https://www.datagubbe.se Old Fogey Computing: rants, hacks and miscellanea. https://www.datagubbe.se/atom.xml Added an RSS feed! Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:25:11 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/xvol/ A bash script to raise/lower audio volume and display an xmessage with the new volume level. Tue, 21 Jul 2020 22:25:52 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Tube version 1.0.15 released, featuring an experimental search function Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:31:01 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/links/ Links to other pages, for everyone's convenience. Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:59:56 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/colshift/ Colshift is a POSIX shell script for manipulating and previewing colors, mainly based on the X11 color table. It can also generate colored GIFs from arbitrary hex values. Mon, 27 Jul 2020 05:25:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/fvwm/ Added the FVWM config in use on my RasPi 3B+, plus a screenshot. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:00:28 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Tube version 1.0.16 released, featuring support for omxplayer. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:38:13 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Tube version 1.0.17 released. Tubeshell now only lists the last 100 viewed videos by default. Sat, 08 Aug 2020 05:59:53 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/colshift/ Colshift v 1.0.4 released Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:50:48 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/adv2016/ Boredom struck, I did a few AoC 2016 challenges and decided to create a page for them. Sun, 16 Aug 2020 04:48:45 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/ttx/ ttx is a Python script for reading SVT:s teletext pages from the comfort of your terminal. Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:44:35 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Added "last" parameter to delhist Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:52:29 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/ttx/ Mostly code cleanups. Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:52:52 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Search function now supports new scraping format from Youtube. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:14:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/subversive/ Better digital living by making things harder for yourself - mostly by not feeding the infinite ad machine of Google and Facebook. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:42:17 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/colshift/ New version of colshift with nicer HTML output. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 00:16:33 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/ttx/ TTX v 1.2 contains a bugfix defaulting the foreground colour to white when foreground colour information is missing from the teletext XML source. Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:53:57 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/colophon/ In which my thoughts on speed, accessibility, privacy and usefulness are discussed. Sat, 07 Nov 2020 13:52:28 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/vsc/ How to disable all the annoying pop-ups, tooltips and auto suggestions in VS Code. Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:24:51 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/noconf/ No Config for Old Men - or anyone else, for that matter: The curious disappearance of configuration. Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:27:18 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ tubeshell now (crudely) silences the "Playing:" output from mpv. Sat, 14 Nov 2020 04:34:19 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/ltmag/ A deep dive into a selection of ingenious AmigaOS features. Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:57:31 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Fixed broken pipe error that occured for example when quitting less before having scrolled to the end of the complete tube history listing. Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:54:37 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/a20sh/ Advent of Code 2020, day 1, part 1 solved in pure AmigaShell. No ARexx! No cheating! Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:54:46 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Youtube changed their search response data format again. Fixed this, so searching works again... for now. Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:10:43 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/adv2020/ Solutions for day 1 through 16 of AoC 2020. Don't think I'll be doing any more this year so I decided to put them online now. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:24:41 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ No real functional changes; mainly a thorough refactoring and better error handling. Also, Merry Christmas! Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:33:04 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/intexpl/ A succinct summary for anyone who's spent the last 20 years in suspended animation. Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:14:37 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/igdl/ Added user-agent header to initial request, which now seems to be required by Instagram. Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:43:06 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/relive1994/ The repeating history of platform diversity and dreams of reviving the home computer. Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:18:59 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/nothingnew/ On inventions, improvements and stagnation in the software world. Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:41:44 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/ttyblink/ How to disable cursor blinking in Linux TTY:s - once and for all! Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:45:21 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/nextcube/ Forgot the password? Reset it like this. Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:12:13 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/endofciv/ New musing: Jonathan Blow is wrong but also right and we still need to prevent the collapse of civilization. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:01:33 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/cgterm/ How to (hopefully) compile and configure CGTerm on Linux. Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:47:12 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/artwillnot/ Ramblings on piracy, culture, manufacturing, profit, and the demo scene. Sun, 28 Mar 2021 20:44:57 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/fvwm/ Added my current main FVWM2 config. Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:38:50 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Added the now required CONSENT cookie to the search function. Please see the documentation for further details on this. Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:51:20 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/peakweb/ On user experience vs. user exploitation Sat, 08 May 2021 14:02:39 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/unconveniences/ A title so long, no explanation is needed. Sun, 09 May 2021 02:58:40 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/progall/ Can - and should - everyone learn to program? Wed, 12 May 2021 02:48:25 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Extraction method changed to reflect Youtube's removal of get_video_info Thu, 20 May 2021 02:38:47 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/netcabal/ On online freedom and politicking the source. Sat, 22 May 2021 03:09:36 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/attrquote/ Who said "Computer science is not about computers, any more than astronomy is about telescopes"? Sun, 30 May 2021 12:17:00 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/sceneorig/ A semi-initiated comparison of US and European hacker cultures. Mon, 31 May 2021 04:46:13 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/endofownership/ New musing: On rent-seeking as a service. