Walk to the office last Thursday morning in Leeds.

A simple Python script to allow you to quickly search from the command line that I’ve been playing with on and off for a while.

https://github.com/alastairhm/searchit

It uses the Python Library Fire to automatically generate the command line interface which is something I stumbled across recently.

You either pass it a paramater for the search term or if one it not passed it used whatever is in your clipboard buffet.

Updating the parameter file you can add other search engines and pick which one to use as your default.

Came across this article of ways to Learn C on Linux which took me back to my 3rd real programming job.

It was with a software house mainly working with C/C++ on Linux/ Unix and embedded systems.

My first real experience use C/C++ in a professional environment, happy days with a good bunch of geeks.

If you’ve never tried it before it would be a good change from more recent languages to learn C for a challenge.

Installing Ruby and Node on Redhat 8

Quick tip on how to install Ruby 2.7 and Nodejs 12 on Redhat 8, as it can default to older versions.

# Enable new versions
dnf -y module reset ruby nodejs
dnf -y module enable ruby:2.7 nodejs:12

# Install
dnf install nodejs ruby

# Check installed versions
ruby --version
node --version
npm --version

Devops Docker images again

Another Docker image with some tools useful for devops, this time includes the TIG CLI utility.

Tig

Tig Docker image https://github.com/alastairhm/docker-tig

To use run the following;

Directly on the CLI

docker run --rm -ti -v $(pwd):/mnt ghcr.io/alastairhm/docker-tig:latest

As an alias

alias tig='docker run --rm -ti -v $(pwd):/mnt ghcr.io/alastairhm/docker-tig:latest'

For full instructions on using TIG visit the offical instructions page.

Flickr Album from Weekend break to Seaham in County Durham, England.

Rectangle Filling

Packing with Rectangles using the Open Processing website.

Source Code

Circle Packing

Been watching some more old Coding Train Videos so have written a basic circle packing script.

p5* Script output

Source Code

Online p5* Editor

Picked this indie retro style platform game for my Playstation 5 cheap recently.

It was released in 2013, so old now but still a good play.

Links

Game Wiki

More fun playing with BBC Twitter Bot.

https://tco/ks0jhudxdM

https://t.co/xBabCMPWCX

https://tco/jVpUMLBa8D

https://tco/Rt3DOf1FOh