Andrew J Cosgriff @cos@mastodon.xyz

Ancient sysadmin wisdom:

You want the shell environment on production servers to be as user-hostile as possible to discourage people from spending time there. I like the korn shell for this.

(via QuinnyPig)

What is punk?

Is anybody feeding trucks to the Montague Street bridge? How will it survive lockdown?

Yo La Tengo are now on Bandcamp:

https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/releases

Only one track so far, though

Preston Market, subdued once more.
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#Preston #market #HipstamaticX #DoNotCross #tables #barriers #shapes

Smalltalk-80 on the bare metal on a Raspberry Pi:

https://github.com/michaelengel/crosstalk

blocks/bricks, nothing and almost nothing.

#walks #Saturday #Preston #sky #cloud #blank #grass #walls

Here’s a sneak peek at the new Site.js web site/page for the next version of Site.js.

No frameworks or build systems for such a simple thing. Just hand-written HTML, CSS, and JS. All minified and packaged up as a single 146KB HTTP request currently being served from my laptop at home:

https://dev.ar.al

When I say Small Web, I mean *small* ;P

PS. If you notice any issues, typos, etc., please do let me know.

(Depending on when you hit it, I might have turned the server off.) :)

Something I have been working on recently:

https://github.com/andrewcb/arigato

A system for making scripting with AudioUnit instruments on macOS more convenient. Consists of a tool for building/editing AudioUnit networks with named nodes, and some code for loading them and playing/controlling the nodes. Currently works mostly in Xcode Playgrounds, and the editor will export a playground ready to edit.

That feel when you try to write "system admin" but end up describing yourself as a "systemd admin"

dubbo (n., chiefly SE Aus) a thin layer of orange dust. “We got a bit of dubbo on the ground after yesterday’s rain.”

As 2019 draws to a close, here is my customary list of Records Of The Year:

https://dev.null.org/blog/archive/2019/12/31

At Montsalvat.
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#kookaburra #bust #birds #art #melbourne

if apps collected personal data to "improve their service", services would be good by now

the great defence.
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#eye #sheets #Coburg #windows #walk #HipstamaticX