Geeking out Re: Stacks, Bon Iver
Re: Stacks When asked about the purpose of “Re” in the song title, Justin Vernon replied: It’s ‘Regarding.’ People use it in letters and emails. It’s about pointing towards an idea, to amplify that...
View ArticleDebugging docker-compose without image rebuild
In the docker-compose.yml add to volumes: the file you want to change volumes: - ./filetodebug:/internal/full/path/filetodebug Create a copy of filetodebug in the same directory as the...
View ArticleRandom connectivity problems with Apple Magic Mouse
I had random connectivity problems with Magic Mouse. The problem was present both with the old Magic Mouse and the new Magic Mouse 2. After trying all sorts of solutions that I found online, nothing...
View ArticleMigrate Apple Keychain to a new Mac
I needed to migrate some passwords from Apple Keychain to a new Mac. In particular iTerm2 password manager, Coda/Transmit + Cyberduck passwords. After doing a replace to...
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MacOS password prompt for Keychain access twice
I did a migration of Keychain items between Macs and MacOS was prompting me to type the password twice to authorise access. To avoid this Apple suggest changing the password of the Keychain “login”...
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Cheaper high resolution external ISP Monitor for Mac (retina like)
For a long time that I wanted to have a “retina” screen on my desktop but as I work from multiple locations (and needed to buy more than one monitor) I wanted a solution that was not expensive and...
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Mac Mini 2018 graphics Intel UHD 630 and 4K Monitor
The Mac Mini 2018 comes with Intel UHD 630 graphics without a possibility to upgrade unless you use an external eGPU. I was a bit worried about how it would perform with a 4K monitor scaled at...
View ArticleSet Up Software RAID1 On Running Debian Stretch LVM + GRUB2
I needed to setup a software RAID1 on a Debian Stretch server where I had no KVM access, so I had to make do with just SSH and rescue access. I was following this tutorial for How To Set Up Software...
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CyberDuck OVH OpenStack Swift v3 Configuration
OVH disabled Keystone (OpenStack Identity Service) API v2.0 and requires all endpoints to now use v3. Currently, the instructions to setup CyberDuck with OVH are not correct. They mention the...
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Transmit OVH OpenStack Swift v3 Configuration
Steps to configure OVH OpenStack Swift v3 on Transmit: Click the + to add a New ServerChoose OpenStack Swift Address: auth.cloud.ovh.netUser Name: TENANT_NAME:USERPassword: USER_PASSWORDRemote Path:...
View ArticleMAMP Pro – Oops, something is badly wrong!
Out of the blue, MAMP Pro started presenting me with an alert when I tried opening the app: Oops, something is badly wrong!Either you did not provide the necessary admin credentials or the MAMP PRO...
View ArticleChange macOS terminal shell to Bash 5
Since macOS Catalina that zsh is the default shell. From what I could understand this was caused by a change in Bash license to GPL after version 3. So, since version 3 of Bash is pretty old they...
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Remote Control another Mac on your network
You need to go to the Mac you want to access and under System Preferences->Sharing activate the following: On all this options you can limit the users that can have access. On the File Sharing...
View ArticlePHP floating point precision
I was attempting to find if the result of a calculation returned a number with any decimals. So, I was doing something like: $num=123.1/0.1; if(floor($num)!=$num){ echo "has decimals"; }else{ echo...
View ArticleE vou escrever esta história para provar que sou sublime
Fiz de mim o que não soube,E o que podia fazer de mim não o fiz.O dominó que vesti era errado.Conheceram-me logo por quem não era e não desmenti, e perdi-me.Quando quis tirar a máscara,Estava pegada à...
View ArticleChromium browser extension to auto unload tabs
I created a minimal extension for Chromium browsers to auto unload tabs after a set number of minutes. I created it because I wanted an extension to reduce my browser RAM usage. I didn’t want to...
View ArticleFediverse: what can we do now that we couldn’t before?
After listening to the DotSocial Podcast episode “Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond, with Johannes Ernst of Dazzle Labs“, a question stuck with me and I think is very relevant: What...
View ArticleComposable with microservices in the backend
I was listening to the Decoder podcast, where Jay Graber (the CEO of Bluesky) was interviewed, and it reminded me of a mental trap that I often fall into. It’s much better now because I detect it a...
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