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Wed, 17 Aug 2016

I've probably edited 100 videos with the "old" OpenShot, but I can say without reservation that the new OpenShot has gone to hell

Sun, 10 Jul 2016

Older versions of Citrix Receiver, aka ICAClient, are available. I'm thinking my particular apps like 13.0 better than 13.3.

Thu, 16 Jun 2016

OMG, the @railstutorial by @mhartl https://www.railstutorial.org/book

The /now page movement -- it's what you're doing now http://sivers.org/nowff and http://nownownow.com

Tue, 14 Jun 2016

Coding Horror: It's a UNIX system, I know this https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/its-a-unix-system-i-know-this/4378

Wed, 08 Jun 2016

I set up Ruby on a CentOS 6 server. It was Ruby 1.8.7. Makes my 1.9 Pickaxe book seem timely.

Fri, 03 Jun 2016

.@fkarlitschek already left @owncloud, and now he forks the project and starts Nextcloud http://karlitschek.de/2016/06/nextcloud

Sat, 28 May 2016

Fedora's yumex-dnf has been broken for about a week. The issue is with dnfdaemon, and a fix is on the way https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338564#c18

Update: The fix is in. Yumex-dnf is working again.

Wed, 25 May 2016

As I do occasionally, I used GNOME 3 instead of Xfce 4.12 today to start my work. It all fell apart when the GNOME screenshot utility barely worked.

Update: I mapped GNOME Screenshot to alt-P instead of PrintScreen, and that works, but it's hard to choose the type of image I want, which is JPG, and the only way to make it work is to take the PNG offered and convert it later.

In contrast, the Xfce screenshot tool works with the PrintScreen key and makes any kind of image I want with no complaining.

Mon, 16 May 2016

Acousticmusic.org has a large archive of old guitar catalogs, best I've seen http://acousticmusic.org/research/history/catalogs #gibson #fender #martin #epiphone

How to get a developer job in less than a year (Free Code Camp blog) https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-to-get-a-developer-job-in-less-than-a-year-c27bbfe71645

United RPMs is a new repo for Fedora https://unitedrpms.github.io

Fri, 13 May 2016

The Firehose Project - A hands-on intro to building modern web applications with Elixir and Phoenix http://phoenix.thefirehoseproject.com/

What @gitlab has to say about @github's pricing changes https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/11/git-repository-pricing/

Sun, 01 May 2016

Great posts at Jazz Age Guitar http://www.jazzageguitar.com

Fri, 29 Apr 2016

Mebe – The Minimalistic Elixir Blog Engine https://blog.nytsoi.net/mebe

Elixir and Phoenix: The Future of Web APIs and Apps? http://blog.carbonfive.com/2016/04/19/elixir-and-phoenix-the-future-of-web-apis-and-apps/

Evan Miller: Elixir RAM and the Template of Doom http://www.evanmiller.org/elixir-ram-and-the-template-of-doom.html

Sun, 24 Apr 2016

Termux brings a Linux command line, apt-like package manager and Debian-like repo to Android http://termux.com

Tue, 19 Apr 2016

Perl is a DevOps power tool http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/perl/9649-with-the-rise-of-devops-perl-shows-its-muscle.html

Sun, 17 Apr 2016

Building a reading queue in Ember and Phoenix, Part 1: getting started with Phoenix https://medium.com/@diamondgfx/building-a-reading-queue-in-ember-and-phoenix-part-1-getting-started-with-phoenix-521a19814ae5#.l77gs8eh8

Sat, 16 Apr 2016

In San Francisco, a call to 'Build, baby build!' http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/business/economy/san-francisco-housing-tech-boom-sf-barf.html

Thu, 14 Apr 2016

Multiple transactions are what killed old #StarbucksRewards. App meltdown is killing new one.

I think @starbucks had to change #StarbucksRewards, but a lot of people are not going to like it

Wed, 13 Apr 2016

State of the #JavaScript landscape: A map for newcomers http://www.infoq.com/articles/state-of-javascript-2016 -- A nice overview

Tue, 12 Apr 2016

jQuery Bootstrap-style dropdowns http://labs.abeautifulsite.net/jquery-dropdown

Mon, 11 Apr 2016

HTML 5 Tutorials: Dropdown lists http://www.html5-tutorials.org/forms/dropdown-lists

Inspirational Pixels: Creating a Dropdown Menu with HTML & CSS http://inspirationalpixels.com/tutorials/creating-a-dropdown-menu-with-html-css

