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I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. – John Milton, Areopagitica
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Today’s color is #D6DACD. To participate, simply base your outfit upon this color (or whatever the closest match you have is). You could try to wear as much of the color as possible, or make it a more subtle part of your dress. If you wish to use this color as the basis for a … Continued
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$ git clone https://code.aidanmontare.net/users/sign_in $ cd ./my-life $ ./install.sh Installing my-life v0.1 … Initializing root … Loading dependencies … Info: package libtalent-i386 not found Info: package gawesome-i386 outdated Info: building with missing dependencies Build complete
Remorseless labour conquers all. – Virgil’s Georgics
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Your song. The Quartets. Select the .mp3 files for the piece you want to listen to.
E lascia pur grattar dov’è la rogna! (And let them go ahead and scratch where it itches.) – Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso
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A planarian is one of many non-parasitic flatworms of the Turbellaria class. It is also the common name for a member of the genus Planaria within the family Planariidae. Sometimes it also refers to the genus Dugesia. – Wikipedia Most people know planarians for their remarkable regenerative properties, which makes them a favorite for simple … Continued
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Krita is a really awesome open source digital art program. While many graphics programs focus on editing and design features, Krita is really designed for drawing, sketching, painting, etc. It’s brush system is quite extensible and is capable of recreating a variety of different media types. Krita is best used with a graphics tablet, like … Continued
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The lead of the Qubes OS project has a very interesting blog. You can visit it at blog.invisiblethings.org. The cool thing is it’s really just a Git repository. The blog is hosted through GitHub Pages, so you can view it with a web browser, but you can also clone the entire thing locally. Since she … Continued
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Everybody says backups are a good idea, but for a long time I didn’t have any. Eventually, I decided I needed a redundant system that would allow me to recover quickly from a crash, system compromise, drive failure, etc. Many people comfortable with sending their data away will find an online backup service to be … Continued