Blogging for 7 Years
My first public article was posted on June 28th 2016. That was seven years ago.In that time, quite a lot has changed in my life both personally and professionally. So, I figured it would be interesting...
View ArticleConverting HEIF Images with macOS Automator
Often times when you save or export photos from iOS to iCloud they often render themselves into heif or heic formats. Both macOS and iOS have no problem working with these formats, but a lot of...
View ArticleInstalling Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux
I've recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260. It's been great. As someone who is constantly drawn to minimalist operating systems such as Alpine or OpenBSD, it's...
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The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World
The X220 ThinkPad is the greatest laptop ever made and you're wrong if you think otherwise. No laptop hardware has since surpassed the nearly perfect build of the X220. New devices continue to get...
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Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME
The dwm window manager is my standard "go-to" for most of my personal laptop environments. For desktops with larger, higher resolution monitors I tend to lean towards using GNOME. The GNOME DE is...
View ArticleSwitching Things Over to ikiwiki
I've done it again. My personal website is no longer generated with barf but is instead built on top of ikiwiki. The old RSS feed (bt.ht/atom.xml) still exists but will no longer receive updates. The...
View ArticleMy Text Editor Is Not Open Source
I've been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than I can remember. I think Sublime has been around since the start of my "real" career over 10 years ago, but I could be mistaken1. It certainly...
View ArticleNew Domain and Code Forge
As you can clearly see, my site's domain has switched over to btxx.org. This post will go into details about the reason for this URL swap (spoilers: I'm a cheapskate) - but that isn't all. I have moved...
View ArticleWebsite Backups with Apple iCloud
My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!). Since both of these devices are Apple products, it makes sense that I...
View ArticlePlease Make Your Table Headings Sticky
I often stumble upon large data sets or table layouts across the web. When these tables contain hundreds of rows of content, things become problematic once you start to scroll... Your browser does not...
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