this *should*, I think, show up in my #Mastodon home feed… Maybe also the tech.lgbt federated feed? Still figuring out #ActivityPub in general and this plugin in particular
Sound check
Technology has changed since I last updated this site, but joining #Mastodon has inspired nostalgic feelings about the old days of the Internet so I plan to shake the dust off this and maybe post some stuff again.
Speaking of Mastodon, I’m at https://tech.lgbt/@silvermoon82
OpenWRT-Bedtime
I’ve put together a script to schedule the kids’ wifi network on our OpenWRT router.
We have a D-Link DIR-835 (with two radios), running OpenWRT Barrier Breaker 14.07. The 2.4GHz network is set up for the kids on radio0, and only the grownups have access to the 5GHz network. I wanted a way to shut off the wifi at Finn’s bedtime (which is later than I usually want to stay up) and have it running again in the morning.
Initially I set up cron jobs to stop & start the wifi at appointed times, but that means editing the crontab when Finn has a day off school.
Next I wrote a simple script to check the time and bring the wifi up/down based on that, unless the current date is listed in a config file.
I finally updated the script with configurable up & down times, weekends, and config files.
The script and sample code are up on BitBucket, at https://bitbucket.org/eroosenmaallen/openwrt-bedtime. Feedback and improvements are welcome.
Triskaidekaphobia
Inspired by @TheBloggess, I have put together a simple WordPress plugin to fix dates for those with triskaidekaphobia.
Inspired by @TheBloggess, I have put together a simple WordPress plugin to fix dates for those with triskaidekaphobia. Right now it’s pretty trivial; as I refresh myself on WordPress development, I’ll add a few options, etc. In the meantime, all it does is replace the year after 2012 with “The Library” (see In the Library) and the date after the 12th with “12+1”.
Download: triskaidekaphobia-0.1
Advertising Gone Mad
From http://www.tommyvallier.com/2009/07/23/digg-advertising-gone-mad/ –
The ads are therefore taking up 49.35% of the viewable space. Let me repeat that: fourty-nine point three five percent. For advertisements. That’s MASSIVE.
Tommy Vallier gives a breakdown of space use on Digg’s homepage, and it’s not flattering.
The ads are therefore taking up 49.35% of the viewable space. Let me repeat that: fourty-nine point three five percent. For advertisements. That’s MASSIVE.
It gets even worse once the white-space is accounted for, with two thirds of the screen real-estate dedicated to advertising.
Easily the coolest/nerdiest Queen tribute ever made
Bohemian Rhapsody played on old computer beeps
Bohemian Rhapsody played on old computer beeps
(found via Neil Gaiman’s blog, he found it at El Reg)
Pictures from MarsPhoenix!
The Mars lander has touched down safely, and is sending pictures back already:
For more on the Phoenix project, check out NASA’s mission page, or MarsPhoenix’s Twitter feed.
Geek Porn: Unboxing a mint PowerBook 1400
A member of theLEM PowerBooks list got their hands on a factory-sealed PowerBook 1400, and shared the unboxing photo set:
A member of the LEM PowerBooks list got their hands on a factory-sealed PowerBook 1400, and shared the unboxing photo set:
Very nice set.