Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice from Dom. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic. Former co-host of Go With The Heat Miami Vice podcast. This site uses no tracking pixels, does not set cookies, and works without javascript. You may also want to checkout my blogroll and a running list of bookmarks I save while browsing. Last, if this is your first time here, check out my favorite posts.
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I am bored with all my hobbies
I'm bored. I'm know as someone who can never sit down or just take it easy. Having hobbies gives me an avenue to focus that energy into something fun, productive, and rewarding. However, over the last 5 years I stopped enjoying my previous hobbies.
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I'm insulted by the Minecraft movie trailer
Minecraft has a special place in my house and is foundational to my relationship with my kids. The trailer for the new movie made me feel like they were insulting us.
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This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5
An absolute mammoth post about how I am running this blog site from a Google Pixel 5 Android phone using only Termux. It includes what inspired me, what I'm using for the setup, and my longform notes on the entire project.
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Do more projects just for the hell of it
It doesn't need to be able to scale. You don't need to monetize it. It doesn't need to be useful and it doesn't even have to look good. Just start making weird stuff for fun.
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Reading and writing notes with yazi and helix
While testing a new notes app, it got me thinking more about my notes workflow and my desire to work as much as I can in the terminal. Using yazi, helix, and glow I have a fantastic notes workflow while still using Obsidian as the frontend on my phone.
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Little bits - August 2024
A collection of items I've been thinking about, but don't warrant and entire post for each. This includes why I love the command line, why I have flatpaks, tech content privilege, and my i3-2100 media server.
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I want to be left alone
Seriously. Please just leave me alone.
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Managing my homelab from my phone with a Linux desktop, termscp, and Helix editor.
My previous post was about using a Debian desktop on my phone. With the combination of termscp and the Helix editor I can connect, pull, and put notes into my Obisidan vault from any destkop, including in a aarch64 Linux desktop on Android.
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Running a full Debian XFCE desktop on my phone
I've been miffed about an article downplaying the importance of a desktop mode on the upcoming Google Pixel devices. Here's a reason why I love using Android, especially in desktop mode.
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Little bits update - July 2024
Occasionally I have a list of things that don't warrant a full blog post for each. Here's some other random tech stuff I've been working on.
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