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Archer72

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ricemark20.nospam@nospam.gmail.com

I'm a father, husband and Christian. I got started in Linux in 2002, with a set of Mandriva CD's and have enjoyed using variations ever since. I have not willingly used a microsoft product since 2005. Currently on Fedora 40.

I can be reached as archer72 on IRC on libera.chat on #oggcastplanet and on Mastodon at @archer72@mastodon.sdf.org



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hpr4224 :: Auto shop interaction

Thursday, 2024-10-10. 00:06:54. Clean. general.
AutoMaintenance, AutoShop.

Archer72 rambles about an experience in a Wal-Mart oil change shop

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr4188 :: Re: HPR4172 Comment by Ken Fallon

Wednesday, 2024-08-21. 00:05:09. Clean. Accessibility.
tts, TextToSpeech, VoiceSynthesis, accessibility.

Archer72 responds to Ken's comment on HPR4172 with hopefully enough detail

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr4172 :: Re: hpr4072 Piper voice synthesis

Tuesday, 2024-07-30. 00:05:15. Clean. Accessibility.
tts, TextToSpeech, VoiceSynthesis, accessibility.

Archer72 demonstrates using the /opt directory for the Piper executables.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr4102 :: Re:HPR 3133 More MPV Quick Tips

Tuesday, 2024-04-23. 00:05:25. Clean. general.
Media, Video.

Archer72 chats about capture of extensive MPV history

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr4072 :: Piper text to speech engine

Tuesday, 2024-03-12. 00:06:28. Clean. Accessibility.
Piper, TTS, Text to speech, Voice synthesis.

Archer72 talks about Piper TTS using a Piper voice

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3992 :: Test recording on a wireless mic

Tuesday, 2023-11-21. 00:03:43. Clean. general.
Recording, Microphone, Wireless, USB 'C', F-droid, Android App.

Archer72 tests out a wireless mic with a USB C receiver

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3986 :: Optical media is not dead

Monday, 2023-11-13. 00:07:15. Clean. general.
Command line, Create ISO, Burn ISO, Optical media, DVD, CD, Blu-ray.

Archer72 shows command line options for creating and writing iso files

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3982 :: Conversation with ChatGPT

Tuesday, 2023-11-07. 00:03:38. Clean. general.
ChatGPT, EU, GDPR, cookies.

Conversation with ChatGPT about EU Cookie banners

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3862 :: Firefox Extensions

Tuesday, 2023-05-23. 00:10:18. Clean. general.
Firefox, Extensions, Mobile, Android, Privacy, vim.

Archer72 Goes over extensions used on the Desktop and yes, Mobile too.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3845 :: Using tmux, the terminal multiplexer Overview

Friday, 2023-04-28. 00:11:47. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
tmux, terminal apps, lightweight apps.

Archer72 uses tmux and restores sessions between reboots

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3839 :: Rip a CD in the terminal

Thursday, 2023-04-20. 00:05:00. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
optical media, terminal apps, lightweight apps, rip cd.

Archer72 rips CD's in the terminal and avoids the whims of the media companies

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3835 :: Retro Karaoke machine Part 2

Friday, 2023-04-14. 00:15:54. Clean. general.
retro, karaoke, cassette tape.

Archer72 fixes misplaced belts and figures out what really happened

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3805 :: Document File Formats on Wikipedia

Friday, 2023-03-03. 00:12:16. Clean. general.
Documents, Formats.

Document File Format - a continuation of Content Format

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3794 :: Retro Karaoke machine restored

Thursday, 2023-02-16. 00:08:11. Clean. general.
retro, karaoke, 8-track, cassette tape, Free Music Archive.

I fix the cassette tape mechanism to a resale shop karaoke machine

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3782 :: Content Format article from Wikipedia

Tuesday, 2023-01-31. 00:05:00. Clean. general.
media, formats, encoding.

Wikipedia article on the various types of content formats

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3767 :: LP article from Wikipedia

Tuesday, 2023-01-10. 00:42:41. Explicit. general.
audio, vinyl, record, media, history.

LP article from Wikipedia about the long playing vinyl record and its history.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3745 :: Pinecil walkthrough

Friday, 2022-12-09. 00:08:45. Clean. general.
soldering, soldering iron, Pinecil, menu.

