Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Incognito Mode for Zsh

Posted on 2020-09-08 by Stephan Sokolow

Incognito Mode. We all use it from time to time, but, if you’re a heavy terminal user, you might use your terminal as often and in as many diverse ways as your browsers. …so I thought, why not make an … Continue reading →

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The Existence of God(s) as Cosmic Horror (Pre-Draft)

Posted on 2020-08-03 by Stephan Sokolow

I have a somewhat interesting perspective on the possible existence of higher powers… one I haven’t seen someone else really focus on… and I thought it’d make a nice appendix to the book on fiction that I’ve been accumulating notes … Continue reading →

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Novel – The Wiz Biz

Posted on 2020-08-02 by Stephan Sokolow

…and since I seem to be reviewing books in reverse order from when I read and took notes on them, today’s review will be The Wiz Biz by Rick Cook… an omnibus of Wizard’s Bane and The Wizardry Compiled and … Continue reading →

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On The Unix-Haters Handbook

Posted on 2020-07-25 by Stephan Sokolow

A few months ago, I wrote a forum post explaining the context in which The Unix-Haters Handbook existed since, seen through the lens of today’s Linux, it does come across as somewhat ridiculous. While Eric S. Raymond did write a … Continue reading →

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A Verbal Middle Finger to WordPress

Posted on 2020-07-13 by Stephan Sokolow

I just lost a fair bit of work from WordPress “helping” me, so I need to vent. Think for a moment. What is the #1 thing that should define a good text editing experience… something so fundamental that you take … Continue reading →

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A simple Clipboard/Drag-and-Drop Test Tool

Posted on 2020-05-17 by Stephan Sokolow

While working on one of my projects, I found myself needing to inspect a raw, “all offered mimetypes” view of what was on the clipboard. I remembered that I used to do so using some PyGTK demos, but they were … Continue reading →

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Embedding the DPMI Extender for your Open Watcom C/C++ EXE (And Related Knowledge)

Posted on 2020-03-07 by Stephan Sokolow

NOTE: Scroll to the appendix at the bottom If you’re using DJGPP, Free Pascal, or Free Basic. They use a different and incompatible DPMI host. Sooner or later, everyone who plays around with 32-bit DOS programming using Open Watcom C/C++ … Continue reading →

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