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 2017-01-12 (Updated on 2017-01-13)
I was a little perplexed when I installed a MariaDB server on my main desktop running Debian Stretch; it didn't ask me for a root password. This is a change from the previous Debians, which always prompt you to set the password during installation.
Posted on 2016-11-29 (Updated on 2016-11-29)
I have been working with base64 encoding a lot recently, specifically regarding image files. Using base64 is a cool way to embed images in your CSS, and happens to be useful when writing Django tests that involve an image file field.
Posted on 2016-11-25 (Updated on 2016-11-29)
Update: Tobias provided a canonical link to his StatusNet Move Account script.
Posted on 2016-07-21 (Updated on 2016-07-21)
Setting date and time options on Debian has been placed under the systemd umbrella with the "timedatectl" utility. While I'm not fully convinced that everything belongs in systemd, I do think that having a single location for all time and date related configurations makes sense.
Posted on 2016-06-01 (Updated on 2016-06-01)
In a previous post (https://fragdev.com/blog/why-micro-fragdev-com-is-broken), I explained what happened to break subscriptions on our GNUsocial instance. Long story short: GNUsocial now forces HTTPS, which broke federation.
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