I wanted a way to change the colors of my applications and also sync my wallpaper with my lockscreen. So I spent a few hours tinkering with Waypaper.
Every attempt I found online wanted me to use a separate bash script and have Waypaper trigger it. That was annoying, and I don’t want a bunch of random scripts on my PC. Since Waypaper can trigger commands directly, I decided to just use that instead.
After spending significant time using NixOS, I decided to move back to a more traditional Linux distribution. This wasnât because NixOS is bad â itâs powerful â but because it wasnât aligned with my current learning and career goals.
NixOS is a declarative operating system. Instead of manually installing packages one by one, everything is defined in configuration files.
That means:
It gave me the âimmutable systemâ I always wanted.
I was getting into trying tmux again. Previously, I tried it without any configuration and without a split keyboard. Now I have a tmux + vim workflow.
Since I am a system administrator, I canât change the main keybindings of tmux. Even so, it works well for me with a split keyboard because I follow a lot of the Primeagen workflow ideas.
In the past, I would just open another terminal window. That worked, but it was not efficient because I wood take my hands of the keyboard to hover the mouse over the window. In this post, Iâll go through the applications I use and how my workflow fits together.
Mental fatigue is your mindâs ability to self-regulate breaking down over time.
When mental fatigue gets high, you donât want to do anything responsible. You feel lazy, unmotivated, and avoid effort. For example, after a long day of work, you know you should eat healthy, but you donât want to deal with it.
From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed, mental fatigue slowly increases.
i have came to a epiphany that i have gotten bored of the music that i listen to. the genres that I would listen to. they lost the joy of listening to me. I don’t know when it happen but it did. If anyone reads this you probably ran into the same thing that I just did i don’t know of the fix.
I listen to a wholly different genre like classical music or country. That might work and find music that I would like there.
Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf was a huge refresher for me because itâs a simple story told extremely well. There are no explosions, no supernatural power-ups, and no flashy gimmicksâjust grounded martial arts and human struggle.
The main character loses his parents at a young age and grows up training in martial arts. One night, an intruder breaks in and has already beaten his masterâs daughter. While protecting her, the MC kills by throwing him head-first into a rock. That single moment forces him to go on the run and sets the entire story in motion.
I was at school recently and didnât have any water with me. The school water tastes terrible, and I love trying fancy bottled water once in a while. So I bought a bottle of LIFEWTR from the vending machine.
This was my first time drinking LIFEWTR. Honestly⌠itâs just okay.
Nothing special. Nothing fancy.
They advertise âperfect pH,â which basically just means the water is around a pH of 7 â neutral. The real issue is the taste. There isnât one. Because they filter it so many times, the water has no minerals at all, which leaves it tasting extremely bland. No flavor, no character â just plain water but more expensive.
Today I want to talk about a simple smart switchâbut with a twist. This isnât just a basic on/off switch. Itâs an RGB smart switch, meaning the entire interface lights up in RGB and can be fully controlled through Home Assistant.
The switch has two separate lighting zones:
Both can be controlled independently, giving you a lot of options for feedback lighting, color coding, scenes, or just fun effects.
Released in 2015 and directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian follows astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) as heâs stranded on Mars after a violent storm. Presumed dead by his crew, Watney must use his knowledge, creativity, and science to survive until rescue. The film blends humor, realism, and human perseverance into one of the most memorable space survival stories ever told.
I came up with a very useful idea for home automation. Itâs based on having a database of recipes with their required temperatures.
This idea came to me when my mom started the oven for some Walmart pizza, and the temperature stayed the same as before. So, what if you could simply ask your smart speaker to not only turn on the oven but also set it to the correct temperature for a specific recipe?
