2021/10/29

Logitech MX Keys for Mac on Linux

linux logitech keyboard
I recently got Logitech MX Keys for Mac keyboard at work. The German version, to be more precise. This version was three times cheaper than the Windows equivalent with either US or ES layout. Since I touch type anyway, I thought it was a bargain. As soon as I plugged it in, I realized there were some glaring issues with the keyboard.
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2019/06/01

Linux on the Microsoft Surface Go

linux surface go config
Believe it or not, Surface tablets have pretty good linux support, except for the webcams in newer models. These are some useful notes to get Ubuntu installed in your surface go, as of Summer 2019.
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2019/01/06

Controlling Zigbee devices with MQTT

mqtt iot zigbee
This is a short tutorial on connecting a zigbee device (an Aqara cube) to an MQTT server, so you can control your zigbee devices from the network. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably a sucker for IoT devices. For a long time, I’ve been using WiFi-enabled lights, and Amazon dash buttons to control them.
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2016/09/28

Progress bars in python

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tqdm is a nice way to add progress bars in the command line or in a jupyter notebook.

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from tqdm import tqdm
import time

for i in tqdm(range(100)):
    time.sleep(1)
2015/04/10

Sharing dotfiles

github git dotfiles
Today’s post is half a quick note, half public shaming. In other words, it is a reminder to be very careful with OAuth tokens and passwords. As part of moving to emacs, I starting using the incredibly useful gh.el. When you first use it, the extension saves either your password or an OAuth token in your .
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