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So, a little about me. Until a few years back, I was a big computer nerd. I still use Linux exclusively, but I used to spend every spare waking hour (that I wasn't working my day job which was typically 12-16 hours a day) just killing time. I know UNIX and Linux, but never really delved too deep.
Enter the big D word, which I blamed on my time wasting in front a computer. Where did my life go? I hit 35 years old, and 'd' set in big time. Not where I wanted...
It turns out, the blog's custom pages do not seem to work. Oh, I wrote 'em. I split 'em up to meet the 2500 character rule. I even made an "about me" page, which seemed a bit pretentious but I was wanting to test the system and could think of nothing better to do.
Fortunately, I type pretty quickly and it's not actually bothersome to see the work go to waste. But, maybe this will be noticed and someone will tell me why the URLs look right but they redirect to someone else's...
Am writing up a blog on my experiences with Slackware. You can check it out here. I will periodically keep it updated, my college work is keeping me busy, so I'll need some time.
Used as a personal problem/solution tracker.
Posts are published when I have found a solution. Unpublished posts are used to keep track of things I haven't had the time to look up yet.
I really recommend this method because it's a very useful way to do a linux to-do list. I find it also helps others, especially with more obscure problems, or problems that are harder to search for. Be mindful of what keywords you use, and the...
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