Category Archives: Geek Stuff

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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Helper for Finding Python 2.x Scripts Still To Be Ported

Posted on 2020-02-12 by Stephan Sokolow

I’ve written a lot of little scripts over the years, and it’d be nice to be able to migrate to Kubuntu 20.04 LTS when it comes out, so I decided to write a little helper to find creations of mine … Continue reading →

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New QuickTile Release… Finally!

Posted on 2020-02-09 by Stephan Sokolow

For those who follow my programming projects, you may be familiar with the name QuickTile. It’s my most popular project and, in short, it adds hotkeys to your existing X11 window manager to make it easy to tile windows in … Continue reading →

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A virtualenv indicator that works everywhere

Posted on 2019-11-08 by Stephan Sokolow

NOTE: While none of the significant elements of this approach require zsh, the formatting syntax and mechanism for updating a prompt dynamically differ between zsh and bash. See the end for a version with zsh-specific bits stripped out. For a … Continue reading →

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How to skip the fortune command when your shell is slow to start

Posted on 2019-11-07 by Stephan Sokolow

A.K.A. How to get and compare timestamps without external commands in shell script (and without even invoking subshells in Zsh) I love the fortune command. It’s a charming little addition to each new tab I open… until something (like a … Continue reading →

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On-Demand Loading for your .zshrc or .bashrc

Posted on 2019-11-06 by Stephan Sokolow

Recently, I’ve been trying to make my coding environment snappier, and one thing I was never happy with was how slow my .zshrc is. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those people using oh-my-zsh with a ton … Continue reading →

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So… What Does Your Government Do With Culture?

Posted on 2019-09-18 by Stephan Sokolow

So often, asking people about culture is like asking a fish “How’s the water?” (The answer you’ll get is “What’s water?”) but it’s still useful to ask the question and, sometimes, you get interesting answers. This time I’m wondering about … Continue reading →

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