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15 Sep 2024 16:32

For those in Glasgow.

One of my “I-missed-something-obvious-for-ages” moments here. If, like me, you thought Kelvinhall subway station was only accessible from Dumbarton Road, then brace yourself—there’s another path. Instead of heading straight onto Dumbarton Road when you exit, you can actually take a sharp left and stroll down the narrow Dalcross Pass, which leads you to Dalcross Street.

Shame on me, but I only figured this out recently while walking along Byres Road and spotting the familiar orange Subway sign from a different angle. It was a lightbulb moment mixed with a healthy dose of embarrassment—like discovering a “secret” passage in a video game that everyone and their cat already knew about.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who missed this, and that this “inside scoop” might be useful to someone else!

15 Sep 2024 01:17

A České dráhy train—was it a local one? Or maybe the one going to Prague? I don’t quite remember—pulls into Náchod station in Czechia. It’s rainy, a bit chilly, but the excitement bubbling inside me keeps me warm and buzzing. Just 20 minutes ago, I was still in Poland, just a short minibus ride away, since this Czech town is so close to the Polish border. I’ve got a day to explore before heading back to Kudowa-Zdrój, the small Polish town where I’m staying. There’s something ridiculously fun, in a kinda childish way even, about these cross-border hop-ins and hop-outs—I love every moment of them.

14 Sep 2024 20:42

Q: Is there a command on Linux Mint to find out which server software (Apache, Nginx, Litespeed, etc.) is running on my website?

A: To check the server header of a website, use the curl command. Open your terminal and type:

curl -I http://yourwebsite.com

Replace yourwebsite.com with your website's URL. You can use both http:// and https:// depending on whether your website uses HTTPS. For example:

curl -I http://fmr.life

In the response, look for the line starting with "Server:". This line will indicate which server software your website is running on.

05 Aug 2024 15:48

Q: I have generated a set of icons for my site for various platforms/devices using realfavicongenerator.net. After incorporating them into my site, I have noticed that on iOS (Safari) and Android (Chrome), when adding a shortcut to my site on the desktop, my site is being treated like a web app. Chrome on Android shows "install app" instead of "add shortcut", and on both iOS and Android devices, clicking on the shortcut launches my site in web app mode, i.e., without the browser's navigation elements. How do I get my site to behave like a standard site, not a web app, again?

A: realfavicongenerator.net generates a file called site.webmanifest. It should be in the same folder as all your different generated favicons, likely in the root folder of your site. The content of the file will look similar to this:

{
    "name": "",
    "short_name": "",
    "icons": [
        {
            "src": "/android-chrome-192x192.png",
            "sizes": "192x192",
            "type": "image/png"
        },
        {
            "src": "/android-chrome-512x512.png",
            "sizes": "512x512",
            "type": "image/png"
        }
    ],
    "theme_color": "#ffffff",
    "background_color": "#ffffff",
    "display": "standalone"
}

If you change "standalone" to "browser", that should do it. Don't forget to clean your mobile browser's cache before you test it, as browsers tend to cache the manifest file.