Aaron Parecki

Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
In other words, you're using a legacy workflow. Moving on from it may not be practical, but you should at least consider it.

@isaac32767 What's legacy about that? It's an actively developed tool, and I was following their rec's: http://www.princexml.com

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
There are a lot of off-the-shelf workflows for converting XML to any user doc format you could name. So if you *start* in XML ... 2/2

@isaac32767 I'm starting in HTML which is what Prince uses to generate the print PDF. That part works great.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:17pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Instead of jumping through hoops to generate the XML, consider authoring in XML in the first place.

@isaac32767 I'm not going to maintain individual XML files for the ncx/opf files. Those need to be generated automatically from my content.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:09pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Curious to know what format your source files are in.

PHP for conditional rendering of content for the epub vs print editions, e.g. "on page X" vs hyperlink, and to get images to flow properly

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:56am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Curious to know what format your source files are in.

HTML, a file for each chapter and section, with Microformats to indicate chapter names for building the ToC...

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:55am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
You're writing XML without a validating editor? I hope your insurance has good mental health coverage.

by "hand", I mean with some PHP scripts. e.g. the TOC is generated by parsing my source files, etc.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:47am -07:00
mcepl https://matej.ceplovi.cz/ • Nov 1
yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless # your OS doesn't offer separate Java from the browser plugin?

I haven't had a Java browser plugin in ages thankfully. macOS.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:42am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Also, the two leading xml editor both run on the JRE. So how did you get that Epub file in the first place?

@isaac32767 Generator? I'm creating it by hand. It's quite a mess of various XML formats and namespaces with no meaningful significance

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:41am -07:00
https://twitter.com/apparentlymart

@apparentlymart Just noticed you're in Portland! Would be great to see you at the next Homebrew Website Club meetup! http://calagator.org/events/1250471747

Portland, Oregon, USA

Tue, Oct 31, 2017 11:45am -07:00
Jonathan LaCour https://cleverdevil.io/profile/cleverdevil • Oct 30
This is great news for home theater enthusiasts who use Apple TV! Now all we need is better audio support :) https://twitter.com/joshtidsbury/status/925051189993070592

oh awesome, I heard lots of people were complaining about the lack of this! Glad to see that it'll be fixed.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Mon, Oct 30, 2017 4:32pm -07:00
beales https://micro.blog/beales • permalink
@aaronpk is that a chain store that might have a Montreal location? I’d love to grab some more ABA books, but shipping to Canada is super expensive.

Not sure, it was called "Swipe Books on Advertising and Design" which sounds pretty small!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Thu, Oct 26, 2017 10:12am -07:00
Marty McGuire https://martymcgui.re/ • Oct 25

So our Sonos locked us out this morning until we let it update its firmware. This is a dark UI pattern which strongly suggests they are holding the system hostage until I agree to let them remove features or add anti-features like sharing what we listen to or surveiling our home network. Anybody know of an alternative, free/open source Sonos firmware?

ugh I hate when apps and devices do this. There should always be a "later" option.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Oct 25, 2017 7:04am -07:00
Jordan Potter https://twitter.com/JordanNPotter • Oct 24
Prioritized this work for our next sprint 👍

@jordannpotter Awesome, thanks! Let me know if you have any questions when you get to it!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Tue, Oct 24, 2017 12:53pm -07:00
TwitchDev http://dev.twitch.tv • Oct 24
Now available.
Webhooks 🎣
Games API 🎮
Video Retrieval API 📼
https://watch.twitch.tv/2yK3A8y

awesome! Could you plz submit an implementation report? Instructions are here: https://websub.rocks It'll help us through the process!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Tue, Oct 24, 2017 11:48am -07:00 #websub
Barnaby Walters https://waterpigs.co.uk • Oct 23
Hey @altitudetech, I backed your Sensly Kickstarter campaign way back in 2015 but you never shipped me my Sensely HAT. I see you have them in stock on your website, how about sending me one? Or refunding my pledge?

ugh that's the worst. That happened to me with that smart thermos thing. They're sold at the apple store now to rub it in.

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Mon, Oct 23, 2017 2:19pm -07:00
Michael Casey http://www.michaeljcasey.com • Oct 23
"Code monocultures." Pay attention to that phrase, people. Very important.

@mikejcasey absolutely: https://indieweb.org/monoculture

Los Angeles, California, USA

Mon, Oct 23, 2017 1:34pm -07:00
Ric Fink http://about.me/richardfink • Oct 19
Seagates?

@ricfink A mix of Seagate and WD, but it’s the Synology that’s failed twice. The third Synology has been fine so far tho!

Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

Thu, Oct 19, 2017 1:19pm -04:00
Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Oct 19
I recently had to RMA my device twice because the controller kept failing. The drives were all fine each time tho.

At this point I'm thinking a couple USB 4TB drives that rsync to another set that sync to Backblaze is a better option. Fewer moving parts.

Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

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Thu, Oct 19, 2017 12:56pm -04:00
Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Oct 19
@mattb I have a 5x4TB RAID6 (2 redundant) but IME the hardware around the drives fails more often than the drives themselves.

I recently had to RMA my device twice because the controller kept failing. The drives were all fine each time tho.

Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

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Thu, Oct 19, 2017 12:54pm -04:00
Matt Biddulph http://www.hackdiary.com/about/ • Oct 19
initially I'm thinking 3x3TB at RAID 5 but I know nothing.

@mattb I have a 5x4TB RAID6 (2 redundant) but IME the hardware around the drives fails more often than the drives themselves.

Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

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Thu, Oct 19, 2017 12:52pm -04:00

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