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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2014/12/09

Zotero

zotero webdav nginx apache
Zotero is an Open Source tool that lets you organise your bibliography, syncing it with the cloud. Unlike other alternatives such as Mendeley, Zotero can upload the attachments and data to a private cloud via WebDav. If you use nginx as your web server, know that even though it provides partial support for webdav, Zotero needs more than that.
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