Released: Thursday, 2025-08-28.Duration: 00:03:55.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: AI , Search , DuckDuckGo , Claude.ai , Duck.ai , Apache2 , Certbot .
Archer72 talks about AI rabbit holes
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Released: Thursday, 2025-07-31.Duration: 00:07:12.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Newsboat , Podcasts , Youtube .
Archer72 talks about Podcasts and Youtube subscriptions in Newsboat and quick tip
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Released: Thursday, 2025-07-17.Duration: 00:05:41.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Newsboat , Podboat , Bible , Reddit , Lemmy , Youtube , MPRIS , Podcatcher .
Archer72 talks about how he uses Newsboat and Podboat together for podcast listening
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Released: Friday, 2025-04-11.Duration: 00:10:14.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Record player , vinyl album , record album , record store , streaming , darkice , icecast , arecord .
Archer72 has a brief overview of streaming a vinyl record to his laptop
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Released: Thursday, 2024-12-19.Duration: 00:16:31.Flag: Explicit. Series: general . Tags: car , accident , medical , prosthetics , kmag , accessibility , wifi , termux .
Archer72 talks about his car wreck and people he has met along the way.
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Released: Thursday, 2024-10-10.Duration: 00:06:54.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: AutoMaintenance , AutoShop .
Archer72 rambles about an experience in a Wal-Mart oil change shop
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Released: Wednesday, 2024-08-21.Duration: 00:05:09.Flag: Clean. Series: Accessibility . Tags: tts , TextToSpeech , VoiceSynthesis , accessibility .
Archer72 responds to Ken's comment on HPR4172 with hopefully enough detail
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Released: Tuesday, 2024-07-30.Duration: 00:05:15.Flag: Clean. Series: Accessibility . Tags: tts , TextToSpeech , VoiceSynthesis , accessibility .
Archer72 demonstrates using the /opt directory for the Piper executables.
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Released: Tuesday, 2024-04-23.Duration: 00:05:25.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Media , Video .
Archer72 chats about capture of extensive MPV history
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Released: Tuesday, 2024-03-12.Duration: 00:06:28.Flag: Clean. Series: Accessibility . Tags: Piper , TTS , Text to speech , Voice synthesis .
Archer72 talks about Piper TTS using a Piper voice
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Released: Tuesday, 2023-11-21.Duration: 00:03:43.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Recording , Microphone , Wireless , USB 'C' , F-droid , Android App .
Archer72 tests out a wireless mic with a USB C receiver
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Released: Monday, 2023-11-13.Duration: 00:07:15.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Command line , Create ISO , Burn ISO , Optical media , DVD , CD , Blu-ray .
Archer72 shows command line options for creating and writing iso files
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Released: Tuesday, 2023-11-07.Duration: 00:03:38.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: ChatGPT , EU , GDPR , cookies .
Conversation with ChatGPT about EU Cookie banners
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Released: Tuesday, 2023-05-23.Duration: 00:10:18.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Firefox , Extensions , Mobile , Android , Privacy , vim .
Archer72 Goes over extensions used on the Desktop and yes, Mobile too.
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Released: Friday, 2023-04-28.Duration: 00:11:47.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: tmux , terminal apps , lightweight apps .
Archer72 uses tmux and restores sessions between reboots
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Released: Thursday, 2023-04-20.Duration: 00:05:00.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: optical media , terminal apps , lightweight apps , rip cd .
Archer72 rips CD's in the terminal and avoids the whims of the media companies
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Released: Friday, 2023-04-14.Duration: 00:15:54.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: retro , karaoke , cassette tape .
Archer72 fixes misplaced belts and figures out what really happened
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Released: Friday, 2023-03-03.Duration: 00:12:16.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Documents , Formats .
Document File Format - a continuation of Content Format
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Released: Thursday, 2023-02-16.Duration: 00:08:11.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: retro , karaoke , 8-track , cassette tape , Free Music Archive .
I fix the cassette tape mechanism to a resale shop karaoke machine
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Released: Tuesday, 2023-01-31.Duration: 00:05:00.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: media , formats , encoding .
