#TodayILearned that to remove the two different timestamps I tend to use you can do this in Powershell
# Strip YYMMDDHHMISS
$ErrorText = $ErrorText -replace "_\d{12}", ""
# Strip YYYYMMDDTHHMISSnnnn
$ErrorText = $ErrorText -replace "_\d{8}T\d{10}", ""
After the Flood
I very much agree with the Grauniad
After the Flood is about how big global changes play out in microcosmic terms. The local councillor’s flummery when confronted (mostly by Molly – do not mess with a community linchpin who is distracting herself from grief) about the lack of sandbags, sirens and other resources that might have mitigated the dangers is emblematic of international inertia in the face of looming planetary catastrophe. The tragic failure of the old couple’s preparations shows the limits of what we as individuals – or even individual countries – can do. This message would be depressing enough to cause viewers to desert the show in droves, were it not folded into a good story playing out among even better characters, and made extra palatable by the rare and delightful sense that you are unexpectedly being served something much, much better than it needs to be.
After the Flood review – an unexpectedly riveting disaster drama | Television | The Guardian
Hello, world (again)
After running a blog of some description on Bloglines, then Blogspot, then Wordpress at Bluehosts (boo!), then WordPress.com, then Hugo somewhere or other then Hugo on GitHub pages….I’m giving micro.blog a go
Jakub Jares - Common Mistakes in Pester Tests
Probably best to do Right Click, then Open in New Tab to make this legible
one-liner to create an excel changlog from git commit messages
git log --pretty=format:%ad,%h,%an,%s $filename |
convertfrom-csv -Header Date,HashThingy, Who, Comment |
Export-Excel c:\temp\ChangeLog.xlsx -TitleBold -AutoSize -FreezeTopRow -AutoFilter
Javascript bookmarklet to create markdown-style link
This bookmarklet creates a markdown-style link for the current webpage
javascript:function htmlEscape(s){s=s.replace(/&/g,'&');s=s.replace(/>/g,'>');s=s.replace(/</g,'<');return s;} function linkEscape(s){s=s.replace(/&/g,'&');s=s.replace(/"/,'"');return s} h = '[' + htmlEscape(document.title) + ']' + '(' + linkEscape(location.href) + ')'; with(window.open().document){write(h+'<form name=f><textarea name=a rows=5 cols=80 wrap=hard>'+htmlEscape(h)+'</textarea></form>'); close(); f.a.select(); } void 0
It’s shamelessly ripped off from this bookmarklet which creates an html-style link for the current webpage
javascript:function htmlEscape(s){s=s.replace(/&/g,'&');s=s.replace(/>/g,'>');s=s.replace(/</g,'<');return s;} function linkEscape(s){s=s.replace(/&/g,'&');s=s.replace(/"/,'"');return s} h = '<a href="' + linkEscape(location.href) + '">' + htmlEscape(document.title) + '</a>'; with(window.open().document){write(h+'<form name=f><textarea name=a rows=5 cols=80 wrap=hard>'+htmlEscape(h)+'</textarea></form>'); close(); f.a.select(); } void 0
I got the above, I think, from Web Development Bookmarklets
More about bookmarklets:
[IO.Directory]::EnumerateFiles vs. Get-ChildItem
On my laptop, with a fairly random set of files, I found that
[http://IO.Directory]::EnumerateFiles
….is a lot quicker than
get-childitem
….given that all I wanted was the filename.
