Geeky Blinders

Author: JFab

  • Rapidly Testing Python Packages As Modules

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    This is a post I’ll file under “How on Earth did I go so long without knowing this?” when it comes to working with Python packages. The majority of the Python code that I write tends to be backend code that is containerized. As I had alluded to in my post on deploying Groovy applications,…

  • Apple CarPlay Ultra

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    CarPlay has become a key way for me to use my iPhone while driving. My current car is rapidly approaching its 10th birthday, but the fact that it managed to offer CarPlay support (even though it’s only wired) is crucial for me. From using the display in my dash to manage my music, see where…

  • ip.me By Proton

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    In one of the few newsletters that I don’t immediately unsubscribe from, Proton periodically will share updates about new products they’re launching, new features that have been added to existing products, etc. In a recent mailing, they highlighted a product that I didn’t even know existed: ip.me Look up IP addresses, and find your own,…

  • Secret Level

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    While I watched the series several months ago, I haven’t had an opportunity to write about Amazon Prime Video’s Secret Level series until now. When I saw that it involved a lot of the same folks behind Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots (of which I still need to watch the latest season at the time…

  • Balatro

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    Balatro is a game that I had seen people talking about for a while in random articles or Bluesky posts but didn’t pay any attention to. I knew it had something to do with poker, and as someone who has never been interested in poker that was immediately something of a turnoff for me. A…

  • Determining Which Service Kicked Off A Linux Process

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    I recently found myself needing to check the status of a service. I would traditionally do this via: While this has historically worked for the service in question, this time it gave me a message that there was no service found with that name. That being said, I knew for a fact that the application…

  • Red Sift For Let’s Encrypt Certificate Expiration

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    Recently, Let’s Encrypt announced that they would no longer be sending out notification emails when certificates they’ve issued are about to expire: Since its inception, Let’s Encrypt has been sending expiration notification emails to subscribers that have provided an email address to us. We will be ending this service on June 4, 2025. The short…

  • Sublime Text Arbitrary Language Servers

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    When working with code, I tend to be a person who jumps around between various editors rather than being completely fixated on a single one, for better or for worse. Generally speaking, the following editors are in my normal rotation: Out of these, I don’t think I’d say that I have a favorite; each has…

  • Micro.blog

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    Just under a year ago I wrote about my love/hate relationship with social media and microblogging in particular. Since that post, I’ve stayed away from Mastodon but was a fairly heavy (relatively speaking) Bluesky user. While I like Bluesky, there remain two problems endemic to social media platforms like it: My predominant reason for soldiering…

  • Note Taking Journey

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    With the start of a new year, I’ve once again circled back on my note taking workflow. Notes are something that I consider extremely important. From random things I need to jot down and keep track of in my personal life to technical and meeting notes for work, I’ve had need of a personal knowledge…