Bloggings

dwm with some patches I've been using dwm 6.5 for a while now, so I thought it was time to upgrade to dwm 6.8.

update on yesterday's post The git version of dillo has a new option: page_action, which enables running rdrview on the current page if the setting: page_action="Reader mode:dilloc dump | rdrview -H | dilloc load" is set in dillorc.

A browser that says no To me the problem with the smolweb is that there's isn't a browser that applies these rules.

and other minimal browsers I'm always looking for sane web sites.

now with markdown I've updated my blogthis script so I can write articles in markdown.

xrandr to the rescue Unfortunately several Ghostbsd MATE configuration windows are taller than my Thinkpad X220's 768 pixels.

messing around on a sunday So now we have Microsoft delivering Linux, and the Arch based AUR getting wrecked by people who should be locked into a public pillory, and I have some free time.

A very interesting editor for DOS, Linux and Windows I stumbled upon the #Semware editor (TSE) for #Linux, Windows and #Dos and thought I'd share it here.

Maybe I have the best system already I've been looking at Freedos for the retrocomputing nostalgia value and the text-only goodness.

Flashback to the 80's After my ZX81 I purchased an Amstrad CPC464, and oh joy I discovered Hebdogiciel.

Sponsored software hype Last year I had high hopes for Ladybird, a web browser with a brand new engine written, from scratch and open source.

De Gaulle is more popular than ever People who choose a country to be their home are often patriotic as it's their choice, not mere circumstance.

Messing around with a bad back in stormy weather I made a bad movement in the shower this morning and made my back scream again, so no woodworking today.

Existance is the prize itself Sadly a childhood friend of one of my nieces recently died at 36 of a brain tumour.

More blog improvements This blog now sits in my git repository, so I made a few changes.

Autoupdate script I like living on the bleeding edge of snac2, so I added this (banal) script to /etc/cron.daily. #!

A poem by W.H.Auden (1907-1973) This poem was read in the film "Four marriages and a funeral" I just stumbled upon it and wanted to write it down.

When smarter people get things done In 2023 about what I was feeling at the time on the sorry state of the web.

Smolweb, Fediverse and blogs For several months I've been using Gopher exclusively, I find it's minimalist raw text files appealing.