Stack Overflow: How to make a pure css based dropdown menu http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9953482/how-to-make-a-pure-css-based-dropdown-menu

Fri, 08 Apr 2016

Hackaday is awesome http://hackaday.com/

Newspapers among those threatening to sue Brave Software for browser that will block and replace ads http://www.infoworld.com/article/3053525/security/javascript-founder-brendan-eichs-company-could-face-legal-action.html

Round-up of #elixirlang books and resources http://blog.jordan-dimov.com/round-up-of-elixir-books-and-resources/

The business case for switching to #elixirlang http://blog.jordan-dimov.com/10-reasons-to-switch-to-elixir-from-python/

After 25 years, Linus Torvalds still wants Linux to take over the desktop http://www.cio.com/article/3053507/linux/linus-torvalds-still-wants-linux-to-take-over-the-desktop.html

Ubuntu Bash for Windows 10 not quite ready http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/07/windows_10_with_ubuntu_now_in_public_preview/

Tue, 05 Apr 2016

When to choose #Elixir over #Ruby https://www.amberbit.com/blog/2015/12/22/when-choose-elixir-over-ruby-for-2016-projects

Sun, 03 Apr 2016

Elm with #Elixir and #Phoenix http://www.cultivatehq.com/posts/phoenix-elm-1 #elmlang

Elm for the front end, right now https://bendyworks.com/elm-frontend-right-now #elmlang

Fri, 18 Mar 2016

The Radio Boulevard web site looks like hell, but the vintage-radio content is very, very golden http://www.radioblvd.com/

Great page on rebuilding an R-390A, the holy grail of surplus military receivers http://www.radioblvd.com/R-390A%20Rebuild.htm

Thu, 17 Mar 2016

Key to getting dlvr.it to work well with Ode: don't upload without setting Indexette timestamps locally (and staggering by at least a minute)

I have been 'wet shaving' with a safety razor and one of those brushes (no badger!) That is all.

I have been running the same Fedora installation, upgraded from F18 to 23, for nearly 3 years on this HP Pavilion g6 laptop

I am studying C++, working on Perl code for my blog and now coding a simple JavaScript web app pretty much all at once

Thu, 10 Mar 2016

K8IQY's #QRP Rigs: "Hardware Defined Radios" http://www.k8iqy.com/qrprigs/QRPRigs.htm

Wed, 24 Feb 2016

That's how it is with @fedora -- something breaks every once in awhile, but it's almost always fixed rather quickly.

Fedora 23 has been suffering from a sqlite updating issue for the past week or so, but it looks like a fix is on the way.

Mon, 22 Feb 2016

.@Linux_Mint dammed, no faint praise in sight, for security, packaging and professionalism issues https://lwn.net/Articles/676664

The @reddit community responds to @Linux_Mint's security (and other) issues https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/470pvo/to_conclude_i_do_not_think_that_the_mint

Wed, 17 Feb 2016

Can't the feds just image an iPhone, reimplement it in software and crack it at their leisure?

Thu, 11 Feb 2016

How #UbuCon brings a new element to LA's #SCALE show https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/02/trip-report-ubucon-summit-scale14x #Ubuntu @Mark_SABDFL

VCs who miss the point of open source shouldn't fund it http://www.infoworld.com/article/3032120/open-source-tools/vcs-who-miss-the-point-of-open-source-shouldnt-fund-it.html by @webmink

What is @standstormIO? An open-source, easy-to-use server platform for web apps featuring sandbox-based security https://sandstorm.io/

Thu, 28 Jan 2016

The @brave browser is going to be big if it can meld the speed of Chrome with a users-first mentality

Mon, 25 Jan 2016

The year ahead in C++ http://meetingcpp.com/index.php/br/items/cpp-in-2016.html

Sun, 24 Jan 2016

Dave Cross: Why learn #Perl? http://perlhacks.com/2016/01/why-learn-perl Plus his whole site is great: http://perlhacks.com

Tue, 19 Jan 2016

Both today and yesterday, Twitter has been less than healthy

Mon, 18 Jan 2016

Go has been updated to 1.5.3 in #Fedora http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=711203 #golang

Right now, this is the current Go release. That makes Fedora a great platform for Go programmers.

Fri, 15 Jan 2016

I dislike 'listicle' articles that are just clunky photo galleries -- I'm looking at you, @zdnet

Wed, 13 Jan 2016

I found this very long list of things wrong with Linux http://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html