Details of the Pinecil soldering iron menu with a secret menu

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3735 :: i3 Tiling Window Manager

Friday, 2022-11-25. 00:15:53. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
i3wm, window manager, lightweight apps, KDE, KDE Plasma.

i3 Tiling Window Manager with a bonus KDE Plasma integration

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3724 :: My top Android apps

Thursday, 2022-11-10. 00:09:39. Clean. general.
Android, Android apps, Mobile phone, Custom launcher.

I walk through the top apps on my phone

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3704 :: Follow up to hpr3685 :: Budget and an Android app

Thursday, 2022-10-13. 00:01:44. Clean. general.
Budget, spreadsheet, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.

I add a calendar to the budget spreadsheet in LibreOffice

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3685 :: Budget and an Android app

Friday, 2022-09-16. 00:02:02. Clean. general.
Budget, spreadsheet, LibreOffice, Android.

Zoho docs for budgeting

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3661 :: Ham Radio testing

Monday, 2022-08-15. 00:06:01. Clean. HAM radio.
ham radio, ARRL, testing.

Study and testing for the ARRL Ham license

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3641 :: Turntable audio capture Part 2

Monday, 2022-07-18. 00:05:54. Clean. general.
audio, capture, vinyl, audacity, mp3splt, arecord, ffmpeg, wav, flac.

I revise previous capture scripts

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3618 :: The nnn terminal file manager

Wednesday, 2022-06-15. 00:07:14. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
nnn, file manager, lightweight apps, vim, zathura, calibre.

The nnn terminal file manager and common uses

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3605 :: Aspire-ing to use 13 year hardware

Friday, 2022-05-27. 00:08:22. Clean. general.
Slackware, netbook, interrupts, htop, upgrades.

Part 2 of using Slackware on the old netbook

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3589 :: Sample of my microphones

Thursday, 2022-05-05. 00:07:14. Clean. general.
microphones, headsets, bluetooth.

Microphones I have around the apartment

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3579 :: PINN is not NOOBS

Thursday, 2022-04-21. 00:10:50. Clean. general.
Raspberry Pi, 64 bit, multiboot, Retropie, Kodi.

Multibooting raspberry pi

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3561 :: Employment security

Monday, 2022-03-28. 00:06:50. Clean. general.
Phone call, IDES, Unemployment, Government, Firefox, Internet Explorer.

Phone system for the state of Illinois

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3545 :: How I make coffee

Friday, 2022-03-04. 00:05:02. Clean. Coffee.
coffee, podcast, ham radio.

Making coffee, and a podcast recommendation

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3538 :: Installing the Tenacity audio editor

Wednesday, 2022-02-23. 00:04:32. Clean. general.
Tenacity, Audacity, Github, Cmake, make, audio editor, telemetry, Google, tracking.

Installing Tenacity, and the reasons behind the fork.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3528 :: Slackware on a netbook

Wednesday, 2022-02-09. 00:05:46. Clean. general.
Slackware, Auld hardware, netbook.

A response show to HPR3512

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3521 :: Upgrades to Acer Aspire 5 Slim

Monday, 2022-01-31. 00:05:44. Clean. Hardware upgrades.
laptop, hardware, hardware upgrades, RAM, hard drive.

Upgrades to Aspire 5 Slim and Specs

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3507 :: USB Turntable fix and sound journey

Tuesday, 2022-01-11. 00:08:48. Clean. general.
Vinyl, album, Vinyl album, record album, aplay, arecord, alsaloop, ffmpeg, retro, USB turntable.

USB Turntable fix and sound journey with arecord, asound and ffmpeg

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3499 :: Fixing a noisy blower motor

Thursday, 2021-12-30. 00:04:24. Clean. general.
car, repair, maintenance, bearing.

I fix a noisy blower motor that I put off since last winter.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3495 :: Podcast Recommendation: The Retroist

Friday, 2021-12-24. 00:01:32. Clean. Podcast recommendations.
retro, retroist, nostalgia, 1988, die hard, bruce willis, podcast.

Podcast Recommendation: The Retroist number 243 - Die Hard

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3484 :: My vim setup with GnuPG

Thursday, 2021-12-09. 00:08:21. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
vim, plugin, lightweight.

My vim setup with the GnuPG vim plugin

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3476 :: My mutt email setup

Monday, 2021-11-29. 00:12:45. Clean. Lightweight Apps.
mutt, email, gpg, accessibility.

My humble mutt email setup

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3455 :: Podcast Recommendation: IBM and Quantum computing

Friday, 2021-10-29. 00:03:13. Clean. general.
podcast, moore's law, quantum computing, qubits, encryption, cryptography, NIST, Josephson junction.

