lol, this is great: Magnetic Core Memory Reborn.
Magnetic Core Memory Reborn
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Evil Mad Scientists…
So I’m interested in Open Circuits, an upcoming book from the guys at evilmadscientist.com. I’m also interested in four of their kits, being:
Books by Hans Camenzind
So the late Hans Camenzind is the guy who invented the venerable 555 timer. He wrote two books I’m interested in:
Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup
Well I’m happy to learn that Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup. That’s been driving me mad!
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.