Wikipedia article on the various types of content formats
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Released: Tuesday, 2023-01-10.Duration: 00:42:41.Flag: Explicit. Series: general . Tags: audio , vinyl , record , media , history .
LP article from Wikipedia about the long playing vinyl record and its history.
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Released: Friday, 2022-12-09.Duration: 00:08:45.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: soldering , soldering iron , Pinecil , menu .
Details of the Pinecil soldering iron menu with a secret menu
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Released: Friday, 2022-11-25.Duration: 00:15:53.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: i3wm , window manager , lightweight apps , KDE , KDE Plasma .
i3 Tiling Window Manager with a bonus KDE Plasma integration
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Released: Thursday, 2022-11-10.Duration: 00:09:39.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Android , Android apps , Mobile phone , Custom launcher .
I walk through the top apps on my phone
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Released: Thursday, 2022-10-13.Duration: 00:01:44.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Budget , spreadsheet , LibreOffice , OpenOffice .
I add a calendar to the budget spreadsheet in LibreOffice
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Released: Friday, 2022-09-16.Duration: 00:02:02.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Budget , spreadsheet , LibreOffice , Android .
Zoho docs for budgeting
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Released: Monday, 2022-08-15.Duration: 00:06:01.Flag: Clean. Series: HAM radio . Tags: ham radio , ARRL , testing .
Study and testing for the ARRL Ham license
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Released: Monday, 2022-07-18.Duration: 00:05:54.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: audio , capture , vinyl , audacity , mp3splt , arecord , ffmpeg , wav , flac .
I revise previous capture scripts
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Released: Wednesday, 2022-06-15.Duration: 00:07:14.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: nnn , file manager , lightweight apps , vim , zathura , calibre .
The nnn terminal file manager and common uses
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Released: Friday, 2022-05-27.Duration: 00:08:22.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Slackware , netbook , interrupts , htop , upgrades .
Part 2 of using Slackware on the old netbook
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Released: Thursday, 2022-05-05.Duration: 00:07:14.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: microphones , headsets , bluetooth .
Microphones I have around the apartment
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Released: Thursday, 2022-04-21.Duration: 00:10:50.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Raspberry Pi , 64 bit , multiboot , Retropie , Kodi .
Multibooting raspberry pi
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Released: Monday, 2022-03-28.Duration: 00:06:50.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Phone call , IDES , Unemployment , Government , Firefox , Internet Explorer .
Phone system for the state of Illinois
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Released: Friday, 2022-03-04.Duration: 00:05:02.Flag: Clean. Series: Coffee . Tags: coffee , podcast , ham radio .
Making coffee, and a podcast recommendation
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Released: Wednesday, 2022-02-23.Duration: 00:04:32.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Tenacity , Audacity , Github , Cmake , make , audio editor , telemetry , Google , tracking .
Installing Tenacity, and the reasons behind the fork.
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Released: Wednesday, 2022-02-09.Duration: 00:05:46.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Slackware , Auld hardware , netbook .
A response show to HPR3512
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Released: Monday, 2022-01-31.Duration: 00:05:44.Flag: Clean. Series: Hardware upgrades . Tags: laptop , hardware , hardware upgrades , RAM , hard drive .
Upgrades to Aspire 5 Slim and Specs
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Released: Tuesday, 2022-01-11.Duration: 00:08:48.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Vinyl , album , Vinyl album , record album , aplay , arecord , alsaloop , ffmpeg , retro , USB turntable .
USB Turntable fix and sound journey with arecord, asound and ffmpeg
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Released: Thursday, 2021-12-30.Duration: 00:04:24.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: car , repair , maintenance , bearing .
I fix a noisy blower motor that I put off since last winter.
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Released: Friday, 2021-12-24.Duration: 00:01:32.Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations . Tags: retro , retroist , nostalgia , 1988 , die hard , bruce willis , podcast .
Podcast Recommendation: The Retroist number 243 - Die Hard
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Released: Thursday, 2021-12-09.Duration: 00:08:21.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: vim , plugin , lightweight .
My vim setup with the GnuPG vim plugin
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Released: Monday, 2021-11-29.Duration: 00:12:45.Flag: Clean. Series: Lightweight Apps . Tags: mutt , email , gpg , accessibility .
