pkgbuild-introspection-git/) which made it pretty easy to package up and post the the AUR the 9 perl modules I needed to get my script going and keep track of things with pacman. +Except the script is in perl, and it uses some modules which are not main-stream. While perl has the awesome **cpan(1perl)** command to fetch and install perl modules, I wanted it to be tied into **pacman(8)** . A quick trip to the [AUR](http://aur.archlinux.org/) turned up the tools cpan2aur and [mkaurball](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pkgbuild-introspection-git/) which made it pretty easy to package up and post the the AUR the 9 perl modules I needed to get my script going and keep track of things with pacman. + +***EDIT 2020-04-07**: cpan2aur url not working.* Yeah! diff --git a/content/post/2015/01/freebsd-challenge-ii-day-14.md b/content/post/2015/01/freebsd-challenge-ii-day-14.md index b5e18fa4..02ebc9b2 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/01/freebsd-challenge-ii-day-14.md +++ b/content/post/2015/01/freebsd-challenge-ii-day-14.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags = ["FreeBSD"] +++ -Today is day 14 (pushing day 15 at this hour), and things are looking very good. Today, I got word from the [PCBSD Project](http://www.pcbsd.org) that a patch which I submitted to fix the [issue with the WiFi NIC](link://slug/freebsd-switch). Well, I got notice today that [PCBSD Bug #7330](https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/7330) has been resolved, and I tested on the R810. It works! +Today is day 14 (pushing day 15 at this hour), and things are looking very good. Today, I got word from the [PCBSD Project](http://www.pcbsd.org) that a patch which I submitted to fix the [issue with the WiFi NIC](link://slug/freebsd-switch). Well, I got notice today that PCBSD Bug #7330 has been resolved, and I tested on the R810. It works! Now, I just need to get a few things configured here first, like snapshots, backups, and porting my SDCARD reading scripts over to FreeBSD, and I should be good. diff --git a/content/post/2015/06/first-day.md b/content/post/2015/06/first-day.md index 382e3d74..170174b4 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/06/first-day.md +++ b/content/post/2015/06/first-day.md @@ -3,19 +3,11 @@ date = "2015-06-22T21:53:00-07:00" title = "First Day" slug = "first-day" +++ -![Old street sign post](/images/First-Day/signpost.jpg){.align-left +![Old street sign post](/photos/First-Day/signpost.jpg){.align-left width="100px" height="100px"} -The first day at the new gig went like any first day normally does. -Paper-work and meeting lots of new folks. The office is in a part of -town where I used to live, so I know it fairly well. This is a repeating -theme, since the HP office was near my high school. +The first day at the new gig went like any first day normally does. Paper-work and meeting lots of new folks. The office is in a part of town where I used to live, so I know it fairly well. This is a repeating theme, since the HP office was near my high school. -Since I got into the office early, I was able to swing one of my -favorite coffee houses. While the customer base has changed a bit from -20 years ago (more suits and no nose-rings) and the menu has a bit more -on it (beer, anyone?), the coffee drinks were the same, and they tasted -as good as I remember. +Since I got into the office early, I was able to swing one of my favorite coffee houses. While the customer base has changed a bit from 20 years ago (more suits and no nose-rings) and the menu has a bit more on it (beer, anyone?), the coffee drinks were the same, and they tasted as good as I remember. -The picture is of the old street sign post on the corner of the -property. +The picture is of the old street sign post on the corner of the property. diff --git a/content/post/2015/06/light-sail.md b/content/post/2015/06/light-sail.md index e92a314f..4c977101 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/06/light-sail.md +++ b/content/post/2015/06/light-sail.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ date = "2015-06-16T19:51:49-07:00" title = "Light Sail!" categories = ["space","personal"] +++ -![Light Sail Mission Patch](/images/LightSail/light-sail.png){.align-left +![Light Sail Mission Patch](/photos/LightSail/light-sail.png){.align-left width="125px" height="125px"} Growing up in Houston, I have followed our space program off and on. I diff --git a/content/post/2015/06/moving.md b/content/post/2015/06/moving.md index 6e675318..26717ef2 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/06/moving.md +++ b/content/post/2015/06/moving.