The Baffled Architect

Tag: Linux

  • CLI Corner: rsync

    Synchronise two directories, e.g. Nextcloud and an encrypted USB drive with archive, recursive, partial, and progress flags:

  • Gogh

    Check out these awesome terminal themes at http://gogh-co.github.io/Gogh/

  • Excel – is it a working day?

    Need to know if a date is a working day? Excel has a WORKDAY function which takes a date, adds to it, and tells you the next working day. What about if a specific day is a working day? Assuming the date is in A1:

  • Renew SSL certificate in Plesk with IONOS

    Log in to IONOS – you need three files: If you don’t have the private key, Revoke Old Certificate, then Reissue Certificate – on Firefox this is a bit weird but it’ll download the key file but until you open it won’t complete the reissue. In Plesk go to Websites & Domains > SSL/TLS Certificates…

  • Static sites with Jekyll in Ubuntu

    Setup Ruby Remove the default Ubuntu install, otherwise you’ll get an error You don’t have write permissions for the /var/lib/gems/3.x.x Directory and configure Ruby to install gems to a folder in your home.

  • Upgrade Ubuntu from command line

    Default release upgrade behaviour is configured in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades. Upgrade with sudo do-release-upgrade.

  • The Horn

    Overlooks M8 and periodically “speaks” although I’ve never made out what it says. Sculpted by Dalziel and Scullion and commissioned by West Lothian Council.

  • Expo on Codespaces

    What will I need? How long will it take? About ten minutes. Lets give it a go! Create a new Codespace using the blank template: Once initalised, create an empty Expo React App (select (y)es when prompted): Install the expo-cli command line tool globally: Change into your example project’s folder and edit App.js, maybe adding…