Git Jargon Explained
Git Jargon
Before we delve into the topic of how collaboration happens using git, lets get some terminology out of the way.
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Tech for Diabetics
Background
As a diabetic there are a number of things we are not able to control but one thing we can do is keep tabs on our data and while in past it would have meant meticulously noting down BG readings in a diary, today it is much much easier with all the apps and connected services. In this article, I aim to go through the list of technologies that I am aware of and use to keep on top of my diabetic data right from my phone.
Upgrading PHP version on Linux for Apache
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Install the Apache module for specific php version
Converting AAX (Audible) to mp3
Lately I have been a bit frustrated because while I subscribe to Audible services, Amazon and Google do not play nice with each other limiting me - the owner of books with rights to listen my purchase on any device - in my options on where I can listen. Now I am yet to find a good solution that can get my files playing on google home and not just Alexa, I guess first step was to free my audiobooks from Amazon jail. That as it turns out is rather simple to do.I must at this point mention OpenAudible which is one fine tool. However, their latest version (2.0.7 at the time of writing) added some limitations whereby you can get it to download the AAX files but not convert them to mp3 without purchasing their license. However,converting AAX to mp3 is accomplished using ffmpeg and I do not believe a nice GUI wrapper is what I need and hence I do not believe my money is well spent in getting a license just to achieve from a graphical user interface what I can achieve for free from the terminal with a single line.There are 3 steps in the conversion process:
Metabase - A BI solution that just works
I like exploring new solutions and anything to do with data always piques my interest. I came across this nice tool through the list of free self hosted software.
UPDATE
I am still getting introduced to the world of docker and while most of it just works few things confuse the hell out of me.
Anyway what happened is there was an update for Metabase and I wanted to apply it on my container and in doing so I realised that some of this post can be changed to make it a better experience from get go because after update all my config and dashboards were gone and I had to reconfigure everything.
It could be that my lack of knowledge meant I did something wrong and faced the issue but irrespective doing it as per updated post below will ensure you dont face the issue at all because I have now tested it twice to ensure it works well.
Prosody behind Apache on Debian Stretch with Conversations
Genreal Guidance
This how-to assumes that:
- User has access to a registered domain -
domain.name. Any reference todomain.namethroughout the tutorial therefore, must be replaced with your own domain name. - If stuck anywhere, please do get in touch with prosody support chat - They are a very helpful lot and are very kind too.
Home Networking
Network routing
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Router - Router is the device at home that connects all devices in your house to the internet.
- It does so by assigning IP address to each of your device but this IP address is only relevant for devices connected to this router. What this means is that if you use an IP address allocated by this router from a coffee shop and you are not connected to your home router then you will not be able to reach the device that IP address belonged to. For this reason these IP addresses are called internal IP addresses.
Ghost Upgrade errors and fixes (1.19.x)
I have found the recent ghost upgrades quite painless but there have been few hiccups for last two times so I kept a record of what helped and it is as listed below:
General Update should be as simple as:
Ghost V1.0 Upgrade on Apache stack, related quirks and fixes
Right then, the Ghost V1.0 was out a while back and they made Ghost 0.11.x an LTS so I was not in any rush to upgrade too. I have not had much time to sort this out for a while and two days back when I finally came around to check how to upgrade, my first moment of concern was that officially supported stack is for NGINX.
I have moved my blog to the Apache Stack on DigitalOcean and while on my sandbox environment I still have NGINX, that is not a place I want to host my blog from. Anyhoo, I realised soon enough that while not officially supported it s easy to bypass the restrictions so I went ahead.
The upgrade itself couldn't have been simpler considering the major version bump. The answer to the question 'Was it worth it?' is something we will have to wait and see although I am liking what I see except for the initial hiccups.
Success
EDITED AFTER THE POST: Boy oh boy - just after I finished this post I saw the latest version of Ghost V1.12 is out and it was such a painless process compared to past. Just a simple command 'ghost update' and job done. That itself makes this whole pain kind of worth it.
OK so the steps I took are as presented below.