Author: Jason

updating discord .deb one-liner
Discord will often require you to install an update. When this happens it quits itself and auto downloads the latest .deb, but you end up with lots of sequentially numbered versions of the .deb so it’s fiddly to find and install the latest one.

I came up with this approach to apt install the most recent one:
```
sudo apt install \
   $(find /home/jason/Downloads/ \
       -name 'discord*.deb' -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
      sort -r | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
```
or you can build it into a bash function:
```
update-discord()
{
sudo apt install \
  $(find /home/jason/Downloads/ -name 'discord*.deb' -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
  sort -r | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
}
```
One could also consider deleting the .deb after successful install. That is an excercise left for the reader

Free Palestine!
29/11/2023
Great video about how the Gaming Industry should not stay silent on the current genocide Israel is committing

10/11/2023
Free Palestine!

Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea.
I stand with Palestine.

I ❤️ 🇵🇸

30/10/2023
WSJ2023 – World Scout Jamboree 2023 Discord

There are a number of unofficial discords for WSJ2023. In particular for The IST team there is this one:

https://discord.com/invite/A7rByrD WSJ2023 IST

01/04/2023
WSJ2023 Newsletters in one big searchable file
I was finding it really difficult to get the information I need from the Newsletters so I made one big searchable document with all the WSJ2023 Newsletters in one big file.

I’ll endeavour to update it when new Newsletters come out
```
pdftk WSJ2023-Newsletter-*.pdf cat output WSJ2023-Newsletters1-3b.pdf
mkdir tmp
cp WSJ2023-Newsletters1-3b.pdf tmp
cd tmp
pdftohtml -p -c -s -noframes WSJ2023-Newsletters1-3b.pdf
```
WSJ 2023 Newsletters 1-5
08/03/2023
Sydney Harbour

A photo I took when I rode over Sydney Harbour Bridge recently

29/09/2021
Moved to a new host

I moved my site to a new host. If you can see this, you are viewing the new host.

29/09/2021

ESPHome configuration for Arlec Grid Connect Smart Plug-in Socket

Ben asked if I could share my ESPHome configuration for the Arlec device. Here it is:

esphome:
  name: master_bedroom_heater
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m
#  esp8266_restore_from_flash: True
wifi:
  networks:
    - ssid: !secret work_ssid
      password: !secret work_psk
    - ssid: !secret home_ssid
      password: !secret home_psk
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  password: !secret ha_api_pw
ota:
  password: !secret ota_pw
binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO14
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
      inverted: True
    name: "master br heater Button"
    on_press:
      - switch.toggle: mr_br_heater
  - platform: status
    name: "master bedroom heater status"
switch:
  - platform: gpio
    name: "Master Bedroom Heater"
    pin:
      number: GPIO12
    id: mr_br_heater
    restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_OFF
    on_turn_on:
      light.turn_on:
        id: mr_br_led1
    on_turn_off:
      light.turn_off:
        id: mr_br_led1
light:
  - platform: binary
    name: "led1"
    output: led1
    id: mr_br_led1
  - platform: binary
    name: "led2"
    output: led2
output:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO04
    id: led2
    inverted: True
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO13
    id: led1
    inverted: True

04/09/2019

Putting ESPHome on Arlec Smart Plug In Socket
- Front View
- Rear View
I got some of these Arlec Smart Plug In Sockets from Bunnings. Apparently they are Tuya devices but I decided to take the brute force approach to putting ESPHome on the.

First challenge was getting the tri point screw out. I had to buy a special screwdriver for this.

They don’t really want you opening these

Once I got the screws out, it was easy to unclip the case and open it.
- Arlec Smart Plug In Socket Circuit Board Underside View
- Arlec Smart Plug In Socket Circuit Board Topside View
After tracing the circuit, I decided to solder wires to the board and connect them to my USB->Serial adapter. The only tricky part was that you have to hold GPIO0 at ground when you power up the esp8266 to get it into flash mode. I just held a wire on the tiny GPIO0 pad on the TYWE2S.

wires soldered to circuit board to enable flashing
23/07/2019
Can’t log in to Netflix on Samsung TV
I had this problem on our Samsung TV where no matter what, I couldn’t log into the Netflix app. I noticed that it happened just after I had changed the password to Netflix. Now lets not think about how fucking difficult it is to type in an email address and secure password using just a remote, but then the frustration of doing it over and over again and being told the login is incorrect… I was close to smashing the TV with the remote and then throwing the whole lot out the window.

Anyway, after I finally accepted that it wasn’t me but it was either the TV or the Netflix app, I started googling around. Turns out there is a secret way to reset the Netflix app. Once I did that I was able to log in first time. WTF Samsung and Netflix? how can this bug exist?

Anyway the magic is:

Start SmartHub and select the Netflix App, then on the TV remote, press the following sequence:
```
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up.
```
Once you have done that, the app will ask you if you want to Start Over. Hit Yes, and you should be good to go.
20/12/2018