Installed Docker on the laptop.

Had been afraid of it locally for a long time — figured it would eat up all the space and thrash the SSD.

But eventually had to bite the bullet. Moved /var/lib/docker via a symlink to the HDD, will keep an eye on the space usage.

As a small preamble to the upcoming article about debugging bash scripts via Eclipse, here’s a note that there is a port called win-bash — a console for Windows.

Yes, everyone knows about Cygwin, but it has certain quirks. Here we have an archive that you just unpack, add to PATH (and then plug into Eclipse and debug, debug…)

The Nook has its uses: as a tablet it doesn’t justify itself much — pages are awkward to flip through, and browsers don’t recognize the standard Nook buttons — but as an e-reader it’s excellent.

Bought myself a Nook Barnes&Noble Simple Touch Reader.

Started a small pet project on GitHub, the main driver being learning collaboration. And also a chance to brush up on some Java.

Dear readers, and also those who follow my other blog — the one that isn’t about life but is supposed to be somewhat technical. I moved it from the Tumblr platform to Blogger, and discovered that the RSS links on these two platforms are different. So, dear geeks who read via feed readers and other aggregators — if you want to keep following, please drop by and resubscribe. Sorry for the inconvenience; in return I’ll try to write some interesting things about XBMC. Thanks in advance for your attention.

LiveJournal has pulled this trick on me more than once: I’m browsing subscriptions in Google Reader, and the posts I like and want to read in more detail I open with a middle-click in a new tab. And often instead of the page I get a prompt to log in to LJ. What’s more, if I notice it right away and open the address again — it loads correctly. But if I scroll further through the reader and switch to that tab a few minutes later — instead of an interesting article, there’s that… unwelcome login screen. So damn annoying!

Today, following a recipe I saw from ibigdan, I put together a passive air humidifier. Let’s watch the results — too bad I don’t have a hygrometer. The humidifier design is very simple, like this:

Source.

In the process of preparing to launch a home server, I ran into Buridan’s ass problem.

You wandered too long in the dark And you thought that the night was the day You saw hundreds of desecrated bodies But were too lazy to lay them to rest You’re not a traitor, you’re simply a fool And there are millions like you all around Poor Christ would have torn off his crown Had he guessed what was yet to come… …answer me What kept you from seeing the truth? What ever became of the dream To make heaven on earth for all?