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Never Underestimate The Power of Plain Text : Standardizing on Markdown and Removing Vendor Lock-in

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In today's digital age, we often find ourselves relying on proprietary formats for our data, from documents to PDFs. However, this dependence on closed systems can lead to vendor lock-in, limiting our ability to access and work with our own information. In this article, I want to share my personal journey of migrating away from proprietary formats and embracing the power of plain text, specifically Markdown. By standardizing on Markdown, I have been able to remove vendor lock-in, achieve data portability, and work with my data in a more programmatic way.

ePaper Dashboard POC

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I was a bit bored after work and decided to mess with a ePaper Display I purchased a while back ago to try to create a basic dashboard. This is a complete hack but it shows some of the potential uses of this display. I posted a few photos of my dashboard on Facebook and several people asked for the code and instructions to build their own. This is a quick write up, not a planned article so please dont expect much proof-reading to happen.

A Guide On Building Your Own ChromiumOS Distribution (with OTA Updates and Crostini)

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There are a few pre-made distributions to allow you to run a version of ChromiumOS on existing hardware such as CloudReady and FideOS however there are several benefits to building your own distribution from scratch. ChromiumOS is the open source of the popular ChromeOS operating system. By following this guide, you will get a version of ChromiumOS that should boot on most hardware (with a 64 bit Intel or AMD Processor). This version will also give you access to Linux Apps via Crostini and even enable the same OTA upgrade service that users on ChromeOS enjoy.

Getting A LAMP Stack Running on ChromeOS Containers via Project Crostini

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I posted a tutorial yesterday on how to get Android Studio running on ChromeOS via Project Crostini Containers but I realize that not everyone is a Android Developer. Today’s tutorial will appeal to PHP Developers who would like to do some local development and testing on their Pixelbook via Project Crostini. Of course this is not designed to allow you to host production websites but it will work for those who wish to build and test PHP based web applications.