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Timetrap – A Command Line Time Tracking App

Today I played with Timetrap, a command line time tracking app. It allows you to track the time you spend doing specific tasks with ease. To install the app you can run the command. To create a timesheet you type: and it will create/switch to that timesheet. Type this to start the timer. And to… Read More »

Category: tech related Tags: productivity, Python, time tracking, timetrap

How To Block Twitter and Facebook Using The Hosts File On A Mac.

If we’re not learning every day then we’re wasting our time. If we’re not up to mischief every day then we’re likely to become unhappy. In light of both of these things let me give you a quick tip for blocking Twitter and Facebook. My motivation for doing this is the following. Twitter doesn’t trust… Read More »

Category: tech related Tags: DNS, facebook, Hosts, twitter

The Roman Civilisation On Twitter

The Roman Civilisation is being tweeted about on Twitter. There are accounts that tweet about ongoing archeological digs, museum opening times and more. They also share images and videos, providing people with a visual way of learning about the Romans. One of these twitter accounts is Roman Britain. They tweet original content as well as… Read More »

Category: archeology twitter Tags: archeology, Mithraism, Roman Civilisation, twitter

Thoughts on The Google IT Support Course

I am currently studying the Google IT Support Course. I am familiar with many of the topics and I have used many of the tools discussed. What the course offers, and the reason for which it has so much value, is that fills my knowledge gaps. One example of this is the TCP/IP model. Until… Read More »

Category: editing IT Support Tags: AWS, Coursera, Google, IT support, studies

Playing with Fire(fox Developer Edition)

Google Chrome was misbehaving recently so I started to explore other browsers. By explore I mean try browsers that I had used plenty of times in the past. As I did this I came across Firefox Developer Edition. Firefox Developer Edition is fun because it allows you to see everything that’s going on. If you’re… Read More »

Category: tech related Tags: browser, Firefox, web development, webmastering

Looking Out From The Other Side of the Internet Tunnel

Today I started reading “What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, The Shallows” and I feel that I am on the other side of the experience. I have been through the passion for new content, the passion to constantly write the new things that people write, and the need to be connected. There was… Read More »

Category: social media tech related Tags: attention, Internet, philosophy, theory, world wide web

Web Dev Studies During The Pandemic.

The summer road

During this Pandemic, I have decided to study Web Development and I am slowly making my way through one or two Linkedin Learning Pathways. In the process, I have learned about CSS, PHP, JavaScript ECMAScript2016, Frameworks and more. The course I have studied are: Angular Essential Training / React.js Essential Training / Git Essential Training… Read More »

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Linkedin Learning, pandemic, studies, studying, web development

Bullying Disguised as Satire

We’re in the middle of a pandemic. Some of us go without conversing with people in the real world for days or even weeks at a time. Is now the time to be offensive about people’s social media habits? For plenty of TikTok users, their only window into the social world is their phone. Plenty… Read More »

Category: social conscience social media Social Media Deontology social media living room Tags: compassion, influencers, pandemic, social media

Learning To Code By Building CMSs

When clouds are around look up

It’s easy to use Facebook or other CMS every day without thinking about how the code works. This summer I have coded two CMS using Linkedin Learning. One of these CMS was running with PHP and MySQL and the other was running with Ruby On Rails and MySQL. The PHP CMS In the process I… Read More »

Category: tech related website news Tags: CSS, javascript, learning, PHP, Ruby On Rails

Nice Clouds on a Windy Day

Ribbed/rippled clouds

Sometimes you drive home on the scooter and you look up at the sky and you think “When I get out of this village I’m going to stop by the side of the road and I’m going to take a picture of the clouds because they’re photogenic. The reason for them being photogenic today is… Read More »

Category: Uncategorized Tags: cloud, clouds, drought, summer, windy
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