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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…
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Let’s Encrypt when your server is behind a firewall and you can’t use DNS Challenge
Sometimes you want to give a server that is behind a firewall a valid SSL certificate. Let’s Encrypt provides a nice solution for this called DNS Challenge. The problem with DNS Challenge is it may require some manual configuring to on your server to set it up. That is all fine and good but sometimes…
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MSSQL ODBC Client on Debian 9 Stretch
Many years ago fREW Schmidt wrote a very handy article on installing MSSQL ODBC drivers in debian. Since then Microsoft have improved their support of debian somewhat and things have changed making it easier to install, however they still (as at 2017-11-06) have not released proper drivers for Debian Stretch.Add the microsoft repo Add the…
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I made a braided cord bracelet
I made a braided cord bracelet. Cordage came from Decathelon Instructions thanks to the WhyKnot YouTube Channel
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I made a ukulele tuner web app
I got sick of all the ukulele tuner apps so I decided to make my own. The best ukulele tuner app I’ve found on the iPhone works by repeatedly playing the note you are tuning to rather than trying to analyse the audio and display the frequency of the note it detects. The human ear…
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convert mp3 to m4b on the linux command line
I quite often want to convert mp3 files to m4b, Apple’s proprietary nastiness. There is pacpl of course but that has issues these days, particularly with copying the id3 tags to the new file.FFmpeg can do it when you build from source (I just found a nice script that will build it from source for you).…
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Build and install emacssnapshot packages on Debian Stable
Despite emacssnapshot only providing prebuilt packages for Debian unstable, building and installing the packages on stable is quite straight forward. I wrote a script to automate it. I’m sure there are better ways to do this, but it works for me. Thanks to twb for feedback on the script. Sorry I was too lazy to…
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New host
I migrated to a new host. If you can see this, you are looking at emacstragic on the new host.
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Wan’t to help organise a Perl conference in Sydney in 2017? Apply within!
Some of us at the Sydney PM group and the #australia Perl IRC channel have been discussing holding an perl conference in Sydney in 2017. If this is something you are interested in attending or organising, please get in touch. You can find us on #australia on irc.perl.org or Join our conference organising mailing list:…
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Automatically lookup amazon books on booko
I love books and I love booko. So I decided to help Amazon help me check prices on booko with a little Tampermonkey script. It makes the ISBN-13 on Amazon a clickable link that will open a new tab to booko and search for that ISBN. Give it a go!
Got any book recommendations?