Category: tech related
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HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn scuba diving and aviation safety is a discussion that takes place before and after every dive or flight. It is discussed every time divers meet up. With climbing safety is important too but the focus is different. “This is how you should belay, this is how you should climb, this is…
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Can You With Trail Glove 7 Around Lavaux?
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried an experiment which could have been a silly one. I tried to do the Lavaux hike from Puidoux to Vevey with Trail Glove 7 shoes. They are barefoot minimalist shoes so I could have regretted it. I didn’t but mainly because of the preparation before hand. ## The Preparation…
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NixOS and Darwin – Partial success
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I experimented with NixOS and Debian. I managed to install NixOS on the Pi4 and I managed to implement several changes to the configuration.nix file before the Pi started to overheat and become much slower. At this point I tried to run Debian and that worked. At first Debian was running…
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NixOS on a Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few weeks I have tried to install NixOS on a raspberry Pi without much success. I have finally managed to get NixOS to work with a GUI/Desktop environment. I kept getting stuck at the command prompt but in the end [I found a blog post](https://mtlynch.io/nixos-pi4/) that helped me. ## What…
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On Being Asked Why I Wear Two Watches
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the Via Ferrata I did on Sunday I was asked why I wear two watches and I answered with a joke before giving the serious answer that I wear two watches at once because I want the data from both watches. I was asked why I need the data from both…
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A Meetup Weakness
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore the pandemic, when life was normal, I would go to three or four events per week organised via websites. These days, on meetup.com things are organised every two weeks, and for just 15 people at a time. This means that if you’re not first to sign up you’re on a waiting list…
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Adult Thoughts on the Casio F-91W
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was born in the 80s and as I grew up so did the computer industry, the digital industry and more. As watches came out with new features I would desire the latest watch with the latest features, and when a newer watch would come out I would desire the newer, innovative watch.…
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Experimenting with Paperless
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs I was experimenting with a Pi zero 2W I came across [Paperless NG](https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-paperless/) which is a simple to install app that allows you to catalogue paperwork automatically on a local machine rather than in the Tech Giant Clouds like Google, Amazon, Apple et al. It didn’t like being installed on…
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Experimenting with the Ocean Drive Street E-Scooter
Reading Time: 4 minutesOver a year ago I sold my petrol scooter because the service was expected to cost more than five hundred Swiss Francs. As a result of this I was without a scooter for a year or two. In that time I missed the convenience of having a small vehicle to take me…
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Self-Hosted Problem
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was already out when I noticed that I forgot to restart the audiobookshelf instance on my server before the run. I could either go home, start the server, and run, or I could just go for my run and use the normal app instead. By normal app I mean using…