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  • The joys of an ad hoc CLI dashboard with watch 08 Oct 2025
    1 minute, 33 secondsA quick post to spread the love about the watch command – it’s amazing! Prior to your knowledge of watch, maybe you wanted to run a command every 2 seconds, like say hello (credit to SO for this one): But this is tedious and awkward. Maybe you collapse into the ol’ bash […]

  • The smallest of laptop charging batteries 30 Jun 2025
    0 minutes, 55 seconds I have a Framework 13″ (Ryzen 5 7640U w/ 2.8K Matt screen) that has USB-C PD charging like most modern laptops. While it normally ships with a 60W USB-C charger, I’ve gotten away charging it with a teen tiny 45W charger – this is because Framework is totally awesome and went […]

  • Flameshot + Wayland + multi-monitors in Apr 2025 25 Apr 2025
    1 minute, 32 seconds The tl;dr Set a flatpak env variable and run a CLI call to grant permissions. Jump down to “the fix” at the bottom to see how or read on for a little backstory! The quest For a while now I’ve been really loving daily driving Bluefin on both my laptop and […]

  • Migrating FreshRSS from Ubuntu to Alpine Linux 28 Oct 2024
    4 minutes, 11 seconds Intro For some time I’ve had all my home lab systems running on LXD. For me at least, LXD predated Docker and so I’ve stuck with it. The containers are a bit more pet like and less cattle like – but that’s OK. They’re there for me to learn with – […]

  • Battery replacement on a NiteRider Swift 500 28 Dec 2023
    1 minute, 24 seconds A while ago the battery on my NiteRider Swift 500 headlight stopped taking a charge. I looked at NiteRider’s FAQ page and saw no mention of the batteries being user serviceable. Further, when I searched online, I didn’t find any guides or replacement parts for the light. Time to grab a […]

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