How To touchscreen-toggle a virtual keyboard in Linux Mint
A brief tutorial to enable touch-screen toggling of the virtual keyboard in Linux Mint.
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Getting started with Mastodon x WordPress
If you have a WordPress blog and a Mastodon account, the three things you’re going to want to do are verify your identity, embed toots, and syndicate your blog on the fedirverse. This post briefly describes how to do all three.
Testing ActivityPub syndication
If Mastodon replaces Twitter as the rising microblogging platform, the “super-RSS” ActivityPub protocol it uses re-opens the window for blogging. I know this instance is advertising to the fediverse and is discoverable on Mastodon, but I need to test whether new posts syndicate.
Arduino IDE setup for ATmega328P
I had some difficulty remembering how to set the Arduino IDE to upload sketches to an Arduino Pro Mini clone so I’m keeping a record this time.
Making a conductive copper ink pigment
This is part 1 of a project to DIY a circuit-writing pen: making a copper pigment. I thought I’d start with easy methods and readily available materials. This is a simple chemistry experiment suitable for classrooms, garage chemists and hobbyists. The pigment produced conduct electricity pretty well.
ngram.sh: a script for extracting Google Ngram data
The Google Ngram Viewer is a database browser used to chart the relative frequency of words or phrases. The data source is the Google Books database and the graphic engine is Google Charts. It’s cool. It’s pretty. It doesn’t easily give up the raw data. This script helps.
‘Voices of Long Beach’, SoundWalk 2006
‘Voices of Long Beach‘ installation by Jay McKinnon, part of SoundWalk 2006 in Long Beach’s East Village Arts District. On … More ‘Voices of Long Beach’, SoundWalk 2006
GeoKos Proposal
While playing with web mapping applications and reading about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) developments online I came across the concept … More GeoKos Proposal