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Mon Apr 13 2020
I uploaded this video on the 11th but I forgot to add the video to that day’s post. Pretty funny, eh? I suppose the best effect is if you know the people who’s faces I borrowed. It’s hilarious to see B. dancing around since dancing is so not B. I guess he does dance but […]
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Sun Apr 12 2020
Yesterday was wonderfully productive. I started using the Pomodoro Technique to manage my time spent working on web development and I had wonderful results in doing so. I got up and took breaks to stretch or walk. When during a work period, I had an incredible focus on the task. I set task intentions for […]
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Thu Mar 12 2020
Greetings and salutations. Last night, I started to play Squad but then I got peer pressured into being commander and I got overwhelmed and stressed out and I couldn’t handle the pressure or the need to give orders. I hit Alt+F4 and turned off my PC and went to bed. I was bummed out but […]
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How to programmatically open gnome-pomodoro timer window
I’ve been enjoying streaming on Twitch for a few weeks while I work on my daily tasks. I have gained a bit of a productivity boost because of the accountability effect of being on camera in front of a small audience. One of the important self-care items for me while I stream is to take […]
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How to close Firefox from the Ubuntu command line
About five years ago I answered a question on Superuser.com — Can I close firefox browser tab or firefox browser from ubuntu terminal? My answer to this question was to use wmctrl, a CLI program to interact with an X Window Manager. For closing the browser gracefully, wmctrl should do the trick: you may need […]
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Bovines in Linux Impart a Token of Wisdom
Want a magical cow to tell you your fortune? (Instead of that boring old fish?) Install cowsay and fortune ! sudo apt-get -y install cowsay fortune Use command substitution on fortune and have cowsay display it: cowsay $(fortune) Do this whole blog post in one step! sudo apt-get -y install cowsay fortune && cowsay $(fortune) && echo […]
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Arch on ASUS eeePC 701 + Wardriving
I want to try out wardriving so I’m setting up my old eeePC for the task. Puppee linux was on my eee and that just didn’t seem right for wardriving. When talking about distros on my youtube vlog, my friend uberscientist recommended I try Arch linux. I thought it’d be no problem installing because there’s […]