I recently noticed I have a new directory named .fleet modified in a recent development project, that I had accidentally checked in. Should this be checked into version control with your project? This .fleet is what is generated by the new Code Editor / IDE JetBrains Fleet. It depends on your project team, or your personal preferences. If everyone is required to use the same editor with the same configuration for the project.

After getting tired of having to run hugo server -D from a terminal window everytime. I wanted to see if there is a faster, less manual way. Hugo Run Configuration for Fleet There is not yet a Fleet plugin for Hugo like there is for IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition / Ultimate, but using the Fleet documentation, I was able to arrange the following that works. Click the run / Play button icon or press Ctrl + R

This happens occasionally for me but sometimes a file gets added into your git repository that you did not want to add like a project settings file for your IDE, etc. In my case I started using a new IDE called Fleet, it started creating files in a new .fleet directory that was not in my .gitignore So I accidentally check in some stuff for this new IDE. Here is how you delete what was already commited, but want to leave the files on disk still locally git rm --cached name_of_file_to_delete You just want to delete everything git rm name_of_file_to_delete Once you picked the delete method commit your changes, and you’re done deleting a file from your git repository.

So I have a few giant WAV files that I need to convert to something more reasonable in file size. 1HR audio track weighs in at nearly 500MB, yikes! Could not figure out how to do it. Searched and Found this article Easily Convert Audio File Formats on Linux and discovered the program Sound Converter, which is like HandBrake for audio files, exactly what I was looking for. Open Software Manager.

I picked up power meter for a few bucks at a yard sale, etc. It’s a Kill A Watt(R) model, says Power Monitoring FOR DUMMIES and is identified as model P4455 Power Monitoring for Dummies(TM) It did not come with the book and there appears to be no manual for the thing so here is the notes I am making and reverse engineering what I found so far. Since I am not finding it necessary I have to find this “book” on how to use this thing.

Trying to stop the next window to resize and position suggestion on Windows 10,11. This is when you snap a window and then Windows hijacks the UI asking you now what other windows you would like to fill out the other half the screen with. If you’re not a fan of that like me, the good news is this is easy to fix. Turn off show what I can snap next to the window just snapped Windows 11 Open Start Menu search for “snap”.

Found a good way to test that your phones call audio headset, etc. is working properly. Really nicely done system up over at The Test Call and automated system that will allow you to record and playback yourself to ensure that you are sounding great. No more bothering friends and family to test random hardware is working, now you call them after your sure its working. Simply find and dial one of these numbers depending on where you are: On The Test Call page find the section PSTN numbers and dial the one closet to your local area.

Supplies needed: eggs up to 12 or max of your Instant Pot model 1/2 cup Water Instant Pot and all lid sealing components inner stainless pot metal eggs streaming rack cold water some ice tongs Large Bowl to hold ice & water and cover all the eggs The Cooking Instructions Pour 1/2 cup water into the inner pot and place in your Instant Pot. Place eggs in the inner pot on the egg steaming rack.

If your running Linux on your computer you may surprisingly notice that it sometimes may not show the captive portal on controlled free Wi-Fi access in places like a hotel. For some reason or another the captive portal may fail to show. Here is what I did to get it working since getting technical support for Linux of Hotel Wi-Fi is going to be near non-existent. Linux Mint 21.x is what I was using.

This is for those times when you can’t find the coloring page your looking for but can find plenty of photos or already colored drawings. This process will turn a photo into a line drawing. For this one, you will need to have GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program installed on your computer. Open the program GIMP. File > New Select Template aka paper size you will be printing on.