My humble mutt email setup
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Released: Friday, 2021-10-29.Duration: 00:03:13.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: podcast , moore's law , quantum computing , qubits , encryption , cryptography , NIST , Josephson junction .
Highlights of a podcast from Moore's Lobby
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Released: Thursday, 2021-07-29.Duration: 00:06:06.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: tags , mplayer , Android , Termux , vim , i3 window manager .
Adventures and mishaps tagging past shows
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Released: Wednesday, 2021-06-23.Duration: 00:05:19.Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations . Tags: electronics , robots , space exploration , engineering .
I go over the 4 electronics podcasts I am currently listening to.
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Released: Wednesday, 2021-04-21.Duration: 00:07:37.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: games , wii console .
Modding a Wii with a DNS exploit and using a USB drive to save games
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Released: Thursday, 2021-03-18.Duration: 00:06:18.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: dvd , blu-ray , backup , nnn .
Update to MakeMKV to back up media, now on Raspberry Pi
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Released: Tuesday, 2021-03-09.Duration: 00:01:57.Flag: Clean. Series: Cooking . Tags: Cooking .
Quick tip and HPR needs shows
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Released: Tuesday, 2021-02-23.Duration: 00:04:32.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: microsoft , raspberry pi , bash , script .
microsoft, raspberry pi, bash, script
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Released: Thursday, 2021-01-28.Duration: 00:08:02.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: self hosting , cloud , linux , raspberry pi .
Self hosting a Nextcloud instance.
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Released: Friday, 2020-10-30.Duration: 00:57:50.Flag: Clean. Series: Podcast recommendations . Tags: linux , security , amateur radio .
Introducing a new podcast to me, with a special guest with an interest in amateur radio.
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Released: Wednesday, 2020-10-21.Duration: 00:01:07.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: sewing .
Fixing up a dog coat for the cool weather.
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Released: Thursday, 2020-10-08.Duration: 00:06:44.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: dvd , blu-ray , backup .
Describing two ways to install MakeMKV DVD/Blu-ray backup program on Fedora 32
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Released: Wednesday, 2020-08-05.Duration: 00:02:04.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Video , media , bash , i3 , Gnome3 , Xfce .
I give a quick tip on shortcut keys for watching Youtube or other video sites in MPV
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Released: Wednesday, 2020-07-22.Duration: 00:02:50.Flag: Clean. Series: Arduino and related devices . Tags: Arduino , Christmas , lights , Solid state relays .
Controlling Christmas LED lights with an Arduino
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Released: Thursday, 2020-06-04.Duration: 00:07:05.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: Raspberry Pi , Kodi , OSMC , Networking , Slackware , Sarpi Project .
How I have my file server and media center put together
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Released: Thursday, 2020-04-30.Duration: 00:07:07.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: electronics , soldering , trains , jobs .
How I got started in Electronics and some job stuff
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Released: Wednesday, 2020-04-01.Duration: 00:01:59.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: recording , bluetooth , android .
The tools I use to record a show for HPR
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Released: Tuesday, 2020-03-24.Duration: 00:03:25.Flag: Clean. Series: Sound Scapes . Tags: soundscape , train station .
Ambient recording in the main hall at Union Station, Chicago
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Released: Thursday, 2020-03-12.Duration: 00:05:47.Flag: Clean. Series: Sound Scapes . Tags: soundscape , trains .
This is a soundscape while waiting for a train at Union Station.
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Released: Wednesday, 2019-11-27.Duration: 00:04:36.Flag: Clean. Series: How I got into tech . Tags: Linux , FreeBSD , Computers .
How I start in Linux, computing, and Free Software
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Released: Tuesday, 2018-10-16.Duration: 00:03:16.Flag: Explicit. Series: general . Tags: hardware , circuit board , repair .
I repair a motherboard and get a old tower working again.
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Released: Thursday, 2018-05-10.Duration: 00:05:14.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: ripping , movies , hardware , repurpose .
How I put an older machine and a little cash to repurpose it.
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Released: Tuesday, 2015-12-15.Duration: 00:00:57.Flag: Clean. Series: general . Tags: google , email , thunderbird , backup , export .
A quick example of how I imported a backup of Gmail.
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