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short and simple Linux .profile status banner 1

Nov

26

2021

Here’s just a short post about a little .profile code snippet I use to help give me a brief system overview upon logging into my accounts.. It produces an output similar to the one below. Now I understand there are tons of little utilities out there like Neofetch (commind line system information tool), that provides ...

How to schedule and record live internet radio streams

Oct

15

2021

So recently I had a need to record a radio broadcast that happens pretty regularly, but its an overseas station, and the time zone is not convenient to get up in the middle of the night and turn on my mp3 recorder. So I was looking for a good scheduled radio recorder, but surprisingly didn’t ...

Chess: What I learned as a beginner after playing 1000+ games.

May

4

2021

Like many folks my interest in chess we re-kindled when I saw the Netflix mini series Queens Gambit . The fictional account of a chess prodigy Beth Harmon (loosely based on real life chess prodigy Bobby Fischer) and her rise in the cold war era chess tournaments. So I decided to re-learn the basics and found ...

Everything you wanted to know about Apollo Guidance Computer … great talk on details of 1st moon landing.

Feb

12

2021

Came across a great YouTube talk on the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) and its role in the first moon landing.. The AGC is a historic piece of technology that got us to the moon. In a day and age (1960’s) when computers took up an entire room, this custom made piece of hardware and software ...

Quotes 1

Jul

21

2020

Just wanted to have a simple web page that I can refer to for some of my favorite quotes… Feel free to add your favorites in the comments below “We have two lives, the second begins, when we realize we only have one.” Confucius “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything ...

What I would like to see happen if the US economy were revamped because of this virus

Apr

8

2020

My wish list of socioeconomic enhancements for the US would be.. Universal Healthcare: this is a no brainier , every other developed country offers it’s citizens this, they do it for a fraction of the US private system, so it’s bs to say it’s too expensive to do here. In the long run universal healthcare ...

Find largest file in your WordPress uploads folder 1

Feb

13

2020

If you run your own WordPress Site or host a clients WP site, its good to keep an eye on disk space, to avoid running out of space at the most inopportune time. One of the main causes of running out of disk space is when you upload large media files , and over time, ...

Easiest way to improve your swimming using video GoPro or (smartphone) of yourself

Jan

31

2020

One of the best ideas I had when I began my swim training and improving my freestyle, was recording video of my swims during my pool sessions. This was an indispensable training tool, since it allowed me to see from a third person view what I was doing, it is the fastest way to improve ...

Social Security is a generational Ponzi scheme and the marks are Gen Z and millennial’s 1

Jan

8

2020

So here we are in 2020 , and Millennial’s and GenZ will begin or makeup the vast portion of the workforce for the coming decades. They dutifully contribute to Social Security supporting the army of retired Boomers and Gen X. Problem is , they likely won’t be see much if any of that money themselves. ...

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