Peter Stuifzand Notes on software, small tools, and the open web.

Notespage 5

20:33

jq is a great tool for processing JSON files. One trick I use often is the following.

jq is a great tool for processing JSON files. One trick I use often is the following.

<input.json jq .

Because the query "." is at the end, you can iterate very fast on a solution.

15:31

Another thing I should support in Ekster is the mp-destination property. This could be…

Another thing I should support in Ekster is the mp-destination property. This could be used to send interesting articles directly to the wiki by creating a page from the micropub post.

13:22

Inspired by the feature in Hey where you can read your emails as a feed, I thought about…

Inspired by the feature in Hey where you can read your emails as a feed, I thought about how it would be possible to build this myself with off the shelf components.

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12:48

After a few months of not working on Indieweb related software, today I have added…

After a few months of not working on Indieweb related software, today I have added bookmarking from Ekster Reader. I wanted this for a long time but never came around to implementing it.

Together with the bookmark feature, I also added syndication targets. This allows you to select one or more syndication targets from your micropub software and are sent when posting.

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22:53

A draft can be used to prepare a little post with image, or basic information pre added…

A draft can be used to prepare a little post with image, or basic information pre added, or a journaling prompt.

20:12

Now I'm trying to built the coffee counter with Tasker and Resilio Sync. Every day around…

Now I'm trying to built the coffee counter with Tasker and Resilio Sync. Every day around midnight Tasker writes the coffee count to a file. This count will be synced to my desktop computer and can then be processed with a script for Exist.

23:03

I have been sending coffees data to Exist for about two weeks now and I'm already getting…

I have been sending coffees data to Exist for about two weeks now and I'm already getting new correlations. On of the things I found by myself is that I drink 4 cups almost every day.

16:44

@standardnotes is a nice note taking app. On Android I'm missing compose directly from a…

@standardnotes is a nice note taking app. On Android I'm missing compose directly from a widget or app shortcut. And sharing from other apps into a new note.

21:34

Fastmail has another calendar view called upcoming with one larger day view and the next…

Fastmail has another calendar view called upcoming with one larger day view and the next six days, with the following events in a list view.

Normally, I use the week view. But this is another great view which gives me a good overview of the next seven days in one view.