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Bangle.js 2 + Docker = ok

I’ve had a sorta kinda Pebble alternative on my arm for some months now and thoroughly enjoy the refound love for developing on a wrist watch that doesn’t need to recharge three times a day. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster to get started developing for it (wth is “Web Bluetooth?… oooooh, interesting.… Continue reading Bangle.js 2 + Docker = ok

Self hosted mail server

Last updated on 2021-10-14, read the summary I have had enough. It’s bad enough that social media has become the scourge of the Internet, but that doesn’t mean key services such as email should have to be stronghold(ed?) by Big Corp such as Google, Microsoft, and other massive vendors. The Internet was built on a… Continue reading Self hosted mail server

WordPress to Fe-di…verse…?

This is another post in the series about WordPress discoverability for the people wanting to not put all their eggs in one basket by handing over all their content creations to walled gardens such as Google+, Facebook, Twitter, etc. The problem about discoverability is one of the toughest challenges to overcome; with walled gardens, everyone… Continue reading WordPress to Fe-di…verse…?

Leaving Google+ – a multi part story about “the how to what”…?

Being a long time, albeit sporadic, user of Google+, it’s with some resentment sadness surprise rage sense of meh I’m now trying to find a new place in the Wide World of Memes. I’m going to ramble a bit about the problem space, where I’m at, and what I’ve been faced with in terms of… Continue reading Leaving Google+ – a multi part story about “the how to what”…?

WP permissions

Installing WordPress and keeping some sanity for the inevitable Upgrade Plugin modification Theme modification needs this link and excerpts: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18352682/correct-file-permissions-for-wordpress Excerpt one: When you setup WP you (the webserver) may need write access to the files. So the access rights may need to be loose. chown www-data:www-data -R * # Let Apache be owner find… Continue reading WP permissions

Port forwarding over SSH to an Android Thing(s)

I was a bit frustrated on this one, because even if the commands are fairly easy, the results are hard to debug when they show up. I wanted to be able to connect to my Android Things RPi3 device over SSH. This is pretty much simple port forwarding shenanigans but I got stuck for it… Continue reading Port forwarding over SSH to an Android Thing(s)

I’ve Framed! my hosts

And it feels great! For a couple of days I’ve been poking around with a small tool to ease the burdens of keeping track of different web development environments. The problem Nowadays a lot of developers have a number of different environments set up to improve the way they work. It’s often safe to tinker… Continue reading I’ve Framed! my hosts

Taking back your control after Windows reinstall

We all do it. I mean, it’s not really a choice is it? It’s just something that has to be done more frequently than changing socks. I’m of course talking about reinstalling Windows. Because, man, is this a totally non-hardened OS or what? You can go to one ad-powered website and get a whole slew… Continue reading Taking back your control after Windows reinstall

Just a small note on add_filter in WordPress

add_filters seem to have its use in a WordPress context. However, debugging them is shit. And there are not a whole lot of good examples around to explain how to work with them. I was trying to figure out a way to modify the colour defaults for the quotes component in AESOP Story Engine, and… Continue reading Just a small note on add_filter in WordPress

Adding _your_ fonts to TinyMCE (WordPress)

This took me a while to figure out, mainly because I: Went the quick and dirty route Found a TON of tips on how to add Google Web and other web fonts, which I didn’t want because I Wanted to load custom (TTF) fonts I was about to use a WordPress plugin called Fonts, because… Continue reading Adding _your_ fonts to TinyMCE (WordPress)