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Archer72
Host ID: 318
I got started in Linux in 2002, with a set of Mandriva CD's and have enjoyed using variations ever since. Currently on Fedora 35.
I can be reached as archer72 on IRC on libera.chat on #oggcastplanet and on Mastodon at @archer72@mastodon.sdf.org
email: ricemark20.nospam@nospam.gmail.com
episodes: 51
Released: 2023-05-23. Duration: 00:10:18. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Firefox, Extensions, Mobile, Android, Privacy, vim.
Archer72 Goes over extensions used on the Desktop and yes, Mobile too.
Released: 2023-04-28. Duration: 00:11:47. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: tmux, terminal apps, lightweight apps.
Archer72 uses tmux and restores sessions between reboots
Released: 2023-04-20. Duration: 00:05:00. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: optical media, terminal apps, lightweight apps, rip cd.
Archer72 rips CD's in the terminal and avoids the whims of the media companies
Released: 2023-04-14. Duration: 00:15:54. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: retro, karaoke, cassette tape.
Archer72 fixes misplaced belts and figures out what really happened
Released: 2023-03-03. Duration: 00:12:16. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Documents, Formats.
Document File Format - a continuation of Content Format
Released: 2023-02-16. Duration: 00:08:11. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: retro, karaoke, 8-track, cassette tape, Free Music Archive.
I fix the cassette tape mechanism to a resale shop karaoke machine
Released: 2023-01-31. Duration: 00:05:00. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: media, formats, encoding.
Wikipedia article on the various types of content formats
Released: 2023-01-10. Duration: 00:42:41. Flag: Explicit. Series: general.
Tags: audio, vinyl, record, media, history.
LP article from Wikipedia about the long playing vinyl record and its history.
Released: 2022-12-09. Duration: 00:08:45. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: soldering, soldering iron, Pinecil, menu.
Details of the Pinecil soldering iron menu with a secret menu
Released: 2022-11-25. Duration: 00:15:53. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: i3wm, window manager, lightweight apps, KDE, KDE Plasma.
i3 Tiling Window Manager with a bonus KDE Plasma integration
Released: 2022-11-10. Duration: 00:09:39. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Android, Android apps, Mobile phone, Custom launcher.
I walk through the top apps on my phone
Released: 2022-10-13. Duration: 00:01:44. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Budget, spreadsheet, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.
I add a calendar to the budget spreadsheet in LibreOffice
Released: 2022-09-16. Duration: 00:02:02. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Budget, spreadsheet, LibreOffice, Android.
Zoho docs for budgeting
Released: 2022-08-15. Duration: 00:06:01. Flag: Clean. Series: HAM radio.
Tags: ham radio, ARRL, testing.
Study and testing for the ARRL Ham license
Released: 2022-07-18. Duration: 00:05:54. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: audio, capture, vinyl, audacity, mp3splt, arecord, ffmpeg, wav, flac.
I revise previous capture scripts
Released: 2022-06-15. Duration: 00:07:14. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: nnn, file manager, lightweight apps, vim, zathura, calibre.
The nnn terminal file manager and common uses
Released: 2022-05-27. Duration: 00:08:22. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Slackware, netbook, interrupts, htop, upgrades.
Part 2 of using Slackware on the old netbook
Released: 2022-05-05. Duration: 00:07:14. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: microphones, headsets, bluetooth.
Microphones I have around the apartment
Released: 2022-04-21. Duration: 00:10:50. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Raspberry Pi, 64 bit, multiboot, Retropie, Kodi.
Multibooting raspberry pi
Released: 2022-03-28. Duration: 00:06:50. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Phone call, IDES, Unemployment, Government, Firefox, Internet Explorer.
Phone system for the state of Illinois
Released: 2022-03-04. Duration: 00:05:02. Flag: Clean. Series: Coffee.
Tags: coffee, podcast, ham radio.
Making coffee, and a podcast recommendation
Released: 2022-02-23. Duration: 00:04:32. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Tenacity, Audacity, Github, Cmake, make, audio editor, telemetry, Google, tracking.
Installing Tenacity, and the reasons behind the fork.
Released: 2022-02-09. Duration: 00:05:46. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Slackware, Auld hardware, netbook.
A response show to HPR3512
Released: 2022-01-31. Duration: 00:05:44. Flag: Clean. Series: Hardware upgrades.
Tags: laptop, hardware, hardware upgrades, RAM, hard drive.
Upgrades to Aspire 5 Slim and Specs
Released: 2022-01-11. Duration: 00:08:48. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Vinyl, album, Vinyl album, record album, aplay, arecord, alsaloop, ffmpeg,retro, USB turntable.
