vkc - Veronica Explains (Page 2)

A small desktop with a small monitor on top running the Clonezilla software.

tutorials

Clonezilla 101: creating disk images

Clonezilla is a great way to create disk images and clone disks from one device to the next. Here's how I use it.

$The "fediverse" logo in the top left corner and the white woman shrugging emoji in the bottom right. Behind is a zoomed-in fractal design that is pixellated.$

the comments

Removed ActivityPub from vkc.sh

Disconnecting vkc.sh from ActivityPub. tldr; comment moderation is just too much hassle.

A screenshot of a CSS-bare web form, a guestbook entry page, with the letters "RIP" superimposed in red over the side of it.

the comments

RIP guestbook

I took my 90s-era guestbook down today. Here's why. (It's the comments, that's why.)

A Mastodon screenshot with the words "I'm back" superimposed on top

social media

Predictably, I've returned to Mastodon

Because of course I did. There's no room for nuance in my life! Silly me. :P

A foldable laptop on a deck, showing a Jeff Geerling video on the screen.

What I'm Watching

Jeff Geerling: eclipse experience

Jeff Geerling made a great video about the recent solar eclipse!

A YouTube comment which says "Apple sucks. iPods suck. You suck for telling people to buy Apple's crappy products." The comment is hanging over a trash can.

music

Reacting to comments: iPods are good, actually

Responding to some comments about my recent iPod repair video.

personal updates

I've turned on ActivityPub on this blog.

(This is an ancient post about WordPress' ActivityPub integration, it's only left up here in case the information proves useful)

I'm making a "thinking" face. Superimposed are the words "Speech Recognition in Kdenlive", and "hmm. I wonder why more people don't use Kdenlive's speech recognition feature?"

accessibility

Speech recognition and automatic captioning on the Kdenlive Flatpak

Kdenlive has a great subtitle and speech recognition feature, but it can be a pain to set it up when using Flatpak.

A thumbnail with a lot of search engine logos in it. In the middle it says "I quit search engines."

tech and culture

I quit search engines for three months.

Yup. Here's what I learned about myself.

tech and culture

YouTube's bad "AI disclosure" policy

YouTube implemented a new AI disclosure policy. I think it's bad.

A closeup of a patch of grass, some weeds

personal updates

It's not you. It's me. (Taking a break from Mastodon)

I'm walking away from Mastodon for a bit. Here's why.

A small laptop showing an Arch Linux neofetch screen.

tech and culture

Linux on a Chromebook, but interesting-er

Search engines are bad at showing you neat ways to install Linux on a Chromebook. Chrultrabook is my favorite way to do it!