Highlights of a podcast from Moore's Lobby

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3389 :: Tales of a Tagger

Thursday, 2021-07-29. 00:06:06. Clean. general.
tags, mplayer, Android, Termux, vim, i3 window manager.

Adventures and mishaps tagging past shows

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3363 :: Electronics podcasts I listen to

Wednesday, 2021-06-23. 00:05:19. Clean. Podcast recommendations.
electronics, robots, space exploration, engineering.

I go over the 4 electronics podcasts I am currently listening to.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3318 :: Modding a Wii classic with a DNS exploit

Wednesday, 2021-04-21. 00:07:37. Clean. general.
games, wii console.

Modding a Wii with a DNS exploit and using a USB drive to save games

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3294 :: Update to MakeMKV to back up media

Thursday, 2021-03-18. 00:06:18. Clean. general.
dvd, blu-ray, backup, nnn.

Update to MakeMKV to back up media, now on Raspberry Pi

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3287 :: Quick tip

Tuesday, 2021-03-09. 00:01:57. Clean. Cooking.
Cooking.

Quick tip and HPR needs shows

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3277 :: Microsoft in my Debian repo

Tuesday, 2021-02-23. 00:04:32. Clean. general.
microsoft, raspberry pi, bash, script.

microsoft, raspberry pi, bash, script

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3259 :: Nextcloud - The easy way

Thursday, 2021-01-28. 00:08:02. Clean. general.
self hosting, cloud, linux, raspberry pi.

Self hosting a Nextcloud instance.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3195 :: For your Consideration - the ideal Ham Radio setup

Friday, 2020-10-30. 00:57:50. Clean. Podcast recommendations.
linux, security, amateur radio.

Introducing a new podcast to me, with a special guest with an interest in amateur radio.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3188 :: Thrift store quick fix

Wednesday, 2020-10-21. 00:01:07. Clean. general.
sewing.

Fixing up a dog coat for the cool weather.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3179 :: MakeMKV to back up media, and a Question

Thursday, 2020-10-08. 00:06:44. Clean. general.
dvd, blu-ray, backup.

Describing two ways to install MakeMKV DVD/Blu-ray backup program on Fedora 32

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3133 :: Quick tip - Using MPV with Youtube links

Wednesday, 2020-08-05. 00:02:04. Clean. general.
Video, media, bash, i3, Gnome3, Xfce.

I give a quick tip on shortcut keys for watching Youtube or other video sites in MPV

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3123 :: Arduino controlled Christmas lights

Wednesday, 2020-07-22. 00:02:50. Clean. Arduino and related devices.
Arduino, Christmas, lights, Solid state relays.

Controlling Christmas LED lights with an Arduino

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3089 :: For my Entertainment

Thursday, 2020-06-04. 00:07:05. Clean. general.
Raspberry Pi, Kodi, OSMC, Networking, Slackware, Sarpi Project.

How I have my file server and media center put together

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3064 :: How I got started in Electronics

Thursday, 2020-04-30. 00:07:07. Clean. general.
electronics, soldering, trains, jobs.

How I got started in Electronics and some job stuff

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3043 :: How I record for HPR

Wednesday, 2020-04-01. 00:01:59. Clean. general.
recording, bluetooth, android.

The tools I use to record a show for HPR

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3037 :: Ambient recording at Union Station

Tuesday, 2020-03-24. 00:03:25. Clean. Sound Scapes.
soundscape, train station.

Ambient recording in the main hall at Union Station, Chicago

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr3029 :: At Union Station with a train delay

Thursday, 2020-03-12. 00:05:47. Clean. Sound Scapes.
soundscape, trains.

This is a soundscape while waiting for a train at Union Station.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr2953 :: How I got started in Linux

Wednesday, 2019-11-27. 00:04:36. Clean. How I got into tech.
Linux, FreeBSD, Computers.

How I start in Linux, computing, and Free Software

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr2662 :: Repairing a motherboard

Tuesday, 2018-10-16. 00:03:16. Explicit. general.
hardware, circuit board, repair.

I repair a motherboard and get a old tower working again.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr2549 :: DVD ripping using old hardware

Thursday, 2018-05-10. 00:05:14. Clean. general.
ripping, movies, hardware, repurpose.

How I put an older machine and a little cash to repurpose it.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

hpr1922 :: The case to backup Google email.

Tuesday, 2015-12-15. 00:00:57. Clean. general.
google, email, thunderbird, backup, export.

A quick example of how I imported a backup of Gmail.

Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.

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