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Trying Nushell on Windows
They say I can run Nushell on Windows. Let's try that.
Didn't I do this last year too?
A day of Hugo and cat-sitting
Logseq's Export Formats
Getting my second brain ready for post-processing
Processing Sass in Eleventy
Specifically, building `main.scss` when `_base.scss` changes
Starting 2022 With Eleventy
It's not done, but it's done enough
Using markdown-it in Python
Figuring out just enough markdown-it-py to write this post
Creating a reStructuredText kbd Role
But first a couple others as I figure this out
Wrote a Node.js version of my content format counter
I only golfed it the tiniest bit
Saving some MyST Markdown blogging links for later
Because structured Markdown is an easier SSG target than reStructuredText
Extracting Rich Output for fun and profit
Okay maybe not so much on the profit but definitely fun!
Tooting with Python
Spent the day goofing off with Mastodon.py
trying a thing with neovim
testing a python remote plugin for quicker reStructuredText in Hugo
Joplin CLI Batch Processing With Raku
In which a minor update veers off on a Raku regex tangent
My Raku script for Journaling in Joplin
Why mess with getopt when I can just use multi-dispatch?
CLI Journaling in Joplin with Raku
I sure do use a lot of words to justify my one-liners
Officially Using Statamic For The Site
Hugo's fine but I needed to try something new
Hello World
(Oh yeah this is Statamic)
Joplin Terminal Basics
Managing notes with Joplin's terminal mode
Still pondering new site approaches
Just name-dropping site generators
Hard symmetry soft colors
Linea needs a time tracker
Got different benchmarks from Programming Crystal
just a note, but too long to post as a note
Pretty File Summaries with Rich and ExifTool
Want to see something cool?
Looks like Sublime Text is shifting to a subscription plan
Found via my quarterly "Sublime Text 4" web search
Deidre's Double Moss Socks
I'm just glad I finished them
My first Julia script
Weaving code in Hugo posts with Julia
Learning a little elisp
Don't get impressed yet
Naming things in tmux
In which I sort out which tmux session is which
Using the Webmention.io API
Fetching my IndieWeb mentions with HTTPie and Requests
Tangling code from Hugo content with Raku
I could just use Org mode, but noo that's too easy
Ox Hugo for the Orgconfig
Putting a couple how-to details down for easy searching later
My Git CLI Windows setup
This was mostly an excuse to get better with PowerShell
winget
Trying out another windows package manager
CSV and Data Tables in Hugo
Am I reinventing reStructuredText with shortcodes? Don't judge me.
Alias Templates in Hugo
I killed some redirects for accessibility and likes
Setting up Raku with Rakubrew
Rakudobrew changed its name since last I looked
Letting Ruby build Asciidoctor files for Hugo
Stuff like this is why i don't advertise my site repo
Querying Hugo Content With Python
I had entirely too much fun replacing my site metadata script with sqlite-utils
Got a Working glitch-soc Rails Dev Environment
I remain ambivalent about Rails development
Taskwarrior Custom Reports
I made a priority task to cut down on the priority tasks, and here we are
From Dotfiles to Org File
at 1:30am they're all good ideas
h-entry Microformat for Indieweb Posts
In which I go overboard with Hugo and Python for a quick Sunday task
Getting File Info From The Shell
I could right click for properties but the mouse is way over there
Autorun Keyboard Settings for Awesomewm
Getting Control and Escape keys where I want them
Indieweb h-cards
Using microformats to build a profile page
Listing Hugo Content Extensions With Raku
Twenty seconds to write a one-liner, and two days to think about it
STDU Viewer
I think I found my PDF reader for Windows
Got Married Yesterday
Can't let our dystopian sci-fi setting stop us
Sort of Tufte CSS
I tried something new with my site style.
Python Invoke
I got to know the Python `invoke` task runner a little better.
Stealing a Hugo Shortcode for Nikola
I needed a YouTube shortcode for Nikola, so I adapted Hugo's.
Goto Address Mode Opens Links in Emacs
Use `goto-address-mode` to make links in Emacs buffers clickable
Choosing a static site generator
If you're making a site for fun, use something you'll have fun with
Taskwarrior Sync
Tweaking a Nikola Theme
reStructuredText Basics For Blogging
I got carried away taking notes about basic RST usage
A Quick Notes Script for Taskwarrior
Building a starter blog with Nikola
In which I play with another site builder
Quick Zoom Text in Emacs
DWIM is consistent
Installing Emacs Documentation on POP!_os
Apt spells "emacs core docs" as "emacs-common-non-dfsg".