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ date = "2015-06-12T10:30:39-07:00" title = "Moving" categories = ["personal","work"] +++ -![HP logo](/images/Moving/HP_logo.png){.align-left width="100px" +![HP logo](/photos/Moving/HP_logo.png){.align-left width="100px" height="100px"} Well, after 4 years (almost to the day), it is time for me to say diff --git a/content/post/2015/06/updates-to-aur-packages.md b/content/post/2015/06/updates-to-aur-packages.md index 28796e80..96029d5d 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/06/updates-to-aur-packages.md +++ b/content/post/2015/06/updates-to-aur-packages.md @@ -8,30 +8,19 @@ So, with the [migration of the AUR to version 4](https://wiki.archlinux.org/inde The list started out with: -- [chronicle](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chronicle/) - A simple - blog compiler written in Perl -- [perl-leocharre-basename](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-basename/) - - Very basic filename string and path operations such as ext and paths -- [perl-leocharre-cli2](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-cli2/) - - Some quick help for writing cli scripts -- [perl-leocharre-debug](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-debug/) - - Debug subroutines -- [perl-leocharre-dir](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-dir/) - - Subroutines for general directory needs -- [perl-leocharre-strings](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-strings/) - - Combines string procedures I frequently use -- [perl-string-prettify](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-string-prettify/) - - Subroutines to cleanup a filename and or garble for human eyes -- [perl-wordpress-api](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-wordpress-api/) - - Management of Wordpress API objects. Inherits WordPress::XMLRPC and - all its methods -- [perl-wordpress-cli](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-wordpress-cli/) - - Command line access to Wordpress -- [perl-wordpress-xmlrpc](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-wordpress-xmlrpc/) - - API to Wordpress XML RPC calls -- [usbmount](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/usbmount/) - - Automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices -- [xlhttp](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xlhtml/) - An Excel - spreadsheet (.xls) and PowerPoint (.ppt) to HTML converter +- [chronicle](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/chronicle/) - A simple blog compiler written in Perl +- [perl-leocharre-basename](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-basename/) - Very basic filename string and path operations such as ext and paths +- [perl-leocharre-cli2](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-cli2/) - Some quick help for writing cli scripts +- [perl-leocharre-debug](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-debug/) - Debug subroutines +- [perl-leocharre-dir](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-dir/) - Subroutines for general directory needs +- [perl-leocharre-strings](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-leocharre-strings/) - Combines string procedures I frequently use +- [perl-string-prettify](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-string-prettify/) - Subroutines to cleanup a filename and or garble for human eyes +- perl-wordpress-api - Management of Wordpress API objects. Inherits WordPress::XMLRPC and all its methods +- [perl-wordpress-cli](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-wordpress-cli/) - Command line access to Wordpress +- [perl-wordpress-xmlrpc](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/perl-wordpress-xmlrpc/) - API to Wordpress XML RPC calls +- [usbmount](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/usbmount/) - Automatically mount and unmount USB mass storage devices +- [xlhttp](http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xlhtml/) - An Excel spreadsheet (.xls) and PowerPoint (.ppt) to HTML converter In the end, I only kept *xlhttp* as I do not use the others anymore. Surprisingly enough, only one of the packages (*chronicle*) was out of date. I disowned all the others, so if you want, you can pick them up. + +***Edit 2020-04-07**: Seems that no one picked up _perl-wordpress-api_ as the link to it no longer works* diff --git a/content/post/2015/09/another-month-another-post.md b/content/post/2015/09/another-month-another-post.md index 47d6270c..002b665e 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/09/another-month-another-post.md +++ b/content/post/2015/09/another-month-another-post.