Baby Steps With Emacs
One at a time Context Having recently perused org-mode, I figured I’d give it a shot for a bit to see how I do. Get… Read More »Baby Steps With Emacs
Rob Hallam
Glasgow University graduate. I have wide-ranging interests - please see my about page either here or at roberthallam.com.
Proactive Laziness: Extract Team Names from a ROM using awk
Do it not the easy way, and not the hard way, but some other way Context During a Subscriber Crown, I assign teams (usually) to… Read More »Proactive Laziness: Extract Team Names from a ROM using awk
Tuesday Tabsplosion: Org-Mode (The Basics)
Who organises the organisers?* Context, or On Rabbit Holes Sometimes one dives down a rabbit hole. Occasionally, down that hole one finds an actual rabbit;… Read More »Tuesday Tabsplosion: Org-Mode (The Basics)
More Vim Tips to Myself
Tip your server Context I’m doing more reports like the one I mentioned in the pandoc tips post. The final format is docx, but I… Read More »More Vim Tips to Myself
An Automated Availability Checker
Is it available yet? Is it available yet? Is it available yet… Background One hundred and fifty days ago, CityFibre came and dug up my… Read More »An Automated Availability Checker
[workaround] Stackable refuses to update – “There is a new version… Buy a license now”
Free forever but you cannot update tl;dr: Stackable’s 3.1.5 update throws up a modal dialog preventing update (!); temporarily disable javascript to stop that happening… Read More »[workaround] Stackable refuses to update – “There is a new version… Buy a license now”
A Quick GIMP Script to ‘Pop’ an Image
Make it pop Background For one my my recent Subscriber Crowns I had the need to quickly ‘enhance’ some images for a slideshow- make them… Read More »A Quick GIMP Script to ‘Pop’ an Image
Quick tips: screenshot screen region to clipboard under X
Snip snip I’ve been making thumbnails for CK3 videos again (see featured image), and one of the things i put in there are the other… Read More »Quick tips: screenshot screen region to clipboard under X
Pandoc to docx: tips for myself
With bonus LibreOffice content! Background I’ve been using pandoc for a few years now as part of my workflow in sending out minutes of a… Read More »Pandoc to docx: tips for myself
My One Arch Install Tip
Well, actually three A reader reached out via contact form to ask about how to install Arch on the Dell Wyse 3040, as I’ve done.… Read More »My One Arch Install Tip