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<p>Walruses (<em>Odobenus rosmarus</em>) pile onto land at “haulouts” to rest, amazingly they seem to sync their movements using the weather.

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<p>I have a phone running a <a href="https://github.com/badaix/snapcast">Snapcast</a> client: it pulls synced audio over Wi-Fi and plays it out to a pair of Bluetooth headphones.

<p>Only three countries in the world enshrine the right to gun ownership in their constitution:</p> <ul> <li>The United States of America</li> <li>Mexico</li> <li>Guatemala</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-wor…

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<p>A typical web tech stack is a frontend , backend and db</p> <p>My prediction is the future for many ( not all) apps will be an LLM dynamically built frontend, using something like this <a href="https://tambo.co/blog/posts/introducing-tambo-generative-…

There is a new (to me) way to communicate between the browser and server - Web Transport.

<p>When you have a <strong>sticky</strong> header, clicking an anchor link can cause the target element to be hidden behind the header.

<p>I see <code>as</code> used a lot in TypeScript, and it is one of my pet hates.

<p>No, I am not talking about politically correct cattle, but rather the idea of treating your personal computer as cattle.

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<p>Today I learned that Markdown code fences can use any number of backticks (<code>`</code>) or tildes (<code>~</code>) as long as the number is at least three.

<p>Something I thought that was already illegal… <img __ASTRO_IMAGE_="{&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A screenshot showing jetstars payment options where every one adds a fee&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;..

<p>One thing that really excites me in the browser world right now is the renewed focus on <strong>multi-page applications (MPAs)</strong>.

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<p>Previously when I have been debugging systemd services I have used: <code>systemctl status --failed</code> to get me all of the failed services</p> <p>However that, as in my case today, did not return any failures, yet I knew a service was not working

<p>You can <strong>not</strong> normally use network in a nix build, as it is not sandboxed and is therefore a source of non reproducibility.

<p>Not so much a TIL but I keep forgetting this form of <code>git describe</code></p> <p>So writing it down so I don’t forget it again…</p> <pre class="astro-code github-dark" style="background-color:#24292e;color:#e1e4e8; overflow-x: auto;" tabindex="0"…

<blockquote> <p>Having tools in a container might sometimes be useful for different debugging.

<blockquote> <p>Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

<p>IKEA is the 6th largest restaurant in the world by number of customers.

<p>In postgres you may find yourself repeating common operations on all your tables.

<p>I wanted to have a GitHub Action step push back to the repo it is running in.

<p>Lots of applications use sqlite dbs.

<p>in bash code completions are setup using the <code>complete </code>command</p> <p>you can print all current system <code>completion</code> s using <code>complete -p</code></p>

<blockquote> <p>if you’re unsure what to do, always choose the option that makes the better story.

<p>I use <a href="https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty">Alacritty</a> as my terminal emulator.

<p>I was aware humans have different blood types.

<p>My common (ba)sh script setup is a bit like this:</p> <pre class="astro-code github-dark" style="background-color:#24292e;color:#e1e4e8; overflow-x: auto;" tabindex="0" data-language="shell"><code><span class="line"><span style="color:#6A737D"># By def…

<ul> <li>In the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 French Olympics, no swimmer finished better time then Tokyo Olympics race from 3 years earlier.

<p>when using awk to parse a file I was aware it uses this basic structure:</p> <pre class="astro-code github-dark" style="background-color:#24292e;color:#e1e4e8; overflow-x: auto;" tabindex="0" data-language="awk"><code><span class="line"><span style="co…

<p>When using all <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules#browser_compatibility">modern versions</a> of JS you can use esm modules.

<p>When using TS with React you may want to get the types of another component.

<p>Inside plpgsql function you can often get naming conflicts between input parameters and column / table names</p> <p>My previous modus operandi was to qualify the input param using the function name.

<p>This is a post about an IFTTT recipe I made.

<p>Cloud HQ -  How I <small> (automatically) </small> sync all my files across the web.

<p>UPDATE 21/5/14: IFTTT has just released an official <a href="https://ifttt.com/fitbit">fitbit channel</a>.

<p>I did it!

<p>Ok you got me these may not be <em>the best blogs ever</em>, however these are the blogs I’m obsessed with and read every post of.

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<p>Not a bucket list - <em>just a lot like one</em> :P</p> <h2 id="adrenaline">Adrenaline</h2> <ul> <li>bungee jump</li> <li>skydive</li> </ul> <h2 id="travel">Travel</h2> <ul> <li>Visit every continent <ul> <li><del>Australiasia</del></li> <li>Africa</li>

<p>How to update to the latest version of this IFTTT Recipe</p> <h1 id="issue-resolved">Issue Resolved:</h1> <h2 id="steps-to-implement-fix">Steps to implement fix:</h2> <ol> <li>In your IFTTT recipe change the URL field to <code>http://ifttt.jamesstone.c…

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<p>After reading <a href="http://aaronfrancis.com/">Aaron Francis</a>‘ blog <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230323043904/https://aaronfrancis.com/2013/how-i-use-evernote-and-ifttt">post</a> about how he uses Evernote and IFTTT I felt inspired to ma…

<p><a href="/posts/2015-02-04-ifttt-spotify-playlist-dropbox-version-2">New Version now available</a></p> <hr> <p>This is a post about an IFTTT recipe I made.

<p>IFTTT is an amazing tool.

<p>Welcome to my Blog :)</p> <h1 id="a-little-about-me">A little about me</h1> <p>Name: James Stone<br> Age: 17<br> Job: Student<br> Location: Australia</p> <p> </p> <p>I wasn’t really sure what my first post, <em>my intro post</em>, should talk about.