This is a repository for the thoughts, notes, and achievements of Mr. Jacob Honeyhume. It contains posts on a large variety of subjects, technical and otherwise.
Posted on 2022-12-31
One of my favorite things about keyboards in the past few decades (and I really like keyboards) are media keys. Play, pause, mute... and most important, the raise and lower volume keys. Tying these functions to my keyboard make it simple and quick to change what's happening with my computer's sounds.
Posted on 2022-10-13
I haven't had much excuse to do any real web design in quite some time. To get my toes wet again, I added dark mode support for FragDev, along with other updates that have been a long time coming.
Posted on 2022-03-06 (Updated on 2022-03-06)
Every piece of hardware I have seems to have its own built-in sound device. Thunderbolt docks, USB3 hubs... even HDMI and display port carry sound. On my laptop, I only want to use a few of them - but every time I connect another device, it becomes the default sound card.
Posted on 2021-10-30 (Updated on 2021-10-30)
After creating a whole host of backup DVDs, you might be faced with a dilema; how to verify that each disk was burned properly. Backups aren't backups until they are tested!
rsync and link-dest
Posted on 2021-04-12 (Updated on 2021-04-12)
I use rsync to back up many servers and other machines. Because of my very
different sources and targets, I have a collection of very complex bash scripts
that manage these backups. When I moved one stage of these backups to a new
server, it started behaving strangely - and it was difficult to discover why.
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