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My post-rationalisation for this is that when testing fountain pens and inks, it's good to have things to write. Pangrams are traditional, but I really just tend to write “unilluminating minimum aluminium”. And the lyrics to “Prisencolinensinainciusol” is something I've tried several times to write out neatly... one day I'll do it.

  • Ugh. False equivalence makes my bile ooze with extreme prejudice

  • Queen Elizabeth intoxicatedly vowed, "Mick Jagger is perfect!"

  • Just a few expectorant lozenges quickly abbreviated my cough.

  • Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson's political views quickly begat sleaze

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tomgidden / NASA Launch Announcements.json
Last active April 2, 2026 05:48
NASA Launch commentator's announcements
[
{
"name": "Artemis II",
"date": "2026-04-01",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo",
"quote": "“Four brave explorers ready to ride the most powerful rocket NASA has ever launched. … Liftoff! The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon! Humanity's next great voyage begins!”"
},
{
"name": "SpaceX Crew-12 - Crew Dragon - Freedom",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCM-Kwq91cc",
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rudelm / autofs.md
Last active October 22, 2026 22:41
Use autofs on Mac OS X to mount network shares automatically during access

Autofs on Mac OS X

With autofs you can easily mount network volumes upon first access to the folder where you want to mount the volume. Autofs is available for many OS and is preinstalled on Mac OS X so I show you how I mounted my iTunes library folder using this method.

Prepare autofs to use a separate configuration file

autofs needs to be configured so that it knows where to gets its configuration. Edit the file /etc/auto_master and add the last line:

#
# Automounter master map
#

+auto_master # Use directory service