A rantbox
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
So you have this (web) application and you are growing a bit tired of having to manually bump the version number it tells to its users. Also, you would like to see if you are using an up-to-date edition of said app.
Enter your Git repository. When you are running …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
I very recently moved this weblog to a new host, and in the process finally changed from Apache running mod_wsgi to nginx with uWSGI and supervisor (well, at least for the Python based web apps, as dammIT is a flat site). I'm using isso as commenting system, which runs as …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
In my ~/.ssh/config file, I have been using a socket file for every host that I connect to, so TCP sessions can be re-used for faster connecting to a host I already am connected to. I had several iterations of the exact filename for this, as with longer hostnames …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in gadgets
Andromeda is a way to theme an Android device with Substratum without needing root. You need adb though, so a desktop or laptop computer is needed to initiate the connection between the Andromeda app and Substratum.
On regular machines this is not much of an issue, but Chromebooks are both …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
A while ago I wrote about getting notified on battery low. It is quite useful when you leave your laptop unattended for a while, to get a notification on your phone and/or smartwatch when that laptop is about to run out of juice. It has saved me a few …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
Edit at 2017-01-21: see the comments about better ways, especially comment 6.
Secure Settings (Google Play) is a really helpful app to help Tasker (Google Play) do things automatically on your Android device.
However, it has not been updated for quite a while (January 2015 at the time of this …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
If you don't know Tasker go and check it out now. It's by far the greatest way to automate, well, about everything on your Android device and its surroundings.
However, one thing it is not, is really easy to start with. If you tap through the interface for the first …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
When your laptop is sitting on a table and you're doing some other stuff in the meanwhile, it might quietly be running out of battery. In that case, you likely want to be nudged to find it a power outlet before it has to shut down or hibernate.
Wouldn't it …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in howto
vim, the final editor. Well, for some people at least. People like me, we like to type their files, code and more inside of dark-coloured windows, mainly terminals and do not really care if those files are local on their laptop, on the server at their feet or on some …