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BioShock – (2007 game)

2014-11-14

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TODO – make a proper page

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/7670
https://www.bioshockgame.com/site/agegate.html

Well. I had heard good things about this game, and since it was on sale I thought I’d pick it up.

I regret it.

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.dcuniverseonline.com/home
https://store.steampowered.com/app/24200/

All the Earth is in peril, but everyday people have been given super powers.. except half of them become villains, for some reason.

The interface and controls weren’t pleasant for me. Probably the biggest nuisance was not having set a colour scheme on my chest because I made myself bare-chested.

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SSH

2014-10-22

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Internet > Remote controlling software >

SSH being enabled is also known as having “shell access” enabled. It’s generally considered a risk for various reasons, most notably because runaway processes can be an issue.

Secure Shell

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Open Cubic Player

2014-09-09

abandoned, audio playing software, audio software, commandline software, dead, DOS software, freeware, glances, Linux software, loved, media software, open-source software, reviews, SID software, software, todo

Software >

https://www.cubic.org/player/

Cubic Player, now Open Cubic Player, was my audio player of choice back in my DOS days. Officially abandoned under DOS, but renamed to “open cubic player” and further-developed to become multi-platform (Linux).

Rather old, but still awesome.

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systemd

2014-08-08

commandline software, disliked, evil, freeware, glances, init, Linux software, open-source software, security, software, todo, utilities

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://systemd.io/

An init system.. and more.

systemd is a pox on Linux. It has huge amount of dependencies. As it’s critical to a distribution, and it’s folding in a whole lot of code, it’s widely considered unnecessary bloat and a point of attack.

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Manage Upload Types

2014-08-07

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Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/manage-upload-types/

Manage Upload Types enables an administrator to add additional, or modify existing, uploads allowed by WordPress.

I use this to support .svg and .svgz (compressed SVG).

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W3 Total Cache

2014-08-07

dead, evil, freeware, glances, software, this website, todo, WordPress plugins

https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/

THIS PLUGIN IS DESIGNED TO BRICK YOUR WEBSITE WHEN YOU UNINSTALL IT!!

An Optimization framework designed to improve user experience and page speed.

I’m not currently using it, because as I recall I had issues with this and BlogText.

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Table of Contents Plus

2014-08-07

dead, freeware, glances, software, WordPress plugins

https://wordpress.org/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/
https://dublue.com/plugins/toc/

When tested, it was not compatible with BlogText. It renders items with a ” ¶” appended, because BlogText changes sections to add that. I didn’t investigate further.

I ended up going with BlogText‘s simple [[[TOC]]] feature.

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