General Interest - WP C

Microsoft Math Solver

I discovered this tool today. I’ll have to take a better look at it and revise, but this seems to me like the sort of exercises I tend to learn the most from. Considering the marketing, I suspect it’s AI but I didn’t verify that. Microsoft Math Solver is mart of the Microsoft Suite of…

June 14

Understanding Spotify Shared URL Parameters

Learn how to precisely customize the timeline starting point for Spotify shared links. Have you ever shared a Spotify link and noticed those seemingly random numbers at the end of the URL? The number represents the number of milliseconds passed from the beginning of the track until the point at which you clicked the “Share”…

December 9

Decades of WikiMedia – WikiFunctions

Wikifunctions is a Wikimedia project for everyone to collaboratively create and maintain a library of code functions to support the Wikimedia projects and beyond, in the world’s natural and programming languages. Check it out, and donate!

September 11

How SEO Destroyed the Variety in your Spice

So, I was chatting with my old-school pal the other day. We were talking about web browser extensions, and I’d recommended he have a look at my page about extensions here, and whether he had any suggestions. Stop right there! He couldn’t view it. Why couldn’t he view it? Because his privacy protection software completely…

August 13

DuckDuckGo Browser with Enhanced Privacy Protection

Get the DuckDuckGo web browser! It’s still in the beta stage, but it works nicely. Based on the Microsoft Edge WebView2 technology, the DuckDuckGo privacy supporting browser is lightweight and runs fast. Fast in no small part to the fact that you can’t install extensions on the DuckDuckGo browser. If you’re in the habit if…

July 29

VIM and Me. I am He

Assuming you know the story about why VI / VIM uses offset home keys (i guess that’s not the best way to put it. More about that here if you wish.), I think I came up with the real reason why I don’t like VIM, or at least why I choose not to use it.…

May 14

Beelink Mini-PC Problems

Are you considering buying a Beelink PC? Before investing, read about my experiences with the Mini-S and U-59 models. I encountered mysterious noises, Windows 11 update issues, and a faulty SSD. Unfortunately, my attempts to fix the problems required multiple Windows 11 reinstalls. Hear about my struggles and consult the relevant forum thread for advice.

March 3

Open PHP in Browser: WSL

I develop mostly in PHP, so it makes sense that I have the Open PHP/HTML/JS In Browser installed in my vscode-worspace. One thing I haven’t been able to get it to do however is open a browser from the Windows when using an SSH or WSL connection. However, you can install Midori on WSL, and…