About the Author
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
In my spare time, I focus on (and write about):
- Programming (mainly in Python and Rust)
- Retrocomputing (mostly DOS but, as of January 2023, I also own a machine running Mac OS 9.2)
- Reading and Reviewing Fiction
- The odd bit of UI/UX design or literary theory
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Category Archives: Geek Stuff
Working around the Cave Story+ “Soundtrack”
TL;DR: Here’s a bash script to build soundtrack files from the resources for the “remastered” music option is. So I’m feeling like listening to the Cave Story+ remastered version of the title page tune that better fits the SNES-era ambiance … Continue reading
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QuickTile 0.2.0
As of yesterday, QuickTile requires the Python bindings for libwnck. What advantages does this bring? Well, here’s a changelog for the more significant of the recent commits: 0.2.1 (changes made not long after this post): Redesigned the help output with … Continue reading
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The Most Important Epiphany I’ve Ever Had
If there’s one experience I would wish on everyone above all others, it’s the chance to feel your conscious desires become so at odds with your instincts that, in one brief moment, it snaps into clarity that, whether or not … Continue reading
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The Infectious Foolishness of GNOME’s Save Iconography
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed an increasing trend for Linux icon themes to follow the lead set by the Tango and GNOME icon themes in using a naked internal hard drive with a downward-pointing green arrow to indicate … Continue reading
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Functional Programming Concepts for the Lay Programmer – Part 3
I really need to stop saying when the next one of these is likely to be out. In Part 2, I say that I hope it doesn’t take me a year and a half to write it and how long … Continue reading
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A Disingenuous Mistake in Dan Ariely’s Talk About Dishonesty
I ran across this post draft while clearing out old notes and, since I don’t think I’ve ever blogged about the instinctual underpinnings of “piracy” before, here you go… A few days ago, I saw RSA Animate’s video for The (Honest) … Continue reading
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Emptying “Deleted” Files
A few days ago, I woke to find my home partition 100% full and programs erroring out because of it. “No problem,” I thought and fired up ncdu to figure out what had eaten up the 12GiB I’d had free … Continue reading
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