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Wow...September already? Where does the time go? With the time given to the commute and the lack of access at the office (since I do work for a firm which does have pretty tight internet access policies), I have decided that I cannot do the photo-a-day thing, so I am not going to be updating my [photo website](http://www.donaldharper.com) on a regular basis. Sorry about that, but then since I started back this summer, the traffic was not there. -On the topic of my [last post](/posts/2015/08/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go.html), I have decided to keep most things in house for now. Calendaring is the biggest issue to crack. +On the topic of my [last post](/post/2015/08/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go/), I have decided to keep most things in house for now. Calendaring is the biggest issue to crack. I hope to be able to spend some time here documenting things, if nothing else for me. Maybe someone else will find them useful. diff --git a/content/post/2015/12/a-christmas-present-for-you.md b/content/post/2015/12/a-christmas-present-for-you.md index fda182c3..9f870193 100644 --- a/content/post/2015/12/a-christmas-present-for-you.md +++ b/content/post/2015/12/a-christmas-present-for-you.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ image = "/photos/Christmas/2014/20141225082357.jpg" +++ Happy Christmas day for those who celerbate, and happy Friday for those who don't. -I have added two new links to the sidebar. The first is just a link to my [privacy statement](/stories/privacy.html). No big deal...I don't store stuff, and I don't collect stuff. Simple. +I have added two new links to the sidebar. The first is just a link to my [privacy statement](/stories/privacy/). No big deal...I don't store stuff, and I don't collect stuff. Simple. The other is to a [local photo gallery](/photos/) which I will try to remember to update as I get more interesting pictures to share. diff --git a/content/post/2016/02/why-hello-there.md b/content/post/2016/02/why-hello-there.md index d7ff1ce8..aa5f5e38 100644 --- a/content/post/2016/02/why-hello-there.md +++ b/content/post/2016/02/why-hello-there.md @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ Happy Leap Day! Another month has gone by, and things have been busy. In addition to all the normal crazy that is life with kids, I have been elected to the kids pre-school board of directors. Now, the oldest two no longer go there, but the youngest will be there another year, and my term is three years, so there will be a bit of time when I will not have a kid there. They did ask me before, but that was years ago, and I was not in a position to be able to do that back then. -In other, but more geeky, news, February saw me running [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org) as my OS for the month. There was only one thing in which I needed Linux for, and it was [something I know I could do under FreeBSD](/posts/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-4-6.html), but I had not set up my machine to run that program yet. Will I keep it up? Probably, although the lack of supported sleep on the current laptop, an Acer C720 Chromebook, is a major downer. I may need to see if I can do something about it, as it appears to work fine under Linux. +In other, but more geeky, news, February saw me running [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org) as my OS for the month. There was only one thing in which I needed Linux for, and it was [something I know I could do under FreeBSD](/post/2014/03/freebsd-challenge-day-4-6/), but I had not set up my machine to run that program yet. Will I keep it up? Probably, although the lack of supported sleep on the current laptop, an Acer C720 Chromebook, is a major downer. I may need to see if I can do something about it, as it appears to work fine under Linux. diff --git a/content/post/2016/05/spacecity-comic-con-2016.md b/content/post/2016/05/spacecity-comic-con-2016.md index 63dbd740..de435c5a 100644 --- a/content/post/2016/05/spacecity-comic-con-2016.md +++ b/content/post/2016/05/spacecity-comic-con-2016.