USB Turntable fix and sound journey with arecord, asound and ffmpeg
Released: 2021-12-30. Duration: 00:04:24. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: car,repair,maintenance,bearing.
I fix a noisy blower motor that I put off since last winter.
Released: 2021-12-24. Duration: 00:01:32. Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations.
Tags: retro,retroist,nostalgia,1988,die hard,bruce willis,podcast.
Podcast Recommendation: The Retroist number 243 - Die Hard
Released: 2021-12-09. Duration: 00:08:21. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: vim, plugin, lightweight.
My vim setup with the GnuPG vim plugin
Released: 2021-11-29. Duration: 00:12:45. Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps.
Tags: mutt,email, gpg,accessibility .
My humble mutt email setup
Released: 2021-10-29. Duration: 00:03:13. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: podcast, moore's law, quantum computing, qubits, encryption, cryptography, NIST, Josephson junction.
Highlights of a podcast from Moore's Lobby
Released: 2021-07-29. Duration: 00:06:06. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: tags,mplayer,Android,Termux,vim,i3 window manager.
Adventures and mishaps tagging past shows
Released: 2021-06-23. Duration: 00:05:19. Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations.
Tags: electronics, robots, space exploration, engineering.
I go over the 4 electronics podcasts I am currently listening to.
Released: 2021-04-21. Duration: 00:07:37. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: games, wii console.
Modding a Wii with a DNS exploit and using a USB drive to save games
Released: 2021-03-18. Duration: 00:06:18. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: dvd, blu-ray, backup, nnn.
Update to MakeMKV to back up media, now on Raspberry Pi
Released: 2021-03-09. Duration: 00:01:57. Flag: Clean. Series: Cooking.
Tags: Cooking.
Quick tip and HPR needs shows
Released: 2021-02-23. Duration: 00:04:32. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: microsoft, raspberry pi, bash, script.
microsoft, raspberry pi, bash, script
Released: 2021-01-28. Duration: 00:08:02. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: self hosting, cloud, linux, raspberry pi.
Self hosting a Nextcloud instance.
Released: 2020-10-30. Duration: 00:57:50. Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations.
Tags: linux, security, amateur radio.
Introducing a new podcast to me, with a special guest with an interest in amateur radio.
Released: 2020-10-21. Duration: 00:01:07. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: sewing.
Fixing up a dog coat for the cool weather.
Released: 2020-10-08. Duration: 00:06:44. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: dvd, blu-ray, backup.
Describing two ways to install MakeMKV DVD/Blu-ray backup program on Fedora 32
Released: 2020-08-05. Duration: 00:02:04. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Video, media, bash, i3, Gnome3, Xfce.
I give a quick tip on shortcut keys for watching Youtube or other video sites in MPV
Released: 2020-07-22. Duration: 00:02:50. Flag: Clean. Series: Arduino and related devices.
Tags: Arduino, Christmas, lights, Solid state relays.
Controlling Christmas LED lights with an Arduino
Released: 2020-06-04. Duration: 00:07:05. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: Raspberry Pi, Kodi, OSMC, Networking, Slackware, Sarpi Project.
How I have my file server and media center put together
Released: 2020-04-30. Duration: 00:07:07. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: electronics, soldering, trains, jobs.
How I got started in Electronics and some job stuff
Released: 2020-04-01. Duration: 00:01:59. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: recording, bluetooth, android.
The tools I use to record a show for HPR
Released: 2020-03-24. Duration: 00:03:25. Flag: Clean. Series: Sound Scapes.
Tags: soundscape, train station.
Ambient recording in the main hall at Union Station, Chicago
Released: 2020-03-12. Duration: 00:05:47. Flag: Clean. Series: Sound Scapes.
Tags: soundscape, trains.
This is a soundscape while waiting for a train at Union Station.
Released: 2019-11-27. Duration: 00:04:36. Flag: Clean. Series: How I got into tech.
Tags: Linux, FreeBSD, Computers.
How I start in Linux, computing, and Free Software
Released: 2018-10-16. Duration: 00:03:16. Flag: Explicit. Series: general.
Tags: hardware, circuit board, repair.
I repair a motherboard and get a old tower working again.
Released: 2018-05-10. Duration: 00:05:14. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: ripping, movies, hardware, repurpose.
How I put an older machine and a little cash to repurpose it.
Released: 2015-12-15. Duration: 00:00:57. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: google, email, thunderbird, backup, export.
A quick example of how I imported a backup of Gmail.
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