johnk
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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shows the nameserver is set to 127.0.0.53 What’s happened here is that the traditional DNS resolution system has been replaced by the systemd name resolution system.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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Set Up an HP P1102w Printer on Ubuntu Linux
Introduction – This is a specific guide to setting up the computer on my own network. I’m writing it because, every time there’s some weird network problem, I change a password or something, and foul up the network, and cause the printer to drop off. Then I end up spending a couple hours fixing my…
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Using Flatpaks, Doctrine ORM is Meta, Talking Union, and Indexing Free Blogs
What are the best free blogging sites? I don’t know, but decided to see which platforms were best indexed on Google. Not surprised to find that Google’s own Blogger.com had the most pages. These are the results from using the Google search “site” filter.
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WordPress AntiSpam Plugin, Configuring Alpine Linux to Send Mail
The previous incarnation of this blog had a lot more inbound links, and accumulates spam. One day, I had 14,000 comments pending, and most were spam. So, I wrote a tool to help work through the backlog.
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What Are You Shooting For? by Roberto Rubalcava et. al. 1993
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Workstyles and Productivity
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Configuring Regolith i3xrocks
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Selected Posts from Facebook from February 2020
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Letter to Garcetti about Shipping Container Homes
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Social Media
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Recent Studies Look for Actual Spread of SARS-CoV-2 the COVID-19 Virus
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USCIS New Anti-Immigrant Mission Statement
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Rosemead Police/HSI/or ICE Bust
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Responsive Design + Mobile First = Automated Layouts
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Prompts to Discover an LLM’s Training about the Anti-Chinese Movement
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Copyright, “Copyleft”, Creative Commons, Public Domain, Anti-Copyright
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Mass Narcolepsy
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Brief Review of Migrating from Gmail and Outlook.com to Proton
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WordPress AntiSpam Plugin, Configuring Alpine Linux to Send Mail
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I’m a Trollaholic
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Linux Nautilus Trash Folder Stopped Working
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Conservative Hopelessness about Anti-Asian Violence
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Using Flatpaks, Doctrine ORM is Meta, Talking Union, and Indexing Free Blogs
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How to Add a REST API to an Existing Django Project
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The Murder of Ee Lee
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On the Precipice of Another Great Depression
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L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective
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Lock File Location for OpenOffice LibreOffice when it says File is Locked for Editing
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Racism: NatGeo, Housing, Crossword
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About This Blog
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Two Videos of People with COVID-19, from Early 2020
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Alcohol Didn’t Fix the Mold
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Problems Importing CSV into Google Contacts
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The End of Facebook
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Gemini-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Corrections 3
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Kats Kunitsugu in the Kashu Mainichi
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality
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How do I fix the buzzing and electricity sound when recording on my iPhone?
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Trump, Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, Quercetin, ECGC Catechins, AYCE KBBQ
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ChatGPT Rewrites with Style
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Changing Emails is Hard