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peteristhegreat / desk-heat-lamps.md
Created March 17, 2026 18:33
Lizard Lamps, for your hands! Heated Desk Mats? Envavo Heat Buff?

A few years ago I was in a cold (somewhat drafty) office with poor heating options.

A space heater helped. Wearing a jacket and a beanie helped. But typing with gloves on wasn't in the cards.

So I looked around and saw ads for the Envavo Heat Buff, but I couldn't find a way to buy one.

I ended up looking towards heat lamps, what are used for repiles and so forth and found a combo that worked for my setup.

Finding something like this:

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peteristhegreat / mini-tropes.md
Last active March 13, 2026 16:12
Mini Tropes Page, Places, Problems, etc
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peteristhegreat / 7z-example.md
Created March 12, 2026 15:42
7z to make arbitrary zip of a single file for upload/download

Hopefully you have a programming language that supports some sort of native compression scheme for uploads and downloads.

If not, you can use zip/unzip. But what about onto machines that don't have zip/unzip? What about 7zip?

This seems like a lot, but for a single file up and down with compression in a language that doesn't do it for you, it works okay...

This is a serverside rename, zip, upload, then client side download setup.

Given a file you want to zip before uploading, and you want to set the name of the file to be a secure_filename... There are a few steps.

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peteristhegreat / tropes.md
Created March 11, 2026 20:01
How does AI write? AI Tropes

I pinned this so I could find it later. I thought it was well thought out...

Here's the content of the page:

AI Writing Tropes to Avoid

Add this file to your AI assistant's system prompt or context to help it avoid common AI writing patterns. Source: tropes.fyi


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peteristhegreat / interactive-friction.md
Created February 24, 2026 19:20
Interactive Fiction: From Caves to Code

Interactive Fiction: From Caves to Code

A short walk through the roots of Interactive Fiction (IF), how it evolved, and how to build your own.


Table of Contents

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peteristhegreat / publish-app-or-game-2026.md
Last active February 24, 2026 18:45
How to Cheaply Publish an App or Game (Mobile + Web)

How to Cheaply Publish an App or Game (Mobile + Web)

A practical map.

Short paths. Low cost. Minimal friction.

What do you say when someone asks...

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peteristhegreat / subnautica-below-zero-multiplayer-mod-issues.md
Last active February 22, 2026 19:00
subnauticamultiplayer.com Unable to connect netbird
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peteristhegreat / mus-file-open-finale.md
Last active February 17, 2026 04:13
Finale MUS file open on MacOS
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peteristhegreat / lubuntu-lxqt.md
Last active January 30, 2026 18:31
Lubuntu, LXQt, Getting Started from Windows, New to Linux

Switching from Windows to Lubuntu (LXQt, Ubuntu 24.04)

A concise, practical onboarding guide for experienced Windows users


1. Downloading Lubuntu

  1. Go to lubuntu.me → Download
  2. Choose Lubuntu 24.04 LTS
  3. Download the ISO file