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Calibre 5.0
calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.
We cancelled standups and let the team build
When is the last time you experimented with process? Here's a fun example
Database Version Control with Liquibase
Introduction to managing DB shcema changes with Liquibase
Social Media Analysis Toolkit: Open-Source Tool for Tracking Disinformation
The Social Media Analysis Toolkit (SMAT) — co-created by Mozilla Fellow Emmi Bevensee — provides a free, open, and intuitive way to scrutinize what’s tr…
How to Drive on Sand Without Getting Stuck (2017)
Tips and techniques for driving in sandy conditions. Must read before hitting the beach or dunes in your vehicle to avoid getting stuck because it is very easy to get stuck in sand. Avoid joining the 'digging club'!
The Era of Visual Studio Code
Roben Kleene’s blog
No script is too simple
I write very short scripts, sometimes for single-line commands. Here's why you should do it too.
Tables: Tracking work for teams
Tables, the newest tool from Area 120 by Google, beta launches in the U.S. to help teams easily track and automate work.
How to take meeting notes
Sep 10, Thu, 2020
Backing up data like the adult I supposedly am
Like so many things I’m supposed to do but don’t — getting exercise, eating right, sleeping well, standing up for women and minorities in public spaces — backing up my data has always been something I’ve half-assed at best.
Visualize Data Structures in VSCode
VSCode Debug Visualizer is a VSCode extension that allows you to visualize data structures in your editor
GitHub CLI 1.0
GitHub CLI brings GitHub to your terminal. It reduces context switching, helps you focus, and enables you to more easily script and create your own workflows. Earlier this year, we…
I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm
I’m using the iOS Bedtime feature for years now. With yesterday’s iOS 14 update the feature got moved from the Clock app to the Health app. Unfortunately the migration is done by disabling your existing alarm and showing a button to open the Health app to set it up again. I woke up late and well rested today.
Google, nobody asked for a new Blogger interface
I'm writing this post in what Google is euphemistically referring to as an improvement . I don't understand this. I managed to ignore New ...
Org-mode 9.4 is out. Can you help?
This page does not exist (anymore). Back to home
How I stay motivated working on my long-term project
Becoming successful online doesn't happen overnight. If you want to make it, you need to commit to your goal for at least a few years. See how the three year rule can help you stay motivated on your long-term project.
How to stream audio from your phone to your laptop with PulseAudio
This guide describes how to stream audio from your smartphone to your computer over Bluetooth.
Archiving URLs (2019)
Archiving the Web, because nothing lasts forever: statistics, online archive services, extracting URLs automatically from browsers, and creating a daemon to regularly back up URLs to multiple sources.
Hard to discover tips and apps for macOS
Inspired by a few different conversations with friends who’ve switched to macOS where I give them a whole bunch of tips and recommendations I’ve learned about over many years which are super important to how I use my computer, but often quite hard to find out about, I decided to write them all down:
How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k monitors
How I built a Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch for my two 4K monitors for $30.