Max Briggs

Markdown to HTML generation test!

Sun, 4 Feb 2024 01:30 PST

This is my first post to feature my new Markdown to HTML generation and templating workflow.

I use python-markdown for conversion, and I've written a small script to insert the generated HTML into a template that I've already been using.

This is part of my ongoing project to automate all of the non-blog writing parts of maintaining a blog. The next steps are to add automatic home page updates and RSS updates.

Starting a new career at Seattle Pacific University

Fri, 4 Aug 2023 18:51 PST

I'm happy to share that I started a new job as a Tech Support Analyst 1 at Seattle Pacific University this week! I love this school, and I'm excited to see what the future holds.

Updating my Thinkpad x200

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:00 PST

I updated my Thinkpad x200 for the first time in 6 months last night. I’ve had it kernel panic in the middle of generating the initramfs before, but luckily that did not happen this time.

I also flashed the latest libreboot release, which I'd put off for years because it seemed more daunting than it actually was. I use a custom grub config to be able to unlock my encrypted laptop, so most my time was spent copying that to the new image. I see that the latest update has a grub config that should be able to boot, but I like the one that I made, at least for now.

Maybe I'll switch over to the default once the merge release between osboot and libreboot comes out.

A Small Summer Project

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:00:00 UT-7

I've put together a little program that I use to manage my to-do list. It was originally a bash script, which I wrote back in May. The script allows me to add tomorrow's date and a task to the text file that keeps track of the list, as well as print the most recent entries in the list.

I've found myself with some free time and the desire to make something small, so I've ported my little bash script to C. Functionality is mostly duplicated, though the C program adds the ability to add items to the list without opening a text editor. Writing this also gave me the opportunity to mess around with makefiles and PKGBUILDS, both of which I've found to be less daunting than they seem.

I've put the project up on Github and have also created a PKGBUILD for Arch Linux. You can also download the utility here. Both the bash script and the C utility are licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3.