Selfie
Because I feel like it. Yes, in the bathroom. No, no duckface in the mirror, but still a stupid face.
Thanks to facetune for post-processing. To compare, here’s the original.
5 minute cupcake
For when you crave chocolate cake right now. 4 table spoons of flour 2 table spoons of oil 2 table spoons of cocoa[1] 3 table spoons of milk 1 egg Mix everything and add whatever you want (chocolate pieces, fruits, yogurt). Grease a cup with butter or margarine and fill it with the batter. Microwave it at 700 Watt for 3.5 to 4 minutes. [1] - The sweetened drinking kind. If you use unsweetened baking cocoa, add 2 table spoons of sugar.
HTML5 video/audio test pages
I made pages to test your browser’s support of various audio and video formats. Instead of relying on some JavaScript (which doesn’t always report the correct information), I put the actual media files so you could test them.
I thought it would be boring to put the same video/audio, so I used different files.
It was inspired by this page.
PulseAudio in Slackware
This is a work in progress that I later plan to post on http://docs.slackware.com/. Look in the comments section for changelog.
Today, 2015-05-12, while I was forced to work as a secretary during a slow season, I had nothing to do, so I remembered this post on LQ and decided to write some sort of a HOWTO for PulseAudio. I do not possess extensive knowledge about PulseAudio, nor do I even use it on a regular basis, but I do have some experience with it and want to provide at least a base that can be later extended by other members of Slackware community. This article was written by memory (plus some googling), so I’ll need to improve it later.
OC update
Last night my friend ZiPo revisited my ponified avatar, which is more like an OC now, I think. Now it has more proper anatomy, more defined hooves, a bit smaller horn, more chest fluff and a spiked band, like the one on the neck, on a right foreleg. Unfortunately, ZiPo is very lazy, so I doubt he’ll ever finish this sketch, nonetheless is looks damn good. He also came up with a cutie mark, when I said the character was a blank flank.
Slackware universal install USB
Last Sunday, after upgrading my old netbook (ASUS Eee PC 900) from Debian Wheezy to Jessie, I decided to try Debian Jessie Live on my laptop. Unfortunately, the provided image couldn’t boot in UEFI environment, so I had to switch booting mode from UEFI to legacy. After playing with the distro for a while (it had problems with my wireless card’s drivers), I changed the booting mode back to UEFI and rebooted. To my surprise, there wasn’t Slackware option in the boot menu anymore. It looks like changing the booting mode changes something in UEFI settings. Anyway, I needed my Slackware, so I booted my rescue USB with Parted Magic. It was a bit dated (version from June, 2014), maybe that’s why efibootmgr (v0.5.3) refused to work with my laptop’s UEFI firmware. At least I confirmed that my ELILO files were intact in EFI partition, so all I needed was efibootmgr to add an option to the boot menu. Somehow I didn’t think about booting into Windows 8.1, which I also have on my laptop, to add a boot option to UEFI, but if I did that it wouldn’t be so interesting, would it?
Tabasco Habanero disappoints me
I try a teaspoon of Tabasco Habanero hot sauce. Meh.
My new multitools
Leatherman Brewzer and Leatherman Micra
It isn’t Leatherman Thread, but the ones I started to like recently: Brewzer and Micra. I have no idea if I’ll ever actually need them, but boy these things good to have. I’ll consider them my a bit late birthday present to myself.
I may buy Gerber Dime later.
The best scene of MLP:FiM S05E03
Messy mane with leaves and sticks in it, covered in mud and frosting, with some bruises and bags under her eyes… Isn’t she adorable?
Click on the image for an animation.
The Changeling Bride
About a year and a half ago I asked DZ-Aladan to draw a changeling in a wedding dress for me. Recently, when even I forgot about that, he remembered it. And, since he wasn’t sure what I would like, he drew 24 versions of the same image. These are the ones I liked.
