Well I’m happy to learn that Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup. That’s been driving me mad!
Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup
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Author Archives: Jay Jay
python-subversion
I’m upgrading my Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 and having a problem because the python-subversion package has been removed. I have asked a question about this over here, so hopefully I can get a resolution.
RP2040-Zero
This bit of kit is amazing: RP2040-Zero RP2040 for Raspberry Pi Microcontroller PICO Development Board Module Dual-core Cortex M0+ Processor 2MB Flash. It does my head in the things that we can manufacture these days.
Humble beginnings
This is fun. Here’s an old photo from when I just started my electronics lab at the old house. You can see that shit kinda got out of hand…
Configuring PHP with php.ini
There’s some good info about common config options over here: Where Is php.ini, the PHP Configuration File?
The phpinfo() function will tell you which php.ini file applies.
Installing Salt Stack on Ubuntu
Install instructions are here: Salt Stack on Ubuntu.
Configuring download directory for Chromium and Firefox snaps
So I read this and this and solved my problem. Basically I bind /temp/download to /media/$USER/download and then I can set the download directory in Chromium and Firefox snaps to /media/$USER/download and my downloads go where I want them. This was actually harder to figure out than it should have been.
Technical Writing @ Google Developers
Today I came across some tech writing courses available from Google: Overview of technical writing courses.
VirtualBox display settings
Note to self: I had a problem with the GUI on my Kubuntu VM not working under VirtualBox on a Kubutnu host. I fixed the problem by changing the Graphics Controller on the VM from VBoxSVGA to VMSVGA. I have no idea what the difference is, except that the latter works and the former doesn’t!
ATTINY85
Searching for ATTINY85 over on AliExpress and sorting by popularity renders some interesting results.