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General Update v30

Date: 2026-09-25

I plan to attend the 2026 Texas Linux Fest this November. It'll be in the same location as last year, which thankfully is not down town Austin. I'm looking forward to the event and meeting up with any CozyNet blog readers too, as well as any friends that decide to go!

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Fake images polluting eBay, Craigslist, Zillow, etc...

Date: 2026-09-25

Before I start, I want to clarify that I'm mostly writing about second hand stuff and resell where real images of items and their condition are important. I've been seeing a trend on e-commerce sites and the like where falsified images of items listed for sale are being used to conceal their true condition.

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Journal (2026-09-22)

Date: 2026-09-22

Last week was an exceptionally busy one for me, unfortunately ending in sickness. Hopefully this coming week will be a little more laid-back though.

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Journal (2026-09-09) - Farmers market & rain gutter guards

Date: 2026-09-09

Last Saturday I went to a farmers market to help a friend of mine. I haven't been to a farmers market since I was a kid, so it was an interesting experience. This one seemed much more organized than the ones I remember, seeing how everyone had a fold out cover tent, tables, and food trucks.

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Writing on phones and scam calls

Date: 2026-09-04

I keep a rather large and diverse RSS News Feed of various sites and blogs, and one of those is a Mr. Joel Salatin. He recently wrote a post on "Medicare scam calls," and had the following to say...

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Journal (2026-09-03) - Ants in pantry and house cleaning

Date: 2026-09-03

Despite not writing much this past week, I have been keeping busy. Most of it is either personal or mundane in nature, which I prefer to keep off the blog, however the past week has been good!

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Journal (2026-08-24) - More windows!

Date: 2026-08-24

Despite being a day of rest, Sunday was a busy day for me, albeit an enjoyable one. Shortly after having my breakfast, I put on some shoes and went traipsing out into the barn to search for the old window casements I replaced. Since I couldn't find any aluminum tracks matching for a conventional wood window anywhere, I figured my only choice was to salvage the old ones.

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Journal (2026-08-21)

Date: 2026-08-21

This is just a journal post of random things going on, and also a good excuse to try out my snazzy new RSS feed generator! I'm sure there's some improvements that could be made to it, but in the meantime I won't know until I try it out under different situations.

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Building an RSS feed generator for CozyNet

Date: 2026-08-20

It's been a long time coming, but I've finally made an RSS feed generator for CozyNet! That's right, I don't have to manually copy stuff over into a feed index file anymore!

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Journal (20260818)

Date: 2026-08-18

Well I'm happy to say that I've finally perfected (at least enough to my standards) my window frame making technique! It's taken a long time to finally get here, but hopefully it'll pay off.

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General Update v29

Date: 2026-08-14

The months of July and August felt like they flew right by me! They've been especially hot and dry too, which is common for the area this time of year. My yard is crispy dry and dead, meaning I haven't had to mow ever since my last general update blog post, I believe.

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Monday & Tuesday Journal (20260804)

Date: 2026-08-04

Monday and Tuesday have been mildly busy days for me. Monday was a wedding shower for another friend of mine, which He'll be getting married this weekend. I feel like I've been writing about weddings every week now!

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Friday, Sunday & Saturday Journal

Date: 2026-08-03

Last Friday night I spent time learning how to make my own Churros! Since I was already making my own tortillas for tacos, I was inspired to make Churros for dessert too.

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Wednesday & Thursday Journal (20260730)

Date: 2026-08-01

Wednesday morning was smooth sailing. I had breakfast and lunch already prepared and in the fridge, and my coffee pot programmed to startup in before I could get out of bed. I'm writing this in retrospect and can't recall most of the events that happened at work that day.

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Tuesday Journal (20260728)

Date: 2026-07-29

Last Sunday I lost one of my notebooks that I used for taking quick notes at church. I've been searching all over my car, the house, and even called around to see if others may have found it. I guess it really is gone...

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Monday Journal (20260727)

Date: 2026-07-28

I missed writing a journal post for the last few days, but I'm not going to sweat over it. If I miss a day or two, oh well...

Software

A highlight of interesting software.

Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE)

NsCDE is a UNIX desktop environment that mimics the look and feel of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) of the nineties, but with modern features and applications. It is a set of FVWM applications and configurations, enriched with Python and Shell drivers, GTK and Qt themes, and custom scripts.

Date: 2025-03-03

Cubic (Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator)

This is a pretty cool project for creating custom Debian or Ubuntu based Linux distro-respins. I've been testing it out to see if I can't make a most Cozy Debian based re-spin. Try it out for yourself and make your own!

Date: 2024-04-15

Trinity Desktop

The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is a computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.

Date: 2024-02-12

explainshell

"explainshell is a tool (with a web interface) capable of parsing man pages, extracting options and explaining a given command-line by matching each argument to the relevant help text in the man page."

Date: 2023-07-12

GNUstep Desktop

"GNUstep Desktop (GSDE) is modern Linux desktop environment that will give you NeXT/OpenStep-like user experience. It runs on top of amazing GNUstep framework and includes many wonderful apps and utilities that GNUstep community has developed over the years."

Date: 2023-07-07

Build Your Own Search Engine (Wiby)

"The software is designed for anyone with some extra computers (even a Pi), to host their own search engine catering to whatever niche matters to them. The search engine includes a simple API for meta search engines to harness."

Date: 2023-07-04

Archive Page browser extension

"Adds a button to the Chrome toolbar. When clicked, it sends the URL of the current tab to archive.today to preserve a snapshot of the page, and opens the result in a new tab."

Date: 2023-07-03

DeArrow YouTube browser extension

"DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait."

Date: 2023-07-01

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