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Using BitWarden appimage on Ubuntu
This is largely going to just require slight modification for any other appimage. Create a file named /home/jdboyd/.local/share/applications/bitwarden.desktopand give it the contents of: [Desktop Entry]Type=ApplicationName=BitwardenIcon=/home/jdboyd/.local/bin/bitwarden-256.pngExec=/home/jdboyd/bin/Bitwarden-2024.10.2-x86_64.AppImageTerminal=falseHidden=falseCategories=UtilityAlso download the png icon from https://github.com/bitwarden/brand/blob/main/icons/256×256.png Then place it at /home/jdboyd/.local/bin/bitwarden-256.png Now the application can be launch from the dock correctly.
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Background for TechLancaster lightning talks
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The Mevo Ethernet Power Adapter & Alternatives
In this post, I will explore what is the ethernet chip in the official Mevo Start Ethernet Power Adapter, as well as what other USB-C ethernet adapters that I have are compatible with the Mevo Start as well as what ethernet chip is in them.
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Powering a Pepper Grinder
This was a summer project with my son David and myself.
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View up the stairs
Often when I go up the stairs, this is what I see: The last post of the banister was turned into a scratching post for Bob.
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Scene from Vacation in Watercolor Pencil
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Scene from Vacation in Charcoal
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Exposing Privileged Ports with Podman
On Unix-like systems, ports below 1024 are considered privileged, meaning that only the root user can bind to them. Web servers traditionally listen on port 80 for HTTP and port 443 for HTTPS. A key innovation of Podman is not running containers as root to enhance security. This presents challenges when containers need to use…
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eBike
In 2021 I purchased the 27.5″ 48v 500w Ancheer branded ebike from Amazon \for $1200. I found a new listing from Ancheer for what looks like the same bike but now only $400. I thought it would be worth sharing my thoughts on the one I bought.
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Talk on Gameboy Development
In August I gave a quick talk on Gameboy development. Here it is below: