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Well, it’s been a long time, but git has got to be amongst the most mysterious of all software tools. I’ve spent the last five years going through tutorials and most of them are obsolete. The git command is undergoing really significant improvement and lots of the confusing things are…

Ok, more stuff for developers, this is about getting Typescript to run with Vim. While many people are using VSCode, I guess the muscle memory and speed of Vi (vee-eye not vaay) are just too much an attraction, so here is as how to get the environment working right. Installing…

Ok, some of my favorites, Ti Pang is awesome, basically braise any kind of pork in soy sauce and sugar. What can go wrong! I guess the technical term is braised Chinese Braise Pork Shank, but I also knew it as Ti Pang 蹄膀  or affectionately Sweet Hoof 糖蹄. The…

Ok, three incredibly annoying things finally tracked down early this morning: Unifi Intrusion Protection blocks Github SSH connections The net of it is that Intrusion Prevention has been great (at least I haven’t seen many ill effects except this one). It makes Github basically unusable. I’ve been having horrible problems…

Ok, today was a day of little things, of update hell and trying to keep a Smart home up and going plus some tips: Unifi. Make sure that you turn *off* automatic firmware updates. While you will be getting bug fixes, the code is pretty unstable right now. Basically, I…

OK, I have not really had to use Office on the desktop in a *very* long time. Most of my editing is just with Google Workspace these days, but thanks to the Microsoft Alumni Network, we do get a $99 subscription per year as part of being that group. So…

Ok, you can now see all my podcasts on a dedicated Podcast page thanks to the miracle workers at Blubrry with the PowerPress Plugin. This gives you a dedicated view that is either standard HTML5 or their own flavor. There are a sea of other Podcast plugins at Optin Monster…

More fun for posts as for February 28 and back to January 5 2021 at Anchor.fm, Spotify or Apple. Git madness and pull request splitting https://tongfamily.com/2021/02/28/github-madness-what-happens-if-you-do-not-protect-main/ Olive oil shopping from wishlist https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/genericItemsPage/3PBCKT8DWZ7HR?type=wishlist&_encoding=UTF8&tag=rich20-20 Zoom hacks for multiple windows. Mars 2020 Perseverance videos and things. Richt starts a substack newsletter at https://richt.substack.com What to do when your computer get hacked. Cool keyboard oriented apps like Superhuman, fzf…

Sigh, here is what happens when an idiot like me doesn’t pay enough attention and you don’t protect your main branch and how to get out of it. The problem: The free version of git does not allow protection of the main branch. That means any one can do a…