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:54:15 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/wflow/ Meta shitposting about lo-fi web publishing for lazy gits Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:17:45 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/voynich/ Amateur armchair theories about the Voynich manuscript. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:26:45 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/stateofunions/ Another title so long it needs no explanation. Sat, 10 Jul 2021 15:00:08 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/bestofbash/ Actually, it's the best snippets from my .bash_aliases - but that's not as fun to say. Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:40:02 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/egk/ General purpose computing for the classes, not the masses. Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:54:03 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/mkdem/ Pixel art animations and lazy coding on real hardware. Smell that? That's a warm CRT. Ahhhhh.... take a whiff! Thu, 22 Jul 2021 05:00:14 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/colshift/ Generated GIFs are now 100x100 pixels. A workaround to silence shellcheck SC2059 was submitted by Bastian Bittorf. Sat, 24 Jul 2021 10:58:26 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/famous/ Pioneers that shaped computing as I know it. Fri, 20 Aug 2021 01:29:11 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/rxenv/ Tools for your ARexx development environment. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:48:10 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/jol/ Making things while making do. Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:48:37 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/rxenv/ Code cleanups, added an invoker script for rxpp. Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:35:33 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/cobol/ A few thoughts on COBOL and its relative obscurity. Sat, 02 Oct 2021 21:34:23 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/fleeting/ How will we remember our personal past in the future? Mon, 11 Oct 2021 01:04:48 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/sage/ Never take long, opinionated lists of advice as irrefutable truths to live by. Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:02:43 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/humans.txt I too wanted to jump on the bandwagon with this exciting new standard. Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:37:53 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Tube is back in business again and can now invoke yt-dlp and pipe its output to the configured video player. This mitigates Youtube's newfangled bandwidth throttling (all thanks to yt-dlp, of course). Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:44:44 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/rxenv/ RxEnv version 1.2 is released. The REPL now includes an IMMEDIATE mode, which will execute new code buffers instantly after closing them. Fri, 12 Nov 2021 21:42:01 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/fish/ Fred Fish and floppies filled with freedom. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:20:26 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/a21tw/ Day 1 solved in Python, COBOL and (on real hardware of course) ARexx. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:33:58 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/fontfest/ On raster fonts, vector typefaces, smoothing and legibility. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 04:31:24 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/rexxtut/ An experimental "Tutorial as Code". Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:41:02 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/30yearcomp/ The Amiga as "a computer built to last 50 years". Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:57:19 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/whistle/ On polarization online and elsewhere. Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:45:36 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/p75/ Two Morons and a Compact Flash Card. Sun, 20 Mar 2022 02:53:27 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/cobtab/ Big Data like it's 1985. Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:32:42 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/durden/ Durden is a program that identifies, counts and, optionally, marks and/or cuts out and saves unique tiles in a given image file. Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:56:38 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/futurefoss/ On imperialism and idealism. Sun, 24 Apr 2022 22:34:01 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/ibmxt/ A cute little desktop toy. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:43:31 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/amhw/ A comprehensive guide to buying your first second hand Amiga. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:00:04 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/1yearconf/ Keyboard Focused Classical Window Management Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:15:45 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added The Heist, #1 in the Gubbdata 2022 Amiga graphics competition. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:22:38 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/hcg/ On experiences lost in user-friendliness. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:38:08 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/yt/ Extracton method changed to account for JSON end token possibly being "head" variable instead of "meta" variable. Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:16:01 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/propart/ A deep dive into the GUI components and legal ramifications of Windows 95. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 01:00:04 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/constline/ On old friendships and new loneliness. Sun, 31 Jul 2022 07:37:35 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/banalogies/ On different kinds of literacy Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:19:43 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/stubborn/ Ars longa, vita brevis. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:58:42 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/charlesiii/ On metapolitics and impending doom. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 22:28:23 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/durden/ Removed the crufty class, otherwise functionally the same. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:47:47 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/ttx/ TTX is back in business! Once again you can enjoy Swedish national teletext news from the comfort of your terminal. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:48:17 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/short/ Not quite aphorisms. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 22:01:54 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/dopus/ File management done right. Fri, 07 Oct 2022 23:56:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added a new pixel art image (GriMaPe Visits the Pub) and updated the design of the pixel art page. Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:05:52 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/girls/ A deep dive into early home computer ads. Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:49:57 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/stranger/ Angry nerd yells at TV. Wed, 28 Dec 2022 02:39:04 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/25years/ Tracing the Fractal of Complexity. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:51:32 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/utildisks/ Exploring the customized toolboxes of yore. