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Continue reading →: Dev: Vim magic substitutions, macros and yank buffersI have been hacking away at Vim for a long time. There will be a long post on using Lazyvim for incredible power, but even the basic vim is crazy powerful. So as I’m writing lots of code right now Yank buffers I keep forgetting many of these commands, but…
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Continue reading →: home: the mysteries of alarm.com loginsOk, I kind of wanted to just use Apple Home and Aqara for alarm systems but it turns out just to he too much maintenance and Apple home isn’t stable enough nor is there a way to be monitoring. It works decently well but the application is beyond confusing. There…
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Continue reading →: run: Salomon S/Lab Ultra 3, ADV Skin 12 and Speedcross 6Well, thanks to Alex and Calvin, I’ve ended up getting back into running and it is nice to do the “grandpa shuffle” and be back into good cardio. They also showed me how great a hydration vest can be compared with a bladder. So overall, it’s time to upgrade gear…
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mac: Getting 4K HDR 60/120Hz 4:4:4 on LG B9 and Apple Silicon
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Continue reading →: mac: Getting 4K HDR 60/120Hz 4:4:4 on LG B9 and Apple SiliconWell, I’ve had lots of posts about this over the years and it is a confusing topic. But, basically here is what you need: Why go through this brain damage? Need for more ports It’s because I need more Thunderbolt 4 ports. CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 dock, I have attached it…
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Continue reading →: dev: pipenv leftovers and neovimOK, this is a strange one, I switch from using pipenv to asdf and poetry which is great for python and other virtual environments. Poetry and asdf are much faster and works per directory unlike condo, but one of the results is that neovim can get confused. Even though I…
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Continue reading →: dev: Markdown editor for MacIt is surprisingly difficult to find a simple Markdown editor that can deal with Git Flavored Markdown and the latest Mermaid.js. I have this running in vim with MarkdownPreview, but if you just want to view a rendered README.md, what’s the simplest way: There are some nominal chargeapps like Typora…
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Continue reading →: tech: 1Password for Safari hangWow, what a strange problem. 1Password has been pretty reliable for me and the Safari extension has never given trouble, but two days ago, I got to the point where Safari would open, then the keyboard would lock and the Safari menu bar changed to the 1Password menu items. Very…
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Continue reading →: bike: Rebooting bike electronics Lumos, Stages, Garmin, HammerheadWell, I haven’t ridden my bike outside in over 18 months and with all this electronic gear, it is a mountain of work to get it running again, so here are some notes on getting: Shimano Dii 11-Speed Shifting Shimano DII 11-speed Derailleur. This one is a little cranky. You…
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Continue reading →: tech: USB RF Dongle Keychron Q2 MaxOK, I had this problem where the high-speed USB RF dongle failed on my Keychron. Those folks have great support and asked me what the serial number is. Just beware that unlike many products, the Q2 Max doesn’t have a serial number on the keyboard itself, you have to make…
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Continue reading →: tech: Too many Keyboards Keychron, NuPhy, GMK…You know you have too many keyboards when you forget the four builds you’ve done and how they are constructed, so here’s a review of current keyboards and this is an update to my 2022 rankings of my daily drivers: So here are the keyboards that I’ve been using by…
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