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nushell and starship

I think I found the default shell and terminal prompt for me

A friend of mine, Steven Bass, recommended that I look into nushell. I have to say, I like it a lot. The idea that you can pipe objects instead of text streams for passing data from one application to another really intrigues me.

I …

Python class - Final …

This is very earily in the Owen’s class I am taking, Intro to Python, but I wanted to have create ideas for the final. My first idea is to make a Minimalism item tracker. It would require a database to pull off correctly and I know that we will be working with SQL in the later chapters, so I …

SecureBoot issues and …

SecureBoot Advanced Targeting or SBAT for short, new to me thanks to Microsoft Windows update

I have not heard of this technology before this week and it is very important to me going down a SecureBoot rabbit hole.

I like to have SecureBoot enabled and I think it is better to have an extra layer of …

TMUX FTW

I just spend a few minutes watching a video explaining the benefits of using TMUX, the terminal multiplexer. It was a video from NetworkChuck, you need to learn tmux RIGHT NOW!!!

I was able to set tmux as my default shell on both my desktop and server, then have tmux use fish as its default shell. …

It finally makes sense

I finally did something that I have been wanting to accomplish for at least five years.

I now have it where I can automatically create PDFs based on asciidoc files in a git repo, without having to have any software installed on any of my machines to do it. I have found both a docker image and a …

Getting back into things

It’s been a while since I posted anything on here and I have been meaning to write something. Well, that something is now!

I am finally getting the hang of github actions. So with this newfound knowledge, I have streamlined the way I can get my words into a file up to making the web server …

Nextcloud setup: Feedback …

This is how I currently run my Nextcloud software, so I can backup data from my phones and PCs. If you don’t know what Nextcloud is, then check it out here. I recommend listening to LUP 548 for some context about this post.

TrueNAS SCALE

My preferred Network Attached Storage OS

I have used …

Steam Deck Challenge

Let’s see what the Deck can do for me. I have been using it as a handheld for a while now and my gaming PC for better performance. I was thinking about my setup and thought I could use the Steam Deck docked for my gaming PC needs and turn the tower PC into my server.

The gaming PC is an Intel …

Video Game Goals

I am going to use this to track what I am doing with my video game adventures. I have played and enjoyed so many games that it is hard to keep them all straight. I think a journal of sorts will help me play, complete and ignore a lot more games.


Looking forward to playing

Games I do not have access …

Nobara SteamDeck Edition

I have been playing around with the Nobara SteamDeck Edition on both my gaming PC and Steam Deck. If you want to check out Nobara yourself, download from this link; please read the changelog and troubleshooting. I personally use Ventoy to setup a USB drive to boot the ISO install discs.

When it …