Here is the test I did:
11:24 [1.83] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = [IO.Directory]::EnumerateFiles("c:\temp", "*", 'AllDirectories')} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
4
14:26 [0.02] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = [IO.Directory]::EnumerateFiles("c:\temp", "*", 'AllDirectories')} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
2
14:26 [0.01] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = [IO.Directory]::EnumerateFiles("c:\temp", "*", 'AllDirectories')} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
2
14:26 [0.01] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = get-childitem -recurse "c:\temp"} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
137
14:26 [1.14] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = get-childitem -recurse "c:\temp"} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
731
14:26 [0.74] C:\powershell >measure-command {$x = get-childitem -recurse "c:\temp"} | select milliseconds
Milliseconds
------------
628
My $Myvimrc
set nocompatible
source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
behave mswin
set guifont=Consolas:h12:cANSI
syntax on
colorscheme murphy
set backupdir=c:\temp
set directory=c:\temp
set undodir=c:\temp
set spellfile=C:\matt\bin\markdown.latin1.add
set ignorecase
let mapleader = ","
map <Leader>d :%s/xxTodaysDate/\=strftime('%d %B %Y')<CR>
map <Leader>t .,$Tab /, "
map <Leader>b <Esc>I<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>
map <Leader>m o### xxxTitle<Cr><Cr>```<Cr>xxxContent<Cr>```<Esc>?xxx<Cr>C
map xxq I<blockquote><Esc>
map xqx A</blockquote><Esc>
map xxl I<li><Esc>A</li><Esc>
podcasts I listen to - some episodes
I’ve split the list into three posts, depending on whether I listen religiously to every episode, or just most episodes, or whether I cherry pick the ones that interest me:
This .opml file should be import-able into podcast apps
When I started consuming podcasts, I was very ‘hunt-and-peck’. I had a list of podcasts in an RSS reader and I would only download individual episodes that I thought looked interesting. ‘Interesting’ meaning ‘interesting to me’. I’ve only started downloading every episode of some podcasts fairly recently.
….anyway, I often download from all of these, but typically not every episode.
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn - very good celebrity/artist interview show RSS link
Conversations - another good interview show RSS link
A Point of View - BBC essay series. Older ones are by Clive James RSS link
All Songs Considered - music RSS link
Analysis - Radio 4 current affairs RSS link
Books and Authors - Radio 4 books RSS link
Anything But Silent - British Library podcast RSS link
Library Talks - author talks RSS link
Documentary on One - RTE Documentaries - docs from the Irish state broadcaster RSS link
The Documentary Podcast - docs from the British state broadcaster….I think this was World Service RSS link
The Radio 3 Documentary - more docs RSS link
Free Library Podcast - a greate archive of author talks RSS link
Fresh Air - US cultural show RSS link
The Intelligence - either the FT or the Economist RSS link
Game of Our Lives - football podcast RSS link
HARDtalk - tough, long-ish interviews with poiliticans etc RSS link
Headliners - Nihal Arthanayake interviewing mainly celebrity types. He’s very good at it RSS link
Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin - celebrity interviewing celebrities RSS link
Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh interviews hip-hop fans and celebs RSS link
History Extra podcast - history, obviously RSS link
RTE - The History Show - also, history RSS link
I Was There - eye-witness accounts of stuff RSS link
In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg talks to academic on a subject. I enjoy the ‘easier’ ones RSS link
Little Atoms - podcast with a rationalist, atheist perspective RSS link
LSE: Public lectures and events - college podcast RSS link
Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast - the more serious bits of the mag RSS link
PODAROONEY - interviews by comedian/Father Ted actor Joe Rooney RSS link
Public lecture podcasts - college podcast RSS link
The Reith Lectures - prestigious annual BBC podcast RSS link
Shedunnit - ‘golden age’ crime fiction podcast RSS link
Sodajerker On Songwriting - interviews with songwriters of different levels of fame, specifically about the song-writing RSS link
Soul Music - about a specific song and what it means to people RSS link
Steve Wrights Big Guests - broadcasting genius as far as I’m concerned, but I only really download the episodes where it’s an interviewee I’m interested in RSS link
The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast - comedians talking about comedy and other stuff RSS link
The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads - audio versions of longer articles. RSS link
The Penguin Podcast - conversations with writers RSS link
Witness History - short-ish eye-witness accounts of stuff RSS link
World Book Club - talks with writers RSS link
Writers and Company from CBC Radio - more talks with writers RSS link
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - I hadn’t heard of Marc Maron before the podcast. He’s a US comedian and actor. The podcast is hime interviewing people in his garage, including, famously, Barack Obama while he was still President RSS link
Meet Me at the Museum - people visit museums RSS link
You’re Dead To Me - history podcast RSS link
Dolly Parton’s America - a series about Ms Parton and her place in the world RSS link
Seem to be defunct :(
Bunce’s Tales of the Extraordinary - stories about sports-people RSS link
FT Life of a Song - short doc’s about specific songs RSS link
podcasts I listen to - some episodes
I’ve split the list into three posts, depending on whether I listen religiously to every episode, or just most episodes, or whether I cherry pick the ones that interest me:
This .opml file should be import-able into podcast apps
When I started consuming podcasts, I was very ‘hunt-and-peck’. I had a list of podcasts in an RSS reader and I would only download individual episodes that I thought looked interesting. ‘Interesting’ meaning ‘interesting to me’. I’ve only started downloading every episode of some podcasts fairly recently.
