Tag: technology
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How did it take me years of working-from-home before I thought to install one of these in my desk? Brilliant.
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Making an RSS feed of YOURLS shortlinks
After switching his personal shortlinks from S.2 to YOURLS, Dan dusts off his XSLT experience to make himself an RSS feed of his shortlinks!
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Can I use HTTP Basic Auth in URLs?
Dan dives into HTTP Basic Authentication, its history, and how modern browsers support it, with a focus on URL-based credential passing.
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The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
Dan shares Blackle Mori's iceberg-diagram/list of computer science weirdness.
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The Coolest Thing About GPS
I'm currently doing a course, through work, delivered by BetterOn Video. The aim of the course is to improve my video presentation skills, in particular my engagement with the camera and the audience.
I made this video based on the week 2 prompt "make a video 60-90 seconds long about something you're an expert on". The idea came from a talk I used to give at the University of Oxford. -
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Despite the fact that it's existed for 11 years, TIL about globstar in Bash. Set shopt -s globstar and ** globs become fully recursive, making that bulk transcode operation much simpler. 🤯
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Watching Films Together... Apart
This weekend, Dan hosted a film night for his friends via the magic of the Internet. Here's how he made it work.
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Endpoint Encabulator
Dan shares his latest digital project, the Endpoint Encabulator, with an explanatory video.
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With thanks to @wasdkeyboards, my new #keyboard can show some #Pride. 🏳️🌈 -
Accidental Geohashing
Dan mines his own geoposition data of the last decade to ask: did I ever accidentally visit a geohashpoint? Turns out... maybe. Ish.
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Winamp Skin Museum
Webamp's Winamp Skin Museum is a beautiful piece of interactive nostalgia.
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Needed new UPS batteries.
Almost bought from @insight_uk but they require registration to checkout.
Purchased from @SourceUPSLtd instead.
Moral: having no "guest checkout" costs you business. -
Syncthing
This month, Dan's in love with Syncthing, software that keeps his household's data where it needs to be.
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Why $FAMOUS_COMPANY switched to $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY
Saagar Jha tells the now-familiar story of how a bunch of techbros solved their scaling problems by reinventing the wheel.
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Mackerelmedia Fish
Dan reviews Mackerelmedia Fish, a surreal game by Nathalie Lawhead, and recommends that you give it a go.