2021 August

2021-08-01

Geeking

  • PC upgraded to Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
  • Looking at the code of pocket2rm tool that converts Pocket articles and saves them for reading on reMarkable tablet. Something like this could be done to generate epub files from Pocket.
  • Found maestral - A light-weight and open-source Dropbox client for macOS and Linux.

Geeking at work - Covid-19 response

  • Covid-19 lockdown means that my work is asking to do urgent changes to the processes that have not been designed in the system.

Geeking at work - Teams

MS Teams did not work on my machine.

This is what worked for me to fix Teams :

After much fiddling, switching in/out of compatibility mode, I right mouse clicked on the Microsoft Teams icon on the desktop, selected Properties, and under Compatibility tab I selected ‘Run Compatibility Troubleshooter’. I ran through that program and it asked if it was fixed now.

Geeking - cat

My cat keeps sitting on my laptop’s keyboard. Even when the screen is locked, it manages to turn off wifi, reboot everything, or make the PC unresponsive. While I do like having 2 screens, I have made a decision to configure the laptop, so that the laptop would not shutdown, when I close the lid.

I have added the following to my i3/config file: ’’’ exec –no-startup-id mate-power-manager ’''

mate-power-manager is set up to do nothing, when laptop lid is closed.

Podcasts

Cooked

Cooking in general

Reading

Movies

Work geeking (Curam)

Photos

Important events

  • 17 Aug: a new outbreak of Delta variant of Covid-19. Country going into lockdown.
  • 28 Aug: Still in lock down :/
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