Ubuntu Gnome Desktop comes with a background service called Tracker that runs a bunch of other sub-services such as tracker-miner-fs, tracker-extract, tracker-store, etc., that do the job of scanning and indexing the files in your user home folder. It’s a service used by the Gnome file manager for speeding up the search bar. This is …
Author Archives: Shawn
Thanksgiving
Just gonna say, Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate.
Seattle Travelog Sat 10/22
Part of a series from the travelog of my trip to Seattle in October 2022. Flight from Austin Bergstrom International Airport was delayed 10 minutes because the ground captain failed to close the communications hatch on the fuselage after pushback. Had to hold on the taxiway for a mechanic. Seatmates kept the window shade closed. …
Masto Mentions
Currently testing the #Wordpress #WebMentions plugin. #Shoutout to @phaysis to see how this plays out. Yo. What’s the word, nord?
Turning Cranks With No Thanks
I have seen the greatest minds of my generation copied, co-opted, ripped off, written over, memified, stolen, and misapplied whenever they put their best efforts into the work they post on the internet. I have no illusions that my own work has become grist for the mill. I’ve seen it. Most of my readers are …