Self-hosting Firefox sync 1.5

Posted on January 11, 2015 in Selfhosting • 4 min read

I used to self-host Firefox Sync but since the new Firefox Accounts + Firefox Sync (appeared in Firefox 29), it has became more difficult to self-host it, and I didn’t take time to handle it. However, lately, the doc has greatly improved and it’s rather straightforward. Although, most of …


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Personal review of the Lenovo Thinkpad T440

Posted on January 08, 2015 in Hardware • 7 min read

I recently changed my laptop and bought a Lenovo T440. I used to have a Clevo W150ERQ (actually a LDLC Saturne, but LDLC is just rebranding Clevo’s laptops). It was a really good laptop, but I bought it at a time when I when I was looking for a …


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Publishing through the Known API

Posted on January 07, 2015 in Dev • 6 min read

As stated in my last article, I’m considering moving my blog to Known. But I’m not a huge fan of WSIWYG editors. I find it handy sometimes, and can enjoy editing in Markdown on Github, but for a long post, I really prefer writing content on my own …


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Thoughts on blogging engine

Posted on January 05, 2015 in Phyks • 6 min read

For now, I am using my own custom made Python script to handle my static blog with a Git backend, Blogit. It is becoming heavy and difficult to maintain, and I would better do a good refactor. However, many scripts of this kind exists around here, like Jekyll in Ruby …


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Versionner ses fichiers de configuration avec vcsh

Posted on 04 January 2015 in ConfigPorn • 1 min read

Je viens de découvrir un petit outil fort pratique pour versionner ses fichiers de configuration avec Git : vcsh. J’ai plusieurs ordinateurs que j’utilise régulièrement, et c’est toujours une véritable horreur de garder une configuration à jour entre les différents postes. Une solution standard est d’utiliser Git …


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