Ghost (blogging platform)

Ghost is a blogging platform that runs on Node.js and MySQL / SQLite. Install and configure Ghost Installation instructions: Production installation (MySQL) Development installation (SQLite) Note that Ghost requires Node and Nginx as well as systemd. ... to be continued ... Features and Functions Most of this discussion is relative to WordPress, which is what ... Read more

Ghost vs. WordPress

Perhaps the time has come to migrate from WordPress to Ghost as a blogging platform? Another rich twat (net worth 400m USD) losing his mind? Compare this kind of behavior to this kind of behavior. Seems fairly straightforward, though any founder in charge of the technical direction of a product or platform can still go ... Read more

BYD Dolphin

Sometimes there is a confluence of innovations, both technological, and economic, which conspire to prompt a purchase. Now it is that time for me, concerning the 2024 BYD Dolphin Standard Range. Earliest view of the Dolphin (AE1) highlighting the tech Map of charging stations in Thailand Features of the BYD Dolphin Cheap Decent range (Thailand ... Read more

Ruizu x52 mp3 player

Note see also Sandisk Clipham and Portable Music Players and Linux Because the Sandisk Clipjam appears to be no longer manufactured, the most approximate portable MP3 player (with clip, suitable for running/bicycling) is the Ruizu x52 mp3 player. It is about $25 USD on Lazada, sold by Ruizu itself, with good reliability ratings. The unnecessary ... Read more

Toasted Muesli (aka Granola)

Ingredients 30 g peanut butter 30 g sliced almonds 30 g sunflower seeds 30 g pumpkin seeds 30 g dried cranberries 200 g apple sauce 250 g rolled oats cinnamon nutmeg olive oil Procedure Heat oven to 150 c parchment paper in a pan add all dry ingredients, mix add wet ingredients, mix pour into ... Read more

Elon Musk is a Fraud

Elon Musk has engaged in outright fraud The TSLA Twitter bots The Solar City acquisition The Solar City roof tile scam The self-driving car scam Elon Musk is bad for the environment Spaceflight emissions No plans for ... Tesla's ESG rating Toxic metal mining Elon Musk is bad for humanity

Cookware

Update 30-09-24 Wow, turns out everyday induction cooktops are horrible to work with carbon steel. My guess is that gas is needed, or a much improved induction. Both of which I'm not really interested in. Therefore, for the standard frying pan, a non-stick option is a better result at this timee. Stainless (or non-stick) for ... Read more

Google TV Shenanigans

Google is such a tool. Even with apps only mode they show full-screen background ads on top of everything. Without that mode, nearly every element on the screen pushes apps and content that is unwanted and unneeded. It is now impossible to remove this without changing Google TV / Android TV launchers. Thankfully, this is ... Read more

VS Codium / codium

Codium aka VSCodium Alternative to the instrumented VSCode. Less tracking, same Open Source flavor. Another option is Pulsar, the resurrected Atom editor. Ignore Pulsar, vscodium is fine. Note that with Foam, Codium can provide some level of Obsidian-like functionality, though not nearly as extensive functionality and constrained to a desktop (no mobile apps). Installation Installation ... Read more

Obsidian

I use Obsidian which is a closed source application but focused on open data standards, and with a thriving community of extensions and use cases. The main competitors of Obsidian are Notion (closed source cloud service) and Logseq (open source). So, why Obsidian? Why Obsidian? Freemium model, including various ways to help fund the organization ... Read more