Adding a Bluesky icon to Blog

I am back on Bluesky after a break and decided to add a link to my profile on the front page. I noticed that there wasn’t an SVG image in the theme so I added it, here’s how: First locate the theme’s svg.html located here: themes/PaperMod/layouts/partials/svg.html Open the file in a text editor, make a copy first of course. Then add the following block of code into the file, you will see the format and just copy the ones that are in there. ...

6 October 2026 · Mark

Disable Rounded Tabs Firefox

To turn off the Firefox rounded Tabs: In the browser address bar type: about:config Then search for: nova Then change the boolean value of: browser.nova.enabled to false If you can’t find the setting you can add it.

5 October 2026 · Mark

MacBook Wi-Fi MAC Address

After setting up my new network I found I couldn’t connect to my MacBook using its hostname, which is a pain for local web work in HUGO. I found that the problem lay in Apple’s security assigning fake MAC addresses to machines to limit tracking in Public Wi-Fi Hotspots. While this maybe useful in someone cafe or other public areas it is a real pain on home, school and work networks, because the router doesn’t know where your machine is. So you can’t access the machine via its name. ...

18 August 2026 · Mark

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

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

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