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ image = "/photos/Comic-Cons/Space-City-Comic-Con-2016/20160528152850.jpg" Many, many, many years ago, I went to a comic/game convention in Austin. This was pre-internet, and really pre-console gaming, so the games were all table top type. Steve Jackson Games was prototyping something called 'Car Wars'. Pretty cool stuff. -But, I never really had a chance to go back to one. Until this year. This past weekend, we went to [SpaceCity Comic Con 2016](http://spacecitycomiccon.com/). It was a hoot. Learned a few things (pay for the tickets at the door, as the line was way shorter; don't leave the food area with food and expect them to let you back in; silly things like that). +But, I never really had a chance to go back to one. Until this year. This past weekend, we went to **SpaceCity Comic Con 2016**. It was a hoot. Learned a few things (pay for the tickets at the door, as the line was way shorter; don't leave the food area with food and expect them to let you back in; silly things like that). I also took my camera with me to get pics of the kids, and I tried to do some shots of cosplayers. Not bad for my first attempt. The results are [here](/photos/Comic-Cons/Space-City-Comic-Con-2016/). diff --git a/content/post/2016/06/home_network_updates.md b/content/post/2016/06/home_network_updates.md index badb577c..4a5c97ce 100644 --- a/content/post/2016/06/home_network_updates.md +++ b/content/post/2016/06/home_network_updates.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tags = ["linux","FreeBSD","R810"] So, in the last couple of weeks, I have had the following issues: * The CMOS battery dies on my file-server (a [FreeNAS](http://freenas.org) box), taking it, and the zpools down with it. I fought over a long weekend to recover the data, and in the end, got it mounted read-only, and copied it off. New hardware, and new zpools, and we seem to be going again. Recovering services is taking a bit of time. -* There is a bug with the ZFS on Root for [Antergos Linux](https://antergros.com). Seems that it does not put all the kernel drivers in the init image when you upgrade. Last time, I booted off the instal media to fix it. I lost that USB stick, so I downloaded a new one. Guess what? They have turned that feature off ZFS, so there is no way to recover. Since [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org) still does not support suspend/resume on the Acer C720 that is my small travel laptop, I have to reinstall Antergos and reload my data. Which I had to do because +* There is a bug with the ZFS on Root for [Antergos Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antergos). Seems that it does not put all the kernel drivers in the init image when you upgrade. Last time, I booted off the instal media to fix it. I lost that USB stick, so I downloaded a new one. Guess what? They have turned that feature off ZFS, so there is no way to recover. Since [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org) still does not support suspend/resume on the Acer C720 that is my small travel laptop, I have to reinstall Antergos and reload my data. Which I had to do because * My main laptop, the HP R810G1 seems to be having major battery issues. I bought a new battery in Novembers, and it died. I bought a new one a couple of weeks ago, and it at first did not seem to be holding a charge. Now, the OS does not see the battery. I think I might need a 'new' laptop. I am torn between getting something one or two reves old with a solid record in the size I want (sub 13", under 1" thin, and good 6+ hours of battery) or the [latest shiny](http://store.hp.com/us/en/ContentView?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&eSpotName=hpspectre&jumpid=cp_r163_us/en/pc_cons/nextgen/premiumlaptops/shopspectrelaptop). diff --git a/content/post/2017/02/quick-nmcli-notes.md b/content/post/2017/02/quick-nmcli-notes.md index 432a9a37..a80a18e0 100644 --- a/content/post/2017/02/quick-nmcli-notes.md +++ b/content/post/2017/02/quick-nmcli-notes.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags = ["linux","R810"] This is a quick post so I can remember these details. -So, on the [R810](/categories/r810.html), I am currently running [ArchLinux](http://archlinux.org), which uses by default [NetworkManager](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager), which I have a love/hate relationship with. At my last job, I recommended removing it from our servers, as under [RHEL6](http://www.redhat.com), it does very odd things to the network and is hard to manage. I have heard that it is better under RHEL7. But, it does let you do some really cool things. On the R810, there is a cellular modem, and on previous installes, I have had it configured and scripted using **nmcli** to easily bring up and down the cellular connections. +So, on the [R810](/tags/r810), I am currently running [ArchLinux](http://archlinux.org), which uses by default [NetworkManager](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager), which I have a love/hate relationship with. At my last job, I recommended removing it from our servers, as under [RHEL6](http://www.redhat.com), it does very odd things to the network and is hard to manage. I have heard that it is better under RHEL7. But, it does let you do some really cool things. On the R810, there is a cellular modem, and on previous installes, I have had it configured and scripted using **nmcli** to easily bring up and down the cellular connections. The problem I am facing now is that my current DHCP server for the house does not let me provide two MAC Address for a single IP, so when I dock the R810, it gets a different IP address than when it is on WiFi. Very annoying. Also, for some reason, it would prefer to use WiFi when the ethernet connection was present, thus giving me a slower connection. diff --git a/content/post/2017/08/weathers-a-changing.md b/content/post/2017/08/weathers-a-changing.md index d2bb4c42..089a8886 100644 --- a/content/post/2017/08/weathers-a-changing.md +++ b/content/post/2017/08/weathers-a-changing.