Clean up File Space

Use the following steps to clean Windows crap Open the run dialog with Win + R Prefetch Folder Type in Run box: prefetch Select all the files and delete, Windows won’t allow you to delete protected currently used files so skip those. User Temp Folder In the Run type box: %temp% Same procedure as above. System Temp Folder In the Run type box: %windir%\temp And once more. DNS Cache Flush Open CMD as Administrator Ctrl Click +, then type: ...

25 May 2026 · Mark

Vivaldi Reader

There is a reader mode built into Vivaldi and it works okay, but on a couple of sites it seemed to truncate the text for some some reason unbeknownst to me. Fortunately Obsidian has a built in Web reader mode too the shortcut is shown below: Hotkeys: Action Shortcut Open Obsidian Clipper ⇧⌘O Quick clip ⌥⇧O Toggle highlighter. ⌥⇧H Toggle reader ⌥⇧R If you are on Windows change the ⌘ to Win and the ⌥ to Alt.

18 May 2026 · Mark

Considering Email

I have seen a few using and recommending using email as an old school contact option. I am a little dubious about using email and certainly not going to add my email address for the old trawling fleet to find. To that end I thought I would try an alias and see how that works. So reach oui if you see this and have any thoughts: email me

16 May 2026 · Mark

Type Fractions Mac

On Mac there is a shortcut to enter fractional elements in text, for example a 1⁄2 is: 1 ALT SHIFT 2 So Numerator then alt shift then Denominator.

30 April 2026 · Mark

Quick Access To WSL

To open the Windows Subsystem Linux from the File Explorer enter the following in the address bar: \\wsl$ to open a specific Distro add it to the path, for example: \\wsl$\Debian

8 April 2026 · Mark

Segmentation Fault On Linux

So it isn’t just Mac that is throwing up an error, also happening one linux. now i have managed to check the code on Debian it is clear something is wrong with the installation or calls in both. it seems to be related to QApplication, but i can’t be arsed to track it down any further. time for a rewrite using QWidget only.

6 March 2026 · Mark

Check For Directory

Create a directory if it doesn’t exist: import os.path isdir = os.path.isdir(postpath) if not isdir: os.mkdir(postpath)

4 March 2026 · Mark

How To Pause Unix Shell Script

You can pause the execution of a shell script using read like this: read -t 5 -p "press any key to resume, will exit in 5 sec ..." The -t is the time in seconds and the -p is the pause followed by a message.

28 February 2026 · Mark