Directory Listings With Crystal
I swear I'm not reinventing `ls`.
Summarizing A File With Crystal
Been busy, but let's take a minute to summarize a file's details with [Crystal](https://crystal-lang.org/)
Emacs use-package
Just declared `.emacs` bankruptcy. Starting over with `use-package`.
Building Rakudo and Moarvm on Linux
In which I rediscover `make && make test && make install`
Basic DIY Sea Salt Spray
In which I write a hair spray recipe and *then* share the story
Colorized my go output with grc
In which I spent Sunday having fun learning stuff
Taskwarrior Editing Refinements
In which I mention more ways to edit Taskwarrior tasks
Trying the Crystal Language
In which I use Crystal for a simple shell task
Chaotic Symmetry
In which I spend a month on a fifteen minute doodle
Try xkcdpass
In which I suggest a password generator
Now on Dreamhost
Weighing Files With Python
I want to optimize this site's file sizes, but first I should see if I need to.
Kitty Terminal
I installed kitty for font ligatures in terminals on Linux, but it does other stuff too.
Pretty Print Terminal Files With Bat
`bat` is like a fancier `cat` for displaying file contents.
Chronological Taxonomy Listings in Hugo
Turning Taskwarrior Posts Into a Series
There's a new taxonomy for posts that are written in a particular order!
Teabagging a Monsto
Yeah I know. That's not what "teabagging" is.
Showing Post Word Count in (neo)vim
Psychedelic Playing Card
Cake Batter
Eleventy
Garden Mandala
Taskwarrior Projects
Use Taskwarrior projects to organize closely related tasks!
Three Circles
Circular Grids With Python and Pillow
I want a circular grid for drawing. Let's make one with Python!
Hopepunk for 2019
Active Tasks in Taskwarrior
Basic Hat With Picot Edge
I continue building my hat knitting knowledge!
Basic Hat With Hemmed Edge
I made another hat! This time I learned how to make a hemmed edge.
Using Hugo Data Templates
Winter Hat and Gloves
On Modesty And Imposter Syndrome
Take a deep breath. Relax. You got this.
Trying Beorg
The beorg iOS app has me playing with Org mode again
Cougar Mountain
Last weekend I wandered the trails of Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Mount Si
I sauntered up the main trail of Mount Si this weekend.
Windows Virtual Desktops
Potholders
Yes, they look like that on purpose.
Island Center Forest
Satellite
Pearl Jam Tag
Beer Gloves
Fauntleroy Park
My First F Bomb
Theme Change and Pieces Section
Vegvisir
Buy My Stuff At Design by HĂ¼mans
Two Weeks Without Cigarettes
Crafts Are Now Posts
Purple Symmetry
New Theme for a Bit
Stocking Cap
I knitted myself a slightly silly stocking cap which I quite enjoy.
Random Geekery Telegram Channel
Interviewed About Facebook
My Replacement Boy Beanie
Crochet Ball Faces
Setting Task Dependencies in Taskwarrior
I'm not done reading a book until I finish the exercises. Taskwarrior can help me remember.
My Sloppy Floppy Fingerless Mitten
A Couple Crochet Hats
My Circular Beanie
Taskwarrior Contexts
Nicole's Fingerless Gauntlets
Barbara's Ruana Vest
Taskwarrior Due Dates
Taskwarrior Due Dates
Taskwarrior Priorities
Duotone Panel
Taskwarrior
Knotwork Practice
Drawing Grids With Python and Pillow
My Ski Beanie
Something Colorful
Wellington for Sass
Beets and iTunes
beets and AppleScript helped me fix my incorrect track information
Comments One More Time
Full Content Hugo Feeds
A Desktop Background
Summer Reading
Emacs Writegood Mode
Logging Money In Org Mode
Backing The Flask Mega Tutorial Kickstarter
My Stripes (And Stripes) Forever Scarf
Hugo Archetype Templates
My Weston Hat
Disqus Again
Space Thing
Taking OS X Screenshots
Amazon Donates Space For Mary's Place Home
Disqus Refresh
Kalaidoscope Symmetry
Making A Mojo Link Checker
Geekish Update
New Twitter Account Just For The Site
No Disqus For Now
Maybe Ration My Time In Hot Take Land
Converting OGG To MP3
Red
Fragments Of Dreams
elscreen
Light And Shadow
Cinnamon Screenshot Shortcuts
That Was Fun
Shading Exercise
Mixing Apps
Still Not Dead
Beholder
Mistakes Were Made
Bad Kitty
Scribble Selfie
Brooke
Wings
Mask Face
Chibi Rainyday Superstar
Hello Dancer2
Some simple first steps with the Perl 5 Dancer2 web framework
Using Disqus in Hugo
Open Sourcing Mental Illness
Ed Finkler's OSMI project
Yearly Post Archives In Hugo
Rainy's Mish-Mash Socks
Rainy's Mish-Mash Gloves
Mom's Stansfield 12 Socks
My Twin Rib Socks
Took me a couple months because I started a pair for my mom in the middle of making this pair.
