Planet Hawleywood

I’m no bibliophile, but I’ve read a lot of books and recently while discussing the “book was better” trope of horror movies, we talked about how it is pretty common knowledge that Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s take on his story of “The Shining”.

my config file for beets.io

I’ve been using Linux full time at home since Windows Vista.

To get UFW to work well with Docker, you have to add some rules to the bottom of /etc/ufw/after.rules # BEGIN UFW AND DOCKER *filter :ufw-user-forward - [0:0] :ufw-docker-logging-deny - [0:0] :DOCKER-USER - [0:0] -A DOCKER-USER -j ufw-user-forward -A DOCK…

This is an experiment in creating a place to keep my collected quotes.

Summary Do you work on Linux machines?

I finally made use of the front license plate holder on my car.Better is the view from your rearview mirror if I’m behind you.

wget multiple files wget -r -l1 -A.mp3 http://aaa.com/directory In the above example, -r and -l1 options together enable 1-level deep recursive retrieval, and -A option specifies lists of file name suffixes to accept during recursive download (.mp3 in th…

I’m Charles Hawley.

Backstory: I’ve been either paying for or using 3rd part apps for Read-It-Later (Pocket), Hosted Bookmarks (Raindrop.io) and an RSS Feedreader (Inoreader) for about a year.

My long, winding path to Markdown notes nirvana For years I’ve been looking for a cross-platform markdown editor.

The year was 1994.

Friday 2020-11-06 Day One YouTube Stream 11:30 – Warner and Beth Lynn Welcome 12:00 – Baremetal RISC-V Renode – Zak Kohler 12:45 – One Sprint to Drastically Improve Web Accessibility – Robin Clower 13:30 – Delta Ansible: Keeping up with Changes and Deprec…

Today in Batuu, a staff member taught me how to take burst-photos with my phone and then select a single frame that gives the illusion of magic.

This morning I was plagued by repeated robocalls in the car on the way to work.

I’ve taken a keen interest in note-taking in general and recently I’ve been obsessed with how other people do it.

My Schedule 09:00 How Will You Steer Your Open Source Career?

The new version is better.

That’s 100 pounds!

In 1998 I wrote the only piece of software I had intended other people to see.

I have had exactly one drink in the last three months since starting my liver-healthy diet.

I’ve made it below 300 pounds!

Those 5 dreaded words - I’ve decided to lose weight.

Today is the 10th day of walking, and I’m wondering if I’m going to die in my chair.

Two weeks ago I stopped using TinyTinyRSS as my RSS feed reader.

I have named my office “Fort Impostor” and this is my…manifesto.

I attended my first Ohio Linuxfest this year (2017) and had a great time.

Attended talks: Command Line Tools, Clif Flynt Keynote: The Battle Over Our Technology, Karen Sandler (robo-lawyer) Lumina Rising: Challenging Desktop Orthodoxy, Ken Moore The ‘Onwards’ & ‘Upwards’ of Careers in Open Source – A Panel Discussion, Warner Mo…

I made it to Cleveland Givecamp this year after many years of wanting to go but never having the guts.

There are rules, people!

I found out after the fact that my bully from grade school died.

“Describe Yourself In 3 Fictional Characters” was an online forum game in which participants select fictional characters from popular media that they believe demonstrate various aspects of their personality.

Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

*Now, devotees may argue that one sport or game is inherently better than another.

I had to be part of someone else’s bad day, and it sucked.

Are you sure you want to ruin your entire day?

“Find a Kindle, Hack a Kindle”.

I found what I believe to be the earliest reference of me using Linux on the internet.

While attending a fundraiser at a bar tonight a girl approached me and asked if the penguin on my shirt was the Linux penguin (It was).

Pro Wrestler name or Porn star name?

PSA: Just so everyone knows: I am a Linux administrator.

I walked away from the counter, and ordered the items from my phone for in-store pickup, at the advertised price.

Let me tell you about the people I work with.

In November 2009 I started a journal to help myself deal with yet another car problem.

The bathroom lights at work have automatic motion sensors.

One time we got in such an argument over where to eat we finally stayed home and Carrie made spaghetti.

Ever have a really bad day?

After it was all over, I knew I was going to have to write about it.

The question was: What was something that was done to you as a child, although insignificant now, that still makes you furious?