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ +++ date = "2017-08-24T14:14:08-07:00" -title = "'Weather’s a-changing!'" -slug = "weather’s-a-changing!" +title = "Weather's a-changing!" +slug = "weathers-a-changing!" +++
Hurricane Harvey approaching Texas
diff --git a/content/post/2017/09/back-from-london-again.md b/content/post/2017/09/back-from-london-again.md index 2cb8159f..da0ded9a 100644 --- a/content/post/2017/09/back-from-london-again.md +++ b/content/post/2017/09/back-from-london-again.md @@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ title = "Back from London (again)" slug = "back-from-london-(again)" +++ -So, when I [started the new job last November](https://www.duckland.org/2016/10/exit-stage-left/), my boss told me that the new position was not a traveling position.  Well, after three trips this year (including one to Columbus, OH), and the one I just got back from, I think he was wrong. \*grin\*. +So, when I [started the new job last November](https://www.duckland.org/post/2016/10/exit-stage-left/), my boss told me that the new position was not a traveling position.  Well, after three trips this year (including one to Columbus, OH), and the one I just got back from, I think he was wrong. \*grin\*. So, this time, I was in London for most of the two weeks, but I did get a side trip to Bournemouth to meet with the team there.  I was over there to get brought up to speed on a new project I am starting.  This one will be more project management  vs development. Oh and of course, I took some time to take pictures.  Some are here: +*(somewhere along the line, this got messed up. This is next on my list to fix)* + \ No newline at end of file + diff --git a/content/post/2019/07/what-do-i-use-revisited.md b/content/post/2019/07/what-do-i-use-revisited.md index d0e87fce..42ab2508 100644 --- a/content/post/2019/07/what-do-i-use-revisited.md +++ b/content/post/2019/07/what-do-i-use-revisited.md @@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ categories = ["software"] +++ -A long time ago, I have a blog called something living at http://cli.duckland.org. The first article on it was called [What Do I Use?]({{}}) which listed some of the software I used on a daily basis. I thought it would be worth revisiting. +A long time ago, I have a blog called something living at cli.duckland.org. The first article on it was called [What Do I Use?]({{}}) which listed some of the software I used on a daily basis. I thought it would be worth revisiting. Oddly enough, I am still using a lot of the same or very similar stuff: |Past|Preset|Comments| |:---|:-----|:-------| -|[bash](http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/%7Echet/bash/bashtop.html) - my shell of choice|Still Bash|Why change something that works| -|[screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen) - a shell multiplexer and more|tmux|So much better| +|[bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) - my shell of choice|Still Bash|Why change something that works| +|[screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen) - a shell multiplexer and more|[tmux](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki)|So much better| |mutt-ng - a mua on steroids|[mutt](https://mutt.org)|Mainstream finally caught up| |centericq - IM. How do you stay in touch?|nothing|CLI chat is mainly dead, sadly| |snownews - an RSS feed reader|[newsboat](https://www.newsboat.org)|Feed readers are still a thing| |calcurse - a calendar/todo manger|Sadly, Google Calendar|I know| -|bashblogger - the CMS for this site|[Hugo](https://gohugo.com)|Much better solution, and maintained| +|bashblogger - the CMS for this site|[Hugo](https://gohugo.io)|Much better solution, and maintained| Now, I know my computing needs are different from many, and my tool set reflect the facts that I have been in system administration or systems engineering for 30+ years (dang, I am getting old), but I find it interesting that I am still using the basically the same tools 13+ years later.