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Some neat programs for musicians that I have ran across. GNU Solfege For those of you who want to improve your ear skills (hearing intervals, naming chords), GNU Solfege is a nice little open source utility. There are a lot of exercises built in, and the program is designed to make the creation of new exercises … Continued
About three weeks ago I decided to test Workrave, a program designed to help prevent Repetitive Stress Injury and other issues that can come from using a computer for extended periods of time. I hoped that the program would help lessen the hand pains that sometimes come from computer work, as well as give me … Continued
My server was down for most of the past two weeks as I dealt with some issues (meaning a lot of ignoring it while doing other things). But everything seems good now. I’ll be monitoring things carefully to make sure nothing continues to go awry.
I have tried a lot of methods for organizing notes on my various projects. Like many people, I tend to start projects at a faster rate than I finish them, and so it’s important to be able to keep track of where I am within my projects. At first, I used Zim, an open source … Continued
The new 7.7.0 and 7.7.1 releases of GitLab Community Edition use a new settings panel in the administration interface for GitLab. This page replaces the gitlab.rb or gitlab.yml configuration files, which makes it really easy to change settings. However, this release also enables user signups by default in said administration panel (not the default in … Continued
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Goals Still Photography Tripod Remote Shutter Flash Post-Processing Video Video Sound Lighting Flood Brownie Pan LED Light Panel This Make: Project by Tyler Winegarner uses flexible strips of LED lights to make lighting panels inside a baking tin. The end result looks pretty clean for such a budget project, and one of the steps involves … Continued
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This is part of my greater series of health projects on The Perils of Desk Work. Workrave is an open source project for preventing Repetitive Strain Injury. It is also useful for helping limit eye strain and hand injuries that might arise from doing a lot of computer work. I had ran across the program … Continued
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Disclaimer I am not a medical expert! Please consult a real doctor or specialist if you are concerned about any of the potential problems I list on this page. My health pages are merely documentation of preventative maintenance for problems that I feel. This page is a work in progress. I have yet to finish … Continued
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Anyone who has been looking around my site might notice that I have a repository for a Twenty Fifteen theme for this site. Since it is well into Twenty Fifteen by now, you would think this should have been released. Unfortunately, this theme is not ready for my site yet. I plan on releasing the … Continued
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The internet makes tons of resources available for learning nearly anything. Unfortunately, my desires to go learn lots of different subjects are often stifled as I realize that I don’t have the time for an online course or devoting myself to a project. Instead, I have decided to try working a little bit each day … Continued