Geeky Blinders

Author: JFab

  • Prime Video: From Bad To Worse

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    When it comes to streaming services, Prime Video has historically been the bottom of the barrel for me. It’s something that I get access to as part of having a Prime membership (which in turn I mostly have so that I can order from Amazon Fresh… because going to the grocery store is so 2019.)…

  • WordPress rel=”me” Link For Mastodon

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    I’ve been a Mastodon user for many years now, though — as is commonly the case for me with respect to social media — I’ve deleted and created new accounts there many times over. One of the cool things about Mastodon, though, is the verification system. Rather than having you pay money, submit a form,…

  • 2023 In Books

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    For many years, I’ve used Goodreads to track my reading, including well before they were owned by Amazon. As is typically the case for me, I’ve deleted and recreated my account there many times over the years, with the most recent being just a couple of years ago when I decided to recreate it and…

  • Monaspace Font

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    As a computer nerd, I spend a lot of time staring at text editors and terminal windows. As a result, I like them to be both pleasing to look at and easy to read… so I spend more time than I care to think about trying out different fonts and themes to make things both…

  • Automatic Python Linting and Formatting in Neovim

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    Outside of languages that more or less require a specific IDE (looking at you, Java), I typically prefer to write code in Neovim. It’s fast, it’s lean, and with a little bit of configuration to get an LSP running, it gives the exact same experience as something like VS Code but with much better editing…

  • WordPress Stock Images Without Jetpack

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    As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’ve recently found myself back in the realm of managing some WordPress sites. One of the first things I typically do for a WordPress site is link it up with Jetpack for things like CDN, minification of CSS and JavaScript, etc. Overall, it does a great job of…

  • Geeky Blinders Glasses and Keychains

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    Geeky Blinder The WiFi Ninja continues to outdo himself. Shortly after creating our first buttons and stickers, he went above and beyond by creating even more awesome Geeky Blinders swag. There are now laser etched keychains and cocktail glasses! These turned out absurdly well. The cocktail glasses have the Geeky Blinders logo on one side…

  • Create JAR File With IntelliJ

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    I’ve recently been doing some work with Java and Groovy for the first time in a year and some change. I’ve historically done some random scripting in Groovy, but I’m now at the point where I’m making some libraries that I can use in other places and greatly simplify some areas of my (coding) life.…

  • Geeky Blinders Buttons and Stickers

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    Hot on the heels of our laser etched wooden decals, we now have even more Geeky Blinders goodies. I happened to be lucky enough to spend some time with fellow Geeky Blinder The WiFi Ninja a few days ago, and he showed some of the new things he’s been working on. The first was a…

  • Sign Git Commits With 1Password

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    I recently decided to stop being lazy and digitally sign my git commits, at least for the ones I do on projects for work with my work laptop. This was something that had actually been in the back of my mind for a while, but I kept forgetting about it almost as soon as I…