For admins who like to keep passwords in Notepad I made a simple encrypted notepad in PowerShell. It can be run where actual executables sometimes can’t. Has basic light and dark mode from system setting and stores the key in your home profile without any intervention. If you move to…
Simple Color Coded Log Tail Utility In PowerShell
I wrote a color coded log tail utility to make things easier for a colleague to see what was happening when tracking down some issues. So now I have an fun little log viewer. In reality, I had some down time and needed to do anything to make it through…
Fetch RSS Feed With Fish Shell And Python
Here is a working example of how to fetch an rss feed with Fish shell and Python. This grabs 40 or so of the latest articles from hacker news with a simple command. You could add code to grab actual dates as opposed to count providing an arg to the…
A quick and dirty password generator in PowerShell
Most password apps have built in password generators. I generate my own passwords for things I automate on my systems, like rotating passwords for whatever, which I store in my own vaults. This is an example, or one way to generate your own passwords. You could make it more complex,…
Fix missing shared libraries for a game in Lutris
This is how I fixed missing shared libs for Baulder’s Gate 1 and 2 in Lutris. Should work for any game missing shared libs though. Just be aware, I am currently running Ubuntu 24.04 so these names and paths may be different. Look at the log in Lutris by clicking…
Quick Linux Install Tip – Drives
One of the best things about Linux is that you can use a drive as home. It’s easy to simply let the Linux installer configure your drives, but is it the best solution? I don”t think so. Either way, this is how I do things. Note: If you just want…
Simple iPhone connection monitor for Linux with GLib/Gio.
A very simple Gio iPhone connection monitor in Python 3. I wrote a crappier version of this awhile ago and revamped it. Hope it’s helpful to someone.
Creating a simple radial percent gauge in Flet
I was cleaning up and found some old gauges I had built years ago. I created the images in Inkscape and likely deleted the Flash and JavaScript code. Anyway, since I am really digging working with Flet I thought it might be cool to re-purpose the images and create a…
Calendar Class In Flet And Python
A simple Calendar class for flet. I needed a calendar so I made one. I hope someone finds it useful.
Create an Apache, PHP, PostgreSQL DEV Container with Podman
I wanted to learn and create a web development container to play around in that will save me from installing all these tools locally on my day to day laptop. I have been messing around with Podman and I really like it. If you want to set this up as…
