services inside Docker containers. From time to time I want to see or manage one of these containers. But I’m too lazy to get to my laptop and use the Docker CLI for that. There are two nice Docker UI’s to ac
I feel terrible that marketing has become so indistinguishable from ministry in our culture that it’s hard to tell the difference between a product pitch and a proclamation of truth, resulting in people spending their money on something that will not get them where they want to go. But even...
In a world driven by commerce, it's a delightful surprise to discover that when your birthday rolls around, many businesses are eager to celebrate you.
The idea is that in Android an Activity can start an Activity in another app (or a system activity). This is what happens when you want to compose an email for instance: the activity starts a new activity with the appropriate Intent and the default mail client will launch to let you wri...
It just about copes with that (although it can take a second or 2 to switch between apps). But then if I need to open a couple more apps, like OpenOffice Chrome Preview …then it really starts to slow down, with plenty of beachballs. Then if I fire up WinXP in VMware Fusio...
It’s true that you can save some money with a model like the REI Lightweight below (about $5 less, depending on size), but expect compromises in overall quality, user-friendliness, and protection. All told, the Sea to Summit Lightweight is a solid workhorse stuff sack that feels more ...
The entire thing is computer controlled, and built to be easy to use. “Easy” starts with the fact that there is a single power plug (so the cameras get their power from the system automatically), that the system has a built-in power socket for the laptop, that all cables only fit ...
CES is often the most entertaining when it’s being weird. There were lots of questionable devices announced this year (do you really need atiny drink-cooling robot?) butLG’s AeroCatTowercould appeal to cat parents. It’s first and foremost an air purifier that will automatically ...
In practice there are a few exceptions - for example some modules rely on the guix module to ship dependencies. Non-plaintext modules are also present in the configs directory. These aren’t tangled but are still described in the org file. These are mostly things that cannot be defined in...
a while the trail followed a steep gully with fairly good steps down, then we hit a large snow patch. The snow veered off – very steeply into the gully, it appeared to be the natural path, but the fall line took us right over a steep drop that we couldn't see the other side of...