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Today's Obsidian Trick - Track task progress across files

Today's Obsidian Trick - Track task progress across files

You can track task progress of multiple files in Obsidian using a dataview table.

Today's trick in Obsidian: Transclusions

Today's trick in Obsidian: Transclusions

You can include a referred note's content in your note if you deem necessary. Here's how:

Load a Seasonal Banner in Obsidian

Load a Seasonal Banner in Obsidian

I wrote a user script and a snippet for Obsidian's Templater to load a seasonal banner.

Import Unstoppable Domains into Metamask

Import Unstoppable Domains into Metamask

Here is a list of steps easy to follow to import your UnstoppableDomains into your Metamask wallet.

And Now, Some Art - More Computers

And Now, Some Art - More Computers

Prompt: network rack vintage blueprint high detail Prompt: network rack vintage blueprint high detail Prompt: network rack vintage blueprint high detail I like these :)

And Now, Some Art - Computers

And Now, Some Art - Computers

Here are some rack images generated with Stable Diffusion (via discord): Prompt: network rack vintage blueprint high detail Prompt: network rack vintage blueprint high detail Prompt: desktop computer exploded components Da Vinci drawing Prompt: desktop computer exploded components Da Vinci drawing (other seed)

Disable dnsmasq (libvirt)

Disable dnsmasq (libvirt)

Book review: Paladin of souls

Book review: Paladin of souls

I've managed to finish reading an interesting tale: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

Guess it's that time again: Choose a mobile phone

Guess it's that time again: Choose a mobile phone

Here's my analysis to decide which phone I should get.

List Organisation Repositories from GitHub

List Organisation Repositories from GitHub

Here's how to list repositories for an organization in GitHub

Start writing a NodeRed node

Start writing a NodeRed node

Here's how I develop a node in typescript.

TIL - Miro alternatives

Miro is arguably the most well known whiteboard collaboration tool. We use it to define and plan sprints among other things. It is however a service and the self-hoster in me wants "Miro, but local and open source". Here are some alternatives I found scouring the internet. Affine

UID and GID of default ansible user

UID and GID of default ansible user

Here are three methods to get the UID and GID for the default ansible user. With Ansible facts If you don't disable fact gathering, then your ansible run will have a variable ansible_facts. In this case, you can get the UID and GID directly from it: -

An AI Image

Crocodiles look funny :)

Why I didn't remain with CheckMK

Why I didn't remain with CheckMK

Cross-platform infrastructure relies on 3rd party sources which I couldn't get working at the time.

@PostConstruct not so Good Best Practice

Don;t use @PostConstruct with debug code and a ConfigurationServer.

Install SonarQube with Ansible and Docker

Here's an ansible role to install SonarQube via docker-compose.

TIL - Self-hosting Tools

SerpBear GitHub - towfiqi/serpbear: Search Engine Position Rank Tracking AppSearch Engine Position Rank Tracking App. Contribute to towfiqi/serpbear development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubtowfiqi Nitter GitHub - zedeus/nitter: Alternative Twitter front-endAlternative Twitter front-end. Contribute to zedeus/nitter development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubzedeus

Pretty labels in Flux (and Grafana)

Pretty labels in Flux (and Grafana)

I've been looking for a way to make the graph prettier and I looked at the Flux language and even using transformations in grafana itself.

EPSO Written Exercise on AIDS

EPSO Written Exercise on AIDS

I've found an older written test exercise.

Disk Benchmarks for Compute Blade RC2

Disk Benchmarks for Compute Blade RC2

Some SSD benchmarks for the compute blade rc2.

My Compute Blade

My Compute Blade

Here's a bit of info on the compute blade.

Looking for a monitoring infrastructure

Looking for a monitoring infrastructure

My quest to get the ultimate monitoring infrastructure.