The Autodidacts (Page 4)

Rapidly append to text file with Bash script and Fish abbreviations

A Fish shortcut for rapidly appending clipboard data to text files

Text editors are for normies … »

What’s the end game for Ghost newsletter sign-up spam?

My theory of mind is failing … »

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How to Migrate Kobo eReader Books & Annotations to a New Device

And probably not even brick it … »

Script: export post as Markdown via Ghost Admin API

Once upon a time I deleted the production database … »

Create custom filtered RSS feeds in Ghost, the easy way

Create custom feeds, on custom routes, without editing theme files … »

GIF showing the power of regex (for non-programmers!) with a demo using the example of finding all telephone numbers and changing their format with LibreOffice Writer search and replace

Regex is horrible, yet regex is amazing

And it’s not just for programmers … »

Wallabag wins, despite its flaws

Freedom and flexibility make up for the rough edges (and the competition has its own usability issues) … »

Patching KOReader Wallabag Plugin to add star support

Now you can star Wallabag entries from the comfort of your Kobo e-reader … »

A list of public Wallabag instances that seem legit

Especially free-to-use instances that might be around for a while … »

Graph of sleep duration and all cause mortality

An unsolved question in sleep science

Or, a display of my ignorance of sleep science … »

Filtering RSS feeds by tag

Use CommaFeed filter expressions to hide irrelevant posts like this one … »

Cerelog’s ESP-EEG is a new 8 channel biosensing board at a hobbyist-friendly price

The same number of channels of EEG/EMG/ECG for half the price … »

I’m trying #100DaysToOffload

A blogging challenge where you publish 100 posts in the space of a year … »

Foodie vs Athlete

I have always liked food: I enjoy cooking, I like eating, and I especially value sharing mealtimes together with family and loved ones. I also enjoy snacking, and I like going out to … »

I can haz knowledgebase

I’ve often felt sheepish about my personal knowledgebase: it’s just a pile of text files. Everyone else has their own self-hosted MediaWiki or Obsidian or Digital Garden and mine is stuck … »

My Favourite Ways to Avoid Spending Money

The other day I happened across a pair of Lululemon shorts on Facebook marketplace. They were beautiful, they were my size, and they were a deal: only $35! I wanted to buy them. I left the tab open for a while, then I closed it. … »

The Autodidacts

Exploring the universe from the inside out