All The Hugo Themes
Using Python to preview my Hugo site with many themes
Bob Ross CSS
My First Socks
Professor Whom Scarf
Half a Life
Brian ponders midlife and plutoids
Next? Hugo
I Rebuilt Random Geekery with Hugo
Added Suggested Posts
I started writing about PNWPHP but got distracted and added "Suggested Reading" to my posts instead.
reStructuredText in Jekyll
I can write Jekyll posts with reStructuredText now.
PHP, for Some Reason
I have been looking at PHP for the first time in years. I don't know why.
Wrapped Panel
I like this one. Stretching myself with each picture is starting to look interesting.
Celtic Tangle
Another Zentangle practice. This time I mixed in a couple of minor Celtic design elements.
Zentangle Doodle
Trying to get back into the habit of drawing regularly.
iTunes to Rhythmbox
I nearly wrote a script that transfers my iTunes ratings to Rhythmbox. Instead I used Edgar Salgado's version of iTunesToRhythm.
Pandoc
Draft Mode in Jekyll Templates
Use site.show_drafts in your template to keep site development from cluttering analytics
Making a Jekyll Collection
In which I try out Jekyll's experimental Collections
Remote Editing In Atom
I am slowly learning more about how to use Atom for real work.
Atom Works on openSUSE
Using Octopress 3
Experiments with the Octopress Jekyll extension bundle
Use cpan-outdated
Amicable Socks
Because I made them for my ex, and we split on friendly terms
Quick Garter Stitch Scarf
Blogspot Content Imported
More new old pages
coolnamehere Content Update
The really old pages are now really old posts
Ruby iTunes Ratings Fun
Using Ruby to summarize my iTunes music ratings
Amigurumi Ball Thing
Finding and Removing Duplicate Files
Perl CPAN modules to simplify file cleanup
Blog Writing in Org Mode
An experiment with using Org mode to write Jekyll blog posts.
chocolatey
A package manager for Windows
Starting The Coursera Programming Languages Course
A quick confession about learning how to learn
Counting Words in Blog Posts
Using Ruby to track my verbosity
My Ubuntu Setup
replyrc And Mojo
Customizing Perl Reply and using -Mojo
REPL In Perl With Reply
Connect To MongoDB on a Vagrant box from the host
Trusty Mongo Mojo Box
Welcome to Jekyll!
Python3 and pyvenv
Perl 5.20 Signatures in Subroutine References
And now, Pelican!
I know. I'm fickle.
What is build-essentials for openSUSE
Pretty Recursive Grep
Start Using Emacsclient
Pulling a Remote Branch In Git
I Learned GitHub Has Interesting Links
Elisp Functions Described in the Emacs Tutorial
The Emacs Tutorial as ELisp Tour
Hey look over there!
Exporting From Org to Markdown
My New New (New) Site
Fantastic Foods' Sloppy Joe French Bread Pizza Recipe
EmberScript
Blogroll because what the heck
An Emacs Newbie
My Own Ruby Fibers Babystep
Rereading the Pickaxe
AlphaCard Sent Us A Printer
Fickle
Testing remote post
Coolnamehere content added
YAPC::NA 2013 Links From a Non-Attendee
coolnamehere -> Random Geekery
Marking a change in domain name
Oh yeah, Ryan Davis is awesome
perlbrew
Moose
Rake
Python 2 Babysteps 01 Installing Python 2
Think of it as Step Zero for the other Python tutorials.
IPython
Python 2.x Babysteps
The Spreadsheet Story 1
A design experiment figuring out what a local homeless shelter needs to track chores.
Elaborate Answers To Simple Questions
My Parrot and Rakudo TODO
A Glance at Client-Side Frameworks
Parrot Babysteps 0e - Parrot Namespaces
Ruby and the HYG Star Catalog
Thoughts on the word "Bra"
Rakudo Babysteps
Rakudo Babysteps 01 - Starting With Rakudo
Rakudo
Parrot Babysteps 0d - The SpaceTrade Project
Where'd He Go?
