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The decade-old posts bug

I just noticed that none of my posts older than a decade could be listed: Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on July 19, 2017, at 20:07 | Comments closed

The terrible state of my tech

It's a bit pathethic how well I have been taking care of my own tech. ever since I started studying. What's worse: this haven't improved when I stopped my studies for other ventures. I think the reason for this is exceedingly simple: I don't like to do work-like things I don't write about; luckily, I love to structure my goals in writing, and this blog still hasn't completely collapsed under my neglect. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on July 18, 2017, at 23:07 | 4 comments

Marilisa online

Here's a bit of link juice for Marilisa. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 4 years ago, on June 26, 2017, at 22:06 | Comments closed

Fixing the Firefox file dialogs in Linux Mint (17)

For a few months now, the file dialogs (open, save, etc) in Firefox on Linux Mint 17 KDE malfunctioned. Clicks didn't go through and/or were interpreted as drags. I finally figured out that it was caused by the Oxygen KDE theme. Read More »
By halfgaar, 4 years ago, on February 23, 2017, at 16:02 | Comments closed

Brick uptime

I replaced my server Brick yesterday, resetting my longest uptime on any machine ever. For the record: Read More »
By halfgaar, 4 years ago, on January 14, 2017, at 14:01 | 1 comment

File Ubuntu bug URL without help page with burried link

The Ubuntu page for reporting a bug does a good job of hiding the actual launchpad URL for filing a bug. Here is a direct one: Read More »
By halfgaar, 4 years ago, on December 27, 2016, at 12:12 | Comments closed

Fixing hanging and slow Windows Update on Windows 7

Windows 7 update service is slow to begin with, but trying it on a computer that has been off for a while is damn near impossible. This is a known issue, apparently. Read More »
By halfgaar, 5 years ago, on November 17, 2016, at 21:11 | Comments closed

My Front suspension

On my Multi Cycle bike, I have a SR Suntour CR9, serial number TF00478709, Series: CR, Year: 2015, Name: CR 9V-D-P-LO 700C TS 300/0, from 2015. Read More »
By halfgaar, 5 years ago, on July 09, 2016, at 13:07 | Comments closed

Using ‘Require expr’ in Apache: Cannot parse expression in require line: syntax error, unexpected $end

We found that if you do what the Apache documentation says and put quotes around the expr: Require user victron Require expr "%{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#^/.well-known/acme-challenge/.*#" Read More »
By halfgaar, 5 years ago, on July 08, 2016, at 10:07 | 1 comment

More recent posts on YTEC blog

As Bigsmoke indicated, we had some issues with google not finding content. For the same reason, I would like to share my insight into some stuff I write about: Read More »
By halfgaar, 5 years ago, on June 28, 2016, at 09:06 | 1 comment