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 01:04:13 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/edc/ Always prepared! Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:10:55 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/lessads/ Angry man yells at late stage capitalism. Sat, 06 May 2023 01:04:23 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/tradeant/ ...and why hypothetical AI:s won't, either. Sun, 11 Jun 2023 05:12:34 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/futsoft/ On geopolitics, economics, class, looming austerity... and Twitter. Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:26:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/nerdnat/ Hungry hedgerow hacks for city slickers. Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:48:27 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/scenearch/ The ones making Amiga 500 fun. Sat, 26 Aug 2023 02:18:43 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/proghack/ Hacker culture and politics in postmodern fact and fiction. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:00:25 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/usab2/ In which we once more delve into the world of user interface design. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:22:28 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/survey/ We value your valuable input, valuable input valuer! Sat, 25 Nov 2023 01:08:08 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/dpaint/ The Kaleidoscopic Magical Motion Machine. Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:49:54 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/adosmyst/ Documented, undocumented, unfinished and useful. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:43:49 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/afb/ A detailed account of the rise and fall of an Amiga zealot. Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:01:10 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/swepun/ In a strange turn of events, regular datagubbe programming will resume after this short break of Swedish nonsense. Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:09:28 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles/ Old codger yells at software, part the latest. Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:52:10 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/winter/ Thoughts on articifial intelligence and lofty expectations. Tue, 21 May 2024 00:04:16 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/stupidslow/ On the perceived speed of computers. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 01:01:41 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added "Frog" and "Zero Street Cred", two 8 colour images used in a small dentro/slideshow called "2024". Released at Gerp in January. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:23:44 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/simcplx/ We all want the system we can't have. Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:55:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/crt/ On Cathode Ray Tubes, nostalgia and anachronisms. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 01:30:31 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added "Les Animaux", Amiga graphics released at Pågadata 2024. Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:11:04 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/cosy/ On the soulful qualities of home computers. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:09:19 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/hackertest/ For those of us who didn't receive a case of beer with our computer. Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:18:29 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/quine/ An honest man scores a single point on a silly test. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:37:14 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/passion/ Are you loving every second of your job? Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:49:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/coolestamiga/ The pride of Skövde, Sweden. Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:59:20 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/scenecop/ Scandal, scandal! Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:50:03 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/futui/ Revolutionizing the desktop since 1975. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:27:39 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/braket/ Exploring the unnecessary, part 3735928559 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:14:33 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/ Computers were more fun when they weren't for everyone. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:06:49 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/icons/ Fun, ugly, crazy and beautiful. Wed, 21 May 2025 02:05:11 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pickwm/ Living in the past has never been easier. Sat, 24 May 2025 15:54:21 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/iconmeaning/ Thoughts on cryptic ideograms and stylized squares. Thu, 29 May 2025 22:49:48 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/cbrand/ What's in a logo? Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:11:37 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/dimburger/ This is why we can't have nice things. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:55:12 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/amix/ Deal or no deal? Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:23:05 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/retnost/ Creating something new isn't living in the past. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:37:15 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added "Old Boyz", graphics used in an intro released at Pågadata 2025. Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:37:35 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/sceneherit/ Thoughts on a generational subculture. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 03:17:05 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/ramdisk/ Creative use of a system staple. Sat, 04 Oct 2025 03:24:34 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/crt2/ On CRTs, pixels and signal quality (again) Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:16:39 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/fatmike/ Large Language Mixups. Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:30:54 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/llmfix/ On sustained western growth and Artificial Intelligence. Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:31:08 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/ Screenshots from another era. Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:08:13 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/os2/ Short summary: This didn't happen. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:34:41 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/aiarch/ On software architecture and the paradox of machine-assisted programming. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:42:48 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ Added "Langeskov Jazz", originally released at Fioniadata 2026. Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:47:42 +0100 https://www.datagubbe.se/aipixels/ On copying, tracing, converting and prompting. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:06:22 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/pihkal/ Memorable pixel art from the Amiga demo scene. Wed, 06 May 2026 03:35:11 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/dhabi/ Comparing hypes and bubbles. Sat, 30 May 2026 18:16:06 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/os20up/ A system software release for the ages. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:36:03 +0200 https://www.datagubbe.se/commophone/ Commodore Shenanigans Through The Ages. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:23:42 +0200