I’ve been a little quiet lately. Partly that’s because I’ve been grading papers (ah, teaching!) or sick (ah, viruses!), but it’s also because I’ve been finishing compiling the […]
Get external IP address at hotspot – with some error checking
In my conky setup, I call a file inet_test. It’s a bash script, made executable and called by conky. The core of it is getting an address from […]
Informative, unobtrusive, minimalistic conky bar
I use conky to make a nice informative bar across the top of my screen (click to embiggen): Lots of cool, useful info I like to have at […]
Dual monitor, single monitor, and HDMI output switcher (including audio) for linux with PulseAudio
One of the minor annoyances I’ve had with computers are the ways they handle switching internal monitor, dual monitor, external monitor, and HDMI outputs. I was able to […]
A New Type of Rights Grab – Reinterpreting No-Compete Clauses To Include Backlist
[Originally modified from a G+ post] This, my friends, is crap. This article suggests that Penguin (at least) interprets “next-work”, “no-compete” and “option” portions of a contract to […]
At Bell, Book and Comic this weekend!
Saturday (late) afternoon and all day Sunday I’ll be at Bell Book & Comic in Dayton, with copies of The Crimson Pact (both volumes – digital AND PRINT), […]