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  <title>I updated my DWM to version 6.8</title>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:34:04 +0200</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-09-21-09-I-updated-my-DWM-to-version-6.8.txt</link>
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After lauding the merits of dwm I realised that I hadn't updated my copy to the latest version, which currently is v6.8...]]></description>
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  <title>Bring an old laptop to life with Artix and DWM</title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:33:19 +0200</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-08-09-09-Bring-an-old-laptop-to-life-with-Artix-and-DWM.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-08-09-09-Bring-an-old-laptop-to-life-with-Artix-and-DWM.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I read Sava's post about using Arch with DWM on old computers [1] and I wanted to add that I do the same but with Artix instead of Arch because I have a not-so-rare allergy.
 ...]]></description>
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  <title>Limits and rules</title>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-06-11-11-Limits-and-rules.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-06-11-11-Limits-and-rules.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Reading some of the GrapheneOS vs. e/OS social media comments reminds me of some of the absolutist arguments put forward by extremists in various domains. ...]]></description>
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  <title>Cold fermented bread</title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:21 +0200</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-01-11-11-Cold-fermented-bread.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-04-01-11-11-Cold-fermented-bread.txt</guid>
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🥖🥖🥖🥖...]]></description>
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  <title>Jabber</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:04:03 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-28-12-12-Jabber.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-28-12-12-Jabber.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I've finally set up an xmpp (Jabber) account.
To do this I registered an xmpp.social account at https://hookipa.net/register/new/ ...]]></description>
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  <title>Home server up and running</title>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:41:49 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-23-10-10-Home-server-up-and-running.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-23-10-10-Home-server-up-and-running.txt</guid>
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This gopher hole is now running on my home server, a Thinkpad T430....]]></description>
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  <title>Jack the DVD ripper</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:05:55 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-21-16-04-Jack-the-DVD-ripper.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-21-16-04-Jack-the-DVD-ripper.txt</guid>
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I wrote me a little DVD ripping script for my DVD collection. ...]]></description>
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  <title>Ripping DVD's for fun</title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:40:15 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-17-13-01-Ripping-DVDs-for-fun.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-03-17-13-01-Ripping-DVDs-for-fun.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
My back is playing up again, so I amused myself by writing a bash script to store my legally purchased DVD's on my old Synology NAS, so I can play them via the media player on my smart TV....]]></description>
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  <title>Apps I'm using on my de-googled phone</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:36:50 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-14-14-02-Apps-Im-using-on-my-de-googled-phone.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-14-14-02-Apps-Im-using-on-my-de-googled-phone.txt</guid>
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## Update on my Fairphone 6 installation....]]></description>
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  <title>Re. Thoughts on my smartphone</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:35:39 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-07-23-11-Re.-Thoughts-on-my-smartphone.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-07-23-11-Re.-Thoughts-on-my-smartphone.txt</guid>
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And the winner is ......]]></description>
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  <title>Thoughts on my smartphone</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:00:57 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-06-18-06-Thoughts-on-my-smartphone.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-06-18-06-Thoughts-on-my-smartphone.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I have a Samsung A53, and I realised that I've been spending too much time lamely scrolling through
youtube instead of going to bed. So I deactivated the app, because Google doesn't want you removing...]]></description>
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  <title>American immigrants</title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:45:53 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-03-14-02-American-immigrants.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-02-03-14-02-American-immigrants.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I've noticed an increase in the number of Youtube videos from American immigrants in France. 
From detailing their "shock" of the cultural differences, to their love of our universal health care, a slower life,...]]></description>
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  <title>Short lived fear</title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:07:08 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-28-12-12-Short-lived-fear.txt</link>
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Stumbling around gopher in my pyjamas this morning I saw an inline picture [1]. Before snapping my laptop shut in wretched fear, I checked to see if the sky had darkened. It hadn't, so what is this infamous devilry?  Turns out it's just that it's a markdown file, and as I'm running Chawan in Kitty it automatically displays .md files with image content. Phew, I almost ran to church....]]></description>
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  <title>67 or not 67</title>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:55:01 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-28-08-08-67-or-not-67.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-28-08-08-67-or-not-67.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Visiting Chris O'Donnell's gopher hole [1] I realised that my favorite gopher browser, Chawan, didn't word wrap text by default. I fixed this [2] with a configuration parameter but started thinking about text width....]]></description>
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  <title>Chawan update: query autofocus</title>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:09:50 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-27-20-08-Chawan-update-query-autofocus.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-27-20-08-Chawan-update-query-autofocus.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
The author of Chawan used W3M as a model, although it is written from scratch in Nim....]]></description>
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  <title>Chawan browser plaintext wrap</title>
  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:42:11 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-26-20-08-Chawan-browser-plaintext-wrap.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-26-20-08-Chawan-browser-plaintext-wrap.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Something I hadn't  noticed when browsing gopher  holes with Chawan
was that plain text files were not having their text wrapped to the...]]></description>
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  <title>Google's AI personal data vacuum cleaner</title>
  <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:49:04 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-25-13-01-Googles-AI-personal-data-vacuum-cleaner.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-25-13-01-Googles-AI-personal-data-vacuum-cleaner.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Google  announced  that  it's  going  to feed  its  AI  your  Gmail
messages,  as  well as  the  whole  deep surveillance  dossier  the...]]></description>
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  <title>A gopher server in Bash</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:18:20 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-24-09-09-A-gopher-server-in-Bash.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-24-09-09-A-gopher-server-in-Bash.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Not long ago I stumbled on Dave Eddy's http server written in Bash.
I wondered if  I could fork it  into a gopher server,  so I fiddled...]]></description>
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  <title>Xdm simple theme for dinit</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:57:09 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-23-14-02-Xdm-simple-theme-for-dinit.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-23-14-02-Xdm-simple-theme-for-dinit.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I like the simplicity of XDM, but  the default theme is rough. 
I came across a nice simple theme made for systemd and I adapted it...]]></description>
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  <title>Back to DWM</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:52:30 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-23-08-08-Back-to-DWM.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-23-08-08-Back-to-DWM.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I'm done experimenting with making  XFCE4 DWM-ish,  and I'm back to
using DWM. It  suits my 1366x768 screen much better  as it gives me...]]></description>
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  <title>Bash language server for Micro editor</title>
  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:57:57 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-19-15-03-Bash-language-server-for-Micro-editor.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-19-15-03-Bash-language-server-for-Micro-editor.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
I use micro  as my terminal text  editor. I'm not in  love with gui
text editors or IDE's. One thing I was missing is a language server...]]></description>
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  <title>Using Xfce4 with Devilspie2</title>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:24:49 +0100</pubDate>
  <link>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-01-10-10-Using-Xfce4-with-Devilspie2.txt</link>
  <guid>gopher://wittamore.com/0/phlog/2026/2026-01-01-10-10-Using-Xfce4-with-Devilspie2.txt</guid>
  <description><![CDATA[
Happy New Year!...]]></description>
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