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"text": "Yesterday was a good day to make a little bow.",
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"published": "2025-12-12T00:31:52-08:00",
"url": "https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/1499-Vehicle-updates",
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"text": "The ebike has been working great!\n\nBut it\u2019s gotten super rainy, and it\u2019s not always great to ride in this weather.\n\nAlso having an empty carport has turned my house into a theft target, and I\u2019ve been locked in a battle with a dude who is absolutely determined to steal the bike at this point.\n\nOne of my ideals had been to go with an older shitbox car with a stick shift, and I happened to be checking Craigslist on my monthly search for a stickshift shitbox, and came across a 2008 Corolla which seemed to be in good shape, and which is basically the same innards and platform as the 2006 Matrix I loved so much.\n\nEarlier today the seller was free and so we met up and I gave it a test drive, and I ended up buying it, somewhat impulsively but, hey, it wouldn\u2019t be the worst car purchase decision I\u2019ve made in the last few years\u2026\n\nJust as I thought, a stickshift is a lot more fun to drive, and doesn\u2019t fill me with as much anxiety as a car that tries to do everything for me and makes me feel like I\u2019m not in control. It\u2019s a super basic car by today\u2019s standards; no blind-spot monitoring, no automatic headlights, no backup camera. Heck, it still has its factory stereo which only has a 6-CD changer and no aux input. (The seller threw in his Bluetooth-to-FM converter thing.) There\u2019s also a bunch of little things that need to be sorted out (I\u2019ll probably be taking it to my neighborhood mechanic tomorrow to see what work they recommend). It\u2019s also beige (which looks surprisingly nice compared to today\u2019s bland sea of black/white/grey boringness) and the paint is peeling and it\u2019s been in a few fender benders. It\u2019s not much of a looker, and it doesn\u2019t really need to be.\n\nI ended up ordering a CarPlay head unit since I do want in-dash navigation and better music integration and such, and also since the car only came with a single key and no door remote I ordered some remotes (which are apparently very easy to program yourself) and found a local locksmith who will duplicate and program the key for not too much.\n\nAnyway. I still wish I hadn\u2019t gotten rid of the Mazda3 when I did, but overall this feels like the right spot for me: a car that I don\u2019t feel guilty about not-driving, and which doesn\u2019t make me so anxious to drive.",
"html": "<p>The ebike has been working great!</p><p>But it\u2019s gotten super rainy, and it\u2019s not always great to ride in this weather.</p><p>Also having an empty carport has turned my house into a theft target, and I\u2019ve been locked in a battle with a dude who is absolutely <em>determined</em> to steal the bike at this point.</p><p>One of my ideals had been to go with an older shitbox car with a stick shift, and I happened to be checking Craigslist on my monthly search for a stickshift shitbox, and came across a 2008 Corolla which seemed to be in good shape, and which is basically the same innards and platform as the 2006 Matrix I loved so much.</p><p>Earlier today the seller was free and so we met up and I gave it a test drive, and I ended up buying it, somewhat impulsively but, hey, it wouldn\u2019t be the <em>worst</em> car purchase decision I\u2019ve made in the last few years\u2026</p><p>Just as I thought, a stickshift is a lot more fun to drive, and doesn\u2019t fill me with as much anxiety as a car that tries to do everything for me and makes me feel like I\u2019m not in control. It\u2019s a super basic car by today\u2019s standards; no blind-spot monitoring, no automatic headlights, no backup camera. Heck, it still has its factory stereo which only has a 6-CD changer and no aux input. (The seller threw in his Bluetooth-to-FM converter thing.) There\u2019s also a bunch of little things that need to be sorted out (I\u2019ll probably be taking it to my neighborhood mechanic tomorrow to see what work they recommend). It\u2019s also beige (which looks surprisingly nice compared to today\u2019s bland sea of black/white/grey boringness) and the paint is peeling and it\u2019s been in a few fender benders. It\u2019s not much of a looker, and it doesn\u2019t really need to be.</p><p>I ended up ordering a <a href=\"https://www.crutchfield.com/p_070DCPA723/Dual-DCPA723W.html\">CarPlay head unit</a> since I <em>do</em> want in-dash navigation and better music integration and such, and also since the car only came with a single key and no door remote I ordered some remotes (which are apparently very easy to program yourself) and found a local locksmith who will duplicate and program the key for not too much.</p><p>Anyway. I still wish I hadn\u2019t gotten rid of the Mazda3 when I did, but overall this feels like the right spot for me: a car that I don\u2019t feel guilty about not-driving, and which doesn\u2019t make me so anxious to drive.</p>"
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Just learned you can create QR codes pretty easily in LibreOffice:
Menu: Insert > OLE Object > QR and Barcode
Enter the URL and tada!
It inserts an object in the document at that point, so it can be resized and moved around. It is not an image that can be exported separately from the document (or at least, I have not found out how to do so yet). This worked OK for my needs, though, which was creating a PDF document with some QR codes in it.
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"published": "2025-12-11 20:40-0800",
"url": "https://gregorlove.com/2025/12/just-learned-you-can/",
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"text": "Just learned you can create QR codes pretty easily in LibreOffice:\n\nMenu: Insert > OLE Object > QR and Barcode\n\tEnter the URL and tada!\nIt inserts an object in the document at that point, so it can be resized and moved around. It is not an image that can be exported separately from the document (or at least, I have not found out how to do so yet). This worked OK for my needs, though, which was creating a PDF document with some QR codes in it.\n\nVia help.libreoffice.org page",
"html": "<p>Just learned you can create QR codes pretty easily in <a href=\"https://libreoffice.org/\">LibreOffice</a>:</p>\n\n<ul><li>Menu: Insert > OLE Object > QR and Barcode</li>\n\t<li>Enter the URL and tada!</li>\n</ul><p>It inserts an <i>object</i> in the document at that point, so it can be resized and moved around. It is not an image that can be exported separately from the document (or at least, I have not found out how to do so yet). This worked OK for my needs, though, which was creating a PDF document with some QR codes in it.</p>\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/01/qrcode.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id901566317201860\">help.libreoffice.org</a> page</p>"
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"type": "card",
"name": "gRegor Morrill",
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{
"type": "entry",
"published": "2025-12-08T10:10:21-08:00",
"url": "https://aaronparecki.com/2025/12/08/15/",
"category": [
"365"
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"text": "I had to re-buy my old Palm Tungsten T2 as well. It was my first color palm and I have such fond memories of it!"
},
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"type": "card",
"name": "Aaron Parecki",
"url": "https://aaronparecki.com/",
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