2025/05/27

Link Diary April 2025

    • KDE is so configurable
    • Drawing course
    • Mini Series with no cuts
    • Cheap meat to delicious steak
    • Controling a flash
    • Octopus cleverness
    • Dungeons & Dragons intro
    • Lacking the energy to get up?
    • Korean styling guide
    • Blender Dynamic Paint
    • Blender water without water
    • A real hologram
    • Root a Kindle

Change Linux Keyboard Layout

Change the keyboard layout on the given login Shell (not in a Terminal window)

sudo localectl set-keymap --no-convert us

In a terminal window, this apparantly works:

setxkbmap us

Video-Picks

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KDE is so configurable

He claims to explore Arch but just walks through all the KDE desktop settings. Educational anyways.

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Drawing course

33 episodes. Maybe I'll pick it up. Playlist

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Mini Series with no cuts

First you think somethings off, then you wait for the next cut and it just does not come.

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Cheap meat to delicious steak

Have to try this technique.

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Controling a flash

Ultrasound can direct electic flares.

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Octopus cleverness

Mindblown: an octopus is the most alien-like lifeform on earth as it is so differently evolved.

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Dungeons & Dragons intro

If grandma gets it, you can, too.

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Lacking the energy to get up?

A very inspiring explaination on how motivation can be re-established.

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Korean styling guide

What to combine and how to boost your look.

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Blender Dynamic Paint

Shows nice examples of duynamic paint that would be impossible to model.

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Blender water without water

Realtime water(-like) simulation in bottle with dynamic paint.

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A real hologram

How far can you go with flapping LED strips?

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Root a Kindle

How to root your old Kindle and install anything (mostly KOReader). No warranty! (Worked for me though)

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