….anyway, I often download from all of these, but typically not every episode.
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn - very good celebrity/artist interview show RSS link
Conversations - another good interview show RSS link
A Point of View - BBC essay series. Older ones are by Clive James RSS link
All Songs Considered - music RSS link
Analysis - Radio 4 current affairs RSS link
Books and Authors - Radio 4 books RSS link
Anything But Silent - British Library podcast RSS link
Library Talks - author talks RSS link
Documentary on One - RTE Documentaries - docs from the Irish state broadcaster RSS link
The Documentary Podcast - docs from the British state broadcaster….I think this was World Service RSS link
The Radio 3 Documentary - more docs RSS link
Free Library Podcast - a greate archive of author talks RSS link
Fresh Air - US cultural show RSS link
The Intelligence - either the FT or the Economist RSS link
Game of Our Lives - football podcast RSS link
HARDtalk - tough, long-ish interviews with poiliticans etc RSS link
Headliners - Nihal Arthanayake interviewing mainly celebrity types. He’s very good at it RSS link
Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin - celebrity interviewing celebrities RSS link
Hip Hop Saved My Life with Romesh Ranganathan - Romesh interviews hip-hop fans and celebs RSS link
History Extra podcast - history, obviously RSS link
RTE - The History Show - also, history RSS link
I Was There - eye-witness accounts of stuff RSS link
In Our Time - Melvyn Bragg talks to academic on a subject. I enjoy the ‘easier’ ones RSS link
Little Atoms - podcast with a rationalist, atheist perspective RSS link
LSE: Public lectures and events - college podcast RSS link
Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast - the more serious bits of the mag RSS link
PODAROONEY - interviews by comedian/Father Ted actor Joe Rooney RSS link
Public lecture podcasts - college podcast RSS link
The Reith Lectures - prestigious annual BBC podcast RSS link
Shedunnit - ‘golden age’ crime fiction podcast RSS link
Sodajerker On Songwriting - interviews with songwriters of different levels of fame, specifically about the song-writing RSS link
Soul Music - about a specific song and what it means to people RSS link
Steve Wrights Big Guests - broadcasting genius as far as I’m concerned, but I only really download the episodes where it’s an interviewee I’m interested in RSS link
The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast - comedians talking about comedy and other stuff RSS link
The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads - audio versions of longer articles. RSS link
The Penguin Podcast - conversations with writers RSS link
Witness History - short-ish eye-witness accounts of stuff RSS link
World Book Club - talks with writers RSS link
Writers and Company from CBC Radio - more talks with writers RSS link
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - I hadn’t heard of Marc Maron before the podcast. He’s a US comedian and actor. The podcast is hime interviewing people in his garage, including, famously, Barack Obama while he was still President RSS link
Meet Me at the Museum - people visit museums RSS link
You’re Dead To Me - history podcast RSS link
Dolly Parton’s America - a series about Ms Parton and her place in the world RSS link
Seem to be defunct :(
Bunce’s Tales of the Extraordinary - stories about sports-people RSS link
FT Life of a Song - short doc’s about specific songs RSS link
Hugo error: execute of template failed: template: _default/list.html:8:23: executing 'main' at <.Pages.Date.Reverse>: can't evaluate field Date in type page.Pages
Got this:
Building sites - WARN 2020/02/18 18:08:30 .File.Dir on zero object. Wrap it in if or with:
{{ with .File }}{{ .Dir }}{{ end }}
Built in 63859 ms
Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "section" failed: "C:\matt\website\layouts\_default\list.html:8:23": execute of template failed: template: _default/list.html:8:23: executing "main" at <.Pages.Date.Reverse>: can't evaluate field Date in type page.Pages
I think this was because I had the line:
{{ range .Pages.Date.Reverse}}
….in my list.html
It should be:
{{ range .Pages.ByDate.Reverse}}
