Squig.ga – A new Squiggle Every Day
A short project I did a while ago but never shared: http://squig.ga/ Get the code at code.aidanmontare.net
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Python Fitness Competition (or so I had hoped)
One person in my family owns a FitBit and another just got a Garmin VivoSmart. Despite my general thoughts that such devices are somewhat pointless, I had hoped to create a fitness competition app that would allow the two to compete on common measurements (mostly just steps traveled). I envisioned a raspberry pi powering a … Continued
Don’t fail
Advice by an interesting friend.
Jerry in Wired
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We’ve entered an age of Annoying Man, where everything that happens is incredibly annoying to somebody else. People are annoying; life is annoying. Don’t expect it not to be.
Time and Date Issues
It appears posts on my website don’t exactly show the correct time and date. I shall get to the bottom of this (though not, perhaps, at this moment).
Website Introspection
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What is the point of me having a website? This abstract setup into which I issue daily update commands, what is its point? Did I once aim to record all my thoughts as they occur, as though they may be somehow beneficial to others? Many others have done so, but at what point is it … Continued
The Web We Have to Save
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What we lose in the era of social media.
New Theme Is Live!
I just pushed the latest version of my new theme to the site. There is still a ton more work to be done, but I hope it will be entertaining to watch this site mature into my own place on the web. Just be aware that if things look bad, I’m probably aware of it … Continued
Post Publishing Process
This is how it goes: Write the post. Change post author. Change post category to one of the following: work: things I built for other people. compositions: music I have written. projects: things I built for myself or tasks I have taken upon myself. These serve as guides that other people could use to build … Continued
Making Updates Less of a Pain
For a while I’ve been content to regularly check my server for updates and protect myself against security vulnerabilities. Yet sometimes I’m away from my computer for a while, so I decided I need my server to automatically install security updates when I can’t get to them. From a completely manual update process, I know … Continued