From the Mind of Bob

What I think, what I hear, what I see

Comments Feature Added

2022-10-07 Code Bob Ossler
New feature I have added a new commenting system using Utterances through GitHub. This is an experimanetal feature for me since I am not very active, nor do I “promote” my site. This is a test to see how I like it, and to see how well it works. I have seen it used on other sites and it has been reported to be pretty good at filtering out spam & nonsense. Continue reading

But has any little atom,
While a-sittin’ and a-splittin’,
Ever stopped to think or CARE
That E = m c**2 ?

Unknown

The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools, colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to special religious beliefs ranging from the unorthodox to the dotty, that we can hardly wonder at its yielding a more bounteous harvest of gobbledegook than the rest of the world put together.

Sir Peter Medawar

Capture Track Info

2022-02-22 Code Bob Ossler
SUCCESS!!! In a prior post I talked about re-discovering Internet streaming radio. I am enjoying listening to TheEL.US and I love their variety of Rock, Blues, and Metal. Their library spans decades and they play stuff you’d never hear on a corporate station. What does this have to do with code & scripting? Well, I use the mpv CLI tool to stream the station from a terminal. Each time the song (track) changes I get a message with the artist / title. Continue reading
Older posts Newer posts