Parrot Babysteps 0c - The Stellar App
Parrot Babysteps 0b - Subroutine Params
Parrot Babysteps 0a - The Stellar Project
Parrot Babysteps 09 - Simple Projects
Reading the Modern Perl Book
PHP Buzz Stream Reader
Tying Bits Together
Brooke's Garter Rib Sock
Parrot Babysteps 08 - Testing With Test::More
NQP - Not Quite Perl
Parrot Babysteps 07 - Writing Subroutines
Parrot Babysteps 06 - Files and Hashes
Parrot Babysteps 05 - More About Arrays
Perl Hacks In My Workspace
Parrot Babysteps 04 - Adding Command Line Arguments
Parrot Babysteps 03 - Simple Control Structures
Perl 5.10.1 is available
Parrot Babysteps 01 - Getting Started
Parrot
Parrot Babysteps 02 - Variables and Types
Perl 5 Babysteps - Conclusion
Perl 6
Parrot Babysteps
In Which Brian Whinges About The Perl 5 Release Schedule
Python Blogger Refresh Part 2 - Settings
Python Blogger Refresh, Part 1
Quick Praise for JVM languages
Perl 5 Babysteps 02 - User Input
Brooke's Socks - Not Sarah's
Natalie's Hat
Natalie's Sweater
JQuery UI's getting fancy
Lots of Nifty Newness for the Church Site
Updating coolnamehere's design
One time when I revamped my old site
PHPs extract and compact functions
REBOL 3 alpha released
PageTemplate for Site Generation Part 2
PageTemplate for Site Generation
Another Link
Xah's Elisp Tutorial
Adding Categories to the Python Blogger Client
Reinstalling JRuby
dv9310 bios issues
Python Loves Blogger (Part 1)
OS X Updates
Wrap
Perl 5.10 beta Everywhere
Maruku
VMWare installed
xcb_xlib_unlock issues - Java on Fedora
JRuby
My Garter Stitch Hat
Zend Framework 1.0 Released
I'm too cheap to buy a radio alarm
Perldoc
Python Interactive Fiction - 03 Handling Multiple Turns
OS X
Coolnamehere is open to the Commons
Python Interactive Fiction - 02 Tying the Scenes Together
Python Interactive Fiction - 01 Handling a Single Round
Interactive Fiction with Python
REBOL reMark
Mp4Info issues
Stripping out contact popup for now
Late Night Thoughts About FM
Switching hosts
FXRuby MPlayer Idea
GNU screen
I've Been Experimenting With CakePHP
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in REBOL
I still like UNIX better
There Must Be Something Wrong With Me
Learning XML
XML
Aliases
Sticking with Vim
New PageTemplate Release
My Striped Scarf
REBOL Babysteps - 04 Repeating Yourself
Monitor Your Battery Life With REBOL
REBOL Grab Bag
REBOL Babysteps - 03 Making Decisions
Perl 5 Babysteps 01 - Getting Started
Installing and first steps with Perl
Perl Babysteps
REBOL Babysteps - 01 Getting Started
REBOL Babysteps - 02 Getting Started With View
REBOL Datatypes
REBOL Babysteps
REBOL
Lisp
Drawing Celtic Knotwork
Look at the Latest Fark Headlines
The MIRES
A short series of posts I wrote on doing moderately interesting ruby exercises.
UNIX
Control Structures
JavaScript
Cygwin
Read More Perl
PHP
Ruby Web Development
Simple Ruby CGI
Living in Seattle
circa 2003, at least.
Ruby Babysteps 01 - First Steps
Ruby Babysteps
Emacs
PageTemplate - Getting It
Products
Vim
Simple Types in Python
In which I attempt to explain value types
PageTemplate
PageTemplate - If, Else, and Elsif
PageTemplate - Loop
PageTemplate - Other Features
PageTemplate - The Designer's Perspective
PageTemplate - The Programmer's Perspective
PageTemplate - Variables
PageTemplate History
Ruby
Tools
Perl
Stalking Star Wars Fans
In which I visit folks waiting to see "Attack of the Clones"
About Brian
The coolnamehere 'about' page
Resume of Brian Wisti
Random Babblings
Editors
Geekery
Python
Python Babysteps Tutorial
Before the basics
coolnamehere
ancient history