Category Archives: shell scripts

In which, I am annoyed by copy protection

Posted on July 20, 2025 by baudattitude

I’ve mentioned a few times recently that my wife has been coming up with reasons for me to create scripts.  Mostly, these are because she wants to have local copies of fan-translated Chinese novels. Personally, I don’t have a lot … Continue reading →

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I am the alpha nerd

Posted on July 5, 2025 by baudattitude

I do not make this claim lightly. OK, I make it pretty lightly.  “Alpha Nerd” is a pretty high bar to hit, after all, and should really be reserved for people who hand roll binary patches for their custom linux … Continue reading →

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Well, I had a pretty good run. All hail our machine overlords.

Posted on May 19, 2025 by baudattitude

It’s been a few years since I’ve seen one in the wild, but I’ve known a few IT guys who liked to rock a shirt with some variant of “Be nice to me or I will replace you with a … Continue reading →

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A quick script to add a font to an MKV file

Posted on May 12, 2025 by baudattitude

Why do I do this to myself? OK, so.  Some background. I’ve been working on a Jellyfin server as something of a side project, with the idea that it will probably teach me something useful that I can apply at … Continue reading →

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WoW Accomplishments and dealing with timestamps in photos.app

Posted on December 1, 2024 by baudattitude

Two things that are mostly unrelated, but still a little related. First, hit a nice milestone for the War Within and picked up the Ahead of the Curve achievement for the current season. The guild I’m in isn’t super hard … Continue reading →

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The Evil(?) is defeated

Posted on August 14, 2024 by baudattitude

OK, so.  This is really just a post I’m putting up so I can find it later when I’ve forgotten how to do something.  But sometimes these might be useful to people who aren’t me!  I hope, anyway. Today’s post … Continue reading →

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In which I shoot myself in the foot, and then fix it with a shell script.

Posted on December 14, 2022 by baudattitude

I don’t make a secret out of my long-running MMO habit, at least on this blog.  I tend not to mention it in polite circles, because an MMO habit is one step above admitting that you are a heroin enthusiast, … Continue reading →

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