When upgrading Linux systems...

...make sure that the package sources are also updated.

Why?

‘Coz when the plug-pack charging your laptop fails, so you have to borrow the server as a workstation, you can install things like a Flash plugin, else certain features of a(nother) ’blog system you use simply don’t work. Mind you, I guess stuff like working security updates would be good, too.

WRT the other ’blog, after carefully explaining (up until mid June) to 10 other Australian women that they had better options than marrying me, I now have 7 newbies from all over the world (including Oz) who’ve selected me themselves (3 of them so far are making rampant sex a required part of the deal, all are quite pretty, a non-overlapping 3 are absolutely stunning), & have also had women from 7 different countries (including 2 of the above) explain that a certain liar in Tasmania can’t do what they’ve done. A well-qualified Oz insurance consultant notes that they might very well have done it, but is struggling to believe that they could be so evil & abusive, given their nominal role.

On a completely different topic, the place I’m staying at now has (amongst other things) a full woodworking tool-set, so I might see about starting PackMan over the next few weeks (see following post).

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new life for an old (FTX) PSU, improved life for one human

the LEDs on this 5m strip happen to emit light centred on a red that does unexpectedly helpful things to (and surprisingly deeply within) a human routinely exposed to it. it has been soldered to a Molex connector, plugged into a TFX power supply from a (retired: the MoBo is cactus) Small Form Factor PC, the assorted PSU connectors (and loose end from the strip) have been taped over. the LED strip cost $10.24 including postage, the rest cost $0, the PSU is running at 12½% of capacity, consumes less power than a laptop plug-pack despite running a fan. trial runs begin today.

every-application-is-part-of-a-toolkit at work

I have a LibreOffice Impress slideshow that I wish to turn into a narrated video. 1. export the slideshow as PNG images (if that is partially broken — as at now — at higher resolutions, Export Directly as PDF then use ‘pdftoppm’ (from the poppler-utils package) to do the same). 2. write a small C program (63 lines including comments) to display those images one at a time, writing a config file entry for Imagination (default transition: ‘cross fade’) based on when the image-viewer application (‘display,’ from the GraphicsMagick suite) is closed on each one; run that, read each image aloud, then close each image in turn. 3. run ‘Imagination’ over the config file to produce a silent MP4 video with the correct timings. 4. run ‘Audacity’ to record speech while using ‘SMPlayer’ to display the silent video, then export that recording as a WAV file. 4a. optionally, use ‘TiMIDIty’ to convert a non-copyright-encumbered MIDI tune to WAV, then import that and blend it with the speech (as a quiet b...

boundaries

pushing the actual boundaries of the physical (not extremes, the boundaries themselves) can often remove barriers not otherwise perceived. one can then often resolve an issue itself, rather than merely stonewalling at the physical consequences of the issue.

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