Marcos' House of Curios

Fiction, gaming, programming and memes

#software #linux #linux #ubuntu

I've been using Mailbox's Suite of tools as a good Google replacement. One of which is Mailbox Drive

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#gaming #mountblade

I've geen getting a lot of mileage from M&B: Warband. Cheating has been an important factor that enhanced the experience for me independently of the mod I'm using, but it's a bit difficult to find cheats for it apart from the ones the game allows.

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#python #django #programming #wagtail

Wagtail is a popular CMS choice for Django, but I'm really rethinking if I should move from Django CMS due to some of its choices and flaws.

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#sysadmin

This is something I need to remember to do from now on since GitLab announced upgrade stops.

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#johnverse #shortfiction #bitcoin #mastodon

John was one of Twitter's early adopters. He relished in its simplicity, something he was lacking in hi5. Bought a latte? Cool, send it in.

A tweet of his would unwittingly change the world.

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#programming #selfhost #isso #writefreely

I was building a comment system out of my Django website to be deployed anywhere but between housework and some freelancing at night I found out I didn't have the necessary stamina to create an easy commenting system. That's where I found out Isso, a Free Open Source Software commenting system

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#programming #ruby #rvm

This happened to me when I was installing RVM because at the time I wrote this, Ruby 3.0 was the default version on the stable branch. However it'll continue to happen on Ruby versions lesser than 3.1 because Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't pack OpenSSL 1.1 anymore.

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#gaming #stalker

For S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gamers, jank is part of the experience. That, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s atmosphere, gunplay and cheeki breeki gopnik memes are one of the main reasons the community survives to this day.

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#annverse #shortfiction

The door opens. “This apartment has great potential!” says the realtor.

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