| author | Alan Dipert
<alan@tailrecursion.com> 2026-07-16 16:43:02 UTC |
| committer | Alan Dipert
<alan@tailrecursion.com> 2026-07-16 16:43:02 UTC |
| parent | 91eefdf0ffb2884176bef646491df1c10b9ce753 |
| md/GridCalc.md | +1 | -1 |
| md/HomePhotos.md | +1 | -2 |
| md/Lisp/GherkinHistory.md | +1 | -2 |
| md/TechWorks.md | +4 | -5 |
diff --git a/md/GridCalc.md b/md/GridCalc.md index 6adac97..341a567 100644 --- a/md/GridCalc.md +++ b/md/GridCalc.md @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ If that way of thinking resonates, you can watch the [demo video](https://youtu. - [Constructive Reals background](https://chadnauseam.com/coding/random/calculator-app) - [creal.js](https://github.com/christianp/creal.js) -- [CLP's Nice Calculator (inspiration)](https://www.chrisl.org/calculator/) +- [CLP's Nice Calculator (inspiration)](https://somethingorotherwhatever.com/nice-calculator/) <figure style="margin: 1.5rem 0 0 0; max-width: 520px;"> <img src="./GridCalc/byte_gridcalc.png" alt="GridCalc magazine cover mockup" width="100%" /> diff --git a/md/HomePhotos.md b/md/HomePhotos.md index 26ffb6f..5f0809d 100644 --- a/md/HomePhotos.md +++ b/md/HomePhotos.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ I run PhotoPrism on Fedora on my old Lenovo T430s laptop with a 1TB SSD. I was a * [PhotoSync](https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html) on Android and iOS to sync photos from devices to PhotoPrism. * Docker to run PhotoPrism in docker-compose, as a systemd unit ([tutorial](https://techoverflow.net/2020/10/24/create-a-systemd-service-for-your-docker-compose-project-in-10-seconds/)). * [Tailscale VPN](https://tailscale.com/) so photos can be accessed and uploaded even while mobile. -* [Duplicity](http://duplicity.nongnu.org/) in cron (via [flock](https://linux.die.net/man/1/flock)) to back up regularly to AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive. This is currently the cheapest way to store things in AWS long term. I started with [this tutorial](https://stuff.technology/making-offsite-backups-for-home-convenient-inexpensive-and-secure-4654680333e8) but ended up making my own Dockerfile and using a newer duplicity/requirements.txt: +* [Duplicity](http://duplicity.nongnu.org/) in cron (via [flock](https://linux.die.net/man/1/flock)) to back up regularly to AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive. This is currently the cheapest way to store things in AWS long term. I started with [this tutorial](https://medium.com/stuff-technology/making-offsite-backups-for-home-convenient-inexpensive-and-secure-4654680333e8) but ended up making my own Dockerfile and using a newer duplicity/requirements.txt: * [Dockerfile](./HomePhotos/Dockerfile) * [requirements.txt](https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity/-/blob/d52fd888100b8fb105c696b38f2884c8173eb412/requirements.txt) * I really like the look of [tarsnap](https://www.tarsnap.com/) but I find it a little too expensive for this use case. As far as I can tell, the killer feature it offers (beyond encryption) is incremental deletion. I hope to use it for system backups in the near future, though. I think it would also be good for storing recent security camera footage from [ZoneMinder](https://zoneminder.com/), once I get that set up. @@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ Future plans In the future, I look forward to working with PhotoPrism more, and maybe even getting involved with its development. I'm interested in adding OCR indexing and full text search to navigate the many documents I photograph with my phone. In my prototype I had some success with [Tesseract](https://github.com/nguyenq/tess4j) and [SQLite FTS 5](https://sqlite.org/fts5.html) for this purpose. I would also enjoy a more powerful textual search language. A local healthcheck service would be nice too. I'd like to see a [ESP8266](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266) or something somewhere in my office with a green LED glowing to know everything is fine™. - diff --git a/md/Lisp/GherkinHistory.md b/md/Lisp/GherkinHistory.md index 87f4f4a..f2ef53d 100644 --- a/md/Lisp/GherkinHistory.md +++ b/md/Lisp/GherkinHistory.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ In a quest to become a **Real Lisp Hacker**, I bounced around Google search resu Of the stuff I read, [PAIP](https://amzn.to/3px57ZJ) probably propelled me the furthest along, but I struggled to develop a really solid comprehension of the basic implementation mechanics of things like closures. In retrospect, this is almost surely because I was experimenting in Clojure, but the examples were in [Common Lisp](./CommonLisp.md), a language I didn't know well. -In the fall of 2013, in the month before Clojure/conj, I ran across [awklisp](https://github.com/darius/awklisp) by [Darius Bacon](http://wry.me/~darius/). I became obsessed with it. +In the fall of 2013, in the month before Clojure/conj, I ran across [awklisp](https://github.com/darius/awklisp) by [Darius Bacon](https://web.archive.org/web/20200216105017/http://wry.me:80/~darius/). I became obsessed with it. awklisp had a few properties unique among available implementations at the time. I believe this set of properties made it especially compelling to me as a learning aid: @@ -82,4 +82,3 @@ Proper BDFL attire Clinton Dreisbach made me an awesome Gherkin shirt in December of 2013, at the height of Gherkin-mania. Here I am modeling it. Thanks Clinton!  - diff --git a/md/TechWorks.md b/md/TechWorks.md index e62fc5a..40821b0 100644 --- a/md/TechWorks.md +++ b/md/TechWorks.md @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ | 2020-04-27 | [ELS](https://www.european-lisp-symposium.org/) | [JACL: A Common Lisp for Developing Single-Page Web Applications](./TechWorks/jacl-demo-els-2020.pdf) | Academic Paper | Author | | | 2020-01-31 | rstudio::conf | [Integration Testing in Shiny Apps and Modules](./TechWorks/2020-01-28-RStudio-Conf-Integration-Testing-ePoster.pdf) | Poster | Presenter | | | 2019-12-11 | WWW | [Just Lisp Things](https://tailrecursion.com/jlt/) | Author | Blog | | -| 2019-11-19 | [OCRUG](https://ocrug.org/) | [Integrating React.js and Shiny](https://www.meetup.com/OC-RUG/events/265511792/), [code](https://github.com/alandipert/ocrug-2018-11-27) | Presentation | Presenter | | -| 2019-11-16 | [OCRUG](https://ocrug.org/) | [Interview with Alan Dipert](https://ocrug.org/blog/2019/11/19/2019-11-19-interview-alan-dipert/) | Interview | Interviewee | | +| 2019-11-19 | [OCRUG](https://web.archive.org/web/20220123183238/https://ocrug.org/) | [Integrating React.js and Shiny](https://www.meetup.com/OC-RUG/events/265511792/), [code](https://github.com/alandipert/ocrug-2018-11-27) | Presentation | Presenter | | +| 2019-11-16 | [OCRUG](https://web.archive.org/web/20220123183238/https://ocrug.org/) | [Interview with Alan Dipert](https://web.archive.org/web/20220123191104/https://ocrug.org/blog/2019/11/19/2019-11-19-interview-alan-dipert/) | Interview | Interviewee | | | 2019-01-24 | rstudio::conf | [Integrating React.js and Shiny](https://rstudio.com/resources/rstudioconf-2019/integrating-react-js-and-shiny/) | Presentation | Presenter | | | 2018-12-17 | [Orange Combinator](https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/orange-combinator/events/lxvjrpyxqbwb/) | [Old School FP: A Common Lisp Experience Report](https://tailrecursion.com/~alan/documents/2018-12-17-CommonLispOrangeCombinator.pdf) | Meetup | Presenter | | | 2018-09-06 | rstudio.com | [Load testing Shiny](https://rstudio.com/resources/webinars/load-testing-shiny/) | Webinar | Presenter | | @@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ | 2014-03-18 | [The Cognicast](https://www.cognitect.com/cognicast/) | [Episode 52](https://www.cognitect.com/cognicast/052-alan-dipert) | Interview | Interviewee | Craig Andera | | 2013-11-14 | [Clojure/conj](https://web.archive.org/web/20131010003442/http://clojure-conj.org/) | [Gherkin, a Lisp 1 in Bash 4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmHTFo2Rf2w#t=28m55s), [code](https://github.com/alandipert/gherkin) | Lightning talk | Presenter | | | 2013-03-18 | Clojure/West | [FRP in ClojureScript with Javelin](http://www.infoq.com/presentations/ClojureScript-Javelin), [slides](./TechWorks/Dipert-FRP_in_ClojureScript_with_Javelin.pdf) | Presentation | Presenter | | -| 2012-11-16 | [Clojure/conj](http://2012.clojure-conj.org/) | [FRP in ClojureScript with Flapjax](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxF5RDdVRE#t=22m21s), [code](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v[[https://github.com/alandipert/flapjax-demo), [demo](http://alandipert.github.io/flapjax-demo/) | Lightning talk | Presenter | | +| 2012-11-16 | [Clojure/conj](https://web.archive.org/web/20210919060939/http://2012.clojure-conj.org/) | [FRP in ClojureScript with Flapjax](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaxF5RDdVRE#t=22m21s), [code](https://github.com/alandipert/flapjax-demo), [demo](http://alandipert.github.io/flapjax-demo/) | Lightning talk | Presenter | | | 2012-10-06 | BarCamp Rochester 10 | Your Own Compiler in 20 Minutes, [slides](https://github.com/alandipert/barcamp2012-jsonscript) | Presentation | Presenter | | | 2012-07-19 | OSCON | Computing with Clojure, [slides](https://github.com/alandipert/oscon2012-clojure) | Workshop | Trainer | Clinton Dreisbach | | 2012-07-13 | Pluralsight | [Clojure Fundamentals - Part 1](https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/clojure-fundamentals-part-one) | Course | Trainer | Craig Andera | -| 2012-03-16 | Clojure/West | [Programming with Values in Clojure](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Programming-with-Values-in-Clojure/), [slides](https://web.archive.org/web/20120216230608/http://clojurewest.org/[[.\\Dipert-ProgrammingWithValues.pdf) | Presentation | Presenter | | +| 2012-03-16 | Clojure/West | [Programming with Values in Clojure](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Programming-with-Values-in-Clojure/), [slides](./TechWorks/Dipert-ProgrammingWithValues.pdf) | Presentation | Presenter | | | 2011-11-12 | [Clojure/conj](https://web.archive.org/web/20111023154311/http://clojure-conj.org/) | [Uberlisp, a Lisp for Arduino](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSw3x0rVh88#t=18m30s), [code](https://github.com/alandipert/wombat) | Lightning talk | Presenter | Jon Distad | | 2011-08-25 | The Ruby Hoedown V | Functional Programming with Ruby | Presentation | Presenter | | | 2005-01-14 | Linux.com | [My workstation OS: NetBSD](https://web.archive.org/web/20080201010726/http://www.linux.com/articles/41523) | Article | Author | | -