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LonM's Blog

LonM starts rambling and doesn't know when to stop

Category: Software

Streaming Apps

2019-07-162020-03-27 — Posted inMovies & TV, Software, Technology — 6 min read

There are lots of streaming apps for TV shows and films nowadays. I think that’s good, but it does have downsides: The Myriad Apps.

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Redesigning the Notepad++ Logo

2019-06-172020-03-27 — Posted inDesign, Software, Technology — 6 min read

I have an attempt at redesigning the Notepad++ logo using the new style of icons presented by Microsoft for their Office suite. Here’s how it evolved.

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Backing up to Backblaze with Rclone and Restic

2019-06-032020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 6 min read

I talk about how I switched from Backlaze personal to Backblaze B2 with restic and rclone, and draw some comparisons between them.

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[A] Flame Fractals & Java

2019-04-222020-03-27 — Posted inArchives, Software — 1 min read

Archived 2012-10-31. This post shows off some playing around I did with a java program that renders fractals. Neat stuff.

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Extending an Extension for Visual Studio Code

2019-04-152020-03-27 — Posted inPhD Diary, Software, Technology — 6 min read

Last year, I was working on adding some new features to a Visual Studio Code Extension. I’ve decided to try and organise my thoughts on the matter.

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Enabling Telnet & FTP on the Kobo H2O Edition 2

2019-02-052020-03-27 — Posted inGadgets, Software, Technology — 9 min read

In this post I detail how I went about enabling telnet and FTP support on my e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 Version 2. Yes, that is a mouthful.

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Get ShareX to record animated PNG with correct extension

2019-01-222020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 3 min read

How to get ShareX to save APNG recordings with the “png” extension

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Proposing a Night Mode API

2018-09-032020-03-27 — Posted inDesign, Software, Technology — 9 min read

I have recently seen some discussion about the use of night mode tech, and had the thought that developers ought to get together and standardise its use, seeing as how commonplace it has become.

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DRM: Deliberately Risking Media

2018-06-062020-03-27 — Posted inGaming, Movies & TV, Software, Technology — 15 min read

DRM, digital rights management, is the term used to describe attempts to control the use and ownership of digital media post-purchase. I think that this is a pretty poor practice, and will detail some reasons why.

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Captcha Paranoia

2018-05-292020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Privacy, Software, Technology — 6 min read

In the wake of Data Collection getting some discussion in the media, and greater scrutiny by governmental bodies, I felt that there was perhaps too much focus on Facebook, and that something that Google has been doing has just skirted past everyone’s minds.

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Mod Making Process

2018-01-262020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Software, Technology — 13 min read

In the process of making a new mod for Vivaldi, I thought I might document some of the steps I went through, to show one way you can make a mod. I’ll follow how I made my “Site Security Info Favicon” mod.

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