johnk
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Get an Oauth2 Token in a Command Line Program
Argggh. I just damaged the token that I had in my configuration.
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Pattern? List of IDs/SKUs on STDIN
I’ve been working on a tool to publish products to WooCommerce and Ebay, as a followup to “ebay-tools” (which is now defunct). This old tool was centered around managing directories named with SKUs. The new tool keeps product info in a table, and references everything with SKUs. The SKU is used in WooCommerce (WC), Ebay,…
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How do I fix the buzzing and electricity sound when recording on my iPhone?
This was a weird problem: I plugged my headset into the phone, and recorded, and heard a buzz. This didn’t make sense, but, it turned out to be a grounding problem with a sensitive mic.
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BBB System Configuration Testing Script
I’m working on a testing script to see if my server can run BBB. Useful if you’re building old systems to use as a development box. This is based on the BBB installation instructions. It doesn’t do everything, just several preflighting tasks. It ends before the Firewall section.
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After do-release-upgrade Name Resolver Stops Working
Symptoms: after doing a big release upgrade on Ubuntu, the name resolution stops working. You can’t use domain names to reach websites or servers. The file /etc/resolv.conf shows the nameserver is set to 127.0.0.53 What’s happened here is that the traditional DNS resolution system has been replaced by the systemd name resolution system.
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Audacity Recording Problems Choosing an Input Source on Linux Mint
Symptoms: Audacity is unable to get any input from the audio output or microphone. System uses PulseAudio and ALSA.
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WP-CLI: wp wc product update images
I’m running WordPress inside a Docker container, and wanted to control the website with command lines, and code. The two options are to use the REST API, or to use the WP-CLI interface. I opted for the CLI because I assumed it was faster. I suspect I’m wrong, but I’m sticking with it for now,…
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Run a Shiny Server with the rocker/shiny and Docker-Compose on Debian or Ubuntu
How to set up Ubuntu to run Docker, a Shiny Server container, with an existing Apache proxy server configuration. This setup will work for a low-volume application. It runs a single container, on a single host.
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Crossplatform Keyboard Mappings for MacOS, GNOME, and Windows
I use all three types of computers, and use the following mapping to make it easier to move between computers. Most of my software development has moved into a server in the cloud, and I SSH in. Even locally, I often use a Terminal session. My local Linux environment is GNOME, but this may also…
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Medium Paywall Blocking Posts
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Draft: Unions Should Own LLM Models
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California Cogged Stones: International Trade and Exchange
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
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Computer Shopping
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How to Add a REST API to an Existing Django Project
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An Argument for the Abolition of the Electoral College
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DALL-E and Commas that Matter, “young people fighting the war on drugs”, SFW->NSFW
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Two Errors I’ve Made Interpreting COVID-19 Data, that Others are Also Making
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The Current Effort to Deny Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants or Spouses Has a Precedent
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Trump, Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, Quercetin, ECGC Catechins, AYCE KBBQ
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Getting Off of Big Tech
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1959
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Gubernatorial Candidate Villaraigosa Should Love Ranked Choice Voting (Upd. Jun. 7)
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Get in Touch
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There Are No Urban Design Courses on Race and Justice, So We Made Our Own Syllabus
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Dead Pages, Alpine, Docker, Cloud
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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
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Misunderstanding the Purpose of the Model Minority
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Programming Assistant LLMs
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Prunus Mume, lost in translation
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Mass Narcolepsy
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
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Rosemead Police/HSI/or ICE Bust
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January 5, 2019 Update
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Directory Structure Checking Script
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Nationalist Right-Wing anti-Imperialism, Curry, Kare, Colonization
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Python Data Science Study
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COVID-19 Hits Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities the Hardest; this Paper Has Lessons for All of Us
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The Book Trust – an attempt to monopolize cheap book production in the 1800s
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The Commodity Fetish
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How to Buy Windows 10 Cheap
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Ezra Klein Discussion with Bhaskar Sunkara of Jacobin
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Run a Shiny Server with the rocker/shiny and Docker-Compose on Debian or Ubuntu
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Political Nerdmaxing: Q: Why Are Asians so Right Wing?
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
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Text of Vladimir Putin’s Speech on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, and Text of Zelensky’s Address to the Russian People (all Translated to English)