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"01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c0288082a2c", "title": "How to add a proper Android Studio launcher on Linux", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2017-04-how-to-add-a-proper-android-studio-launcher-on-linux", "published_at": "2017-04-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c0288831d27", "title": "libgdx 3D particle effects in HTML", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2017-04-libgdx-3d-particle-effects-in-html", "published_at": "2017-04-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c02895045c1", "title": "escpos-php 1.5 released", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2017-02-escpos-php-1-5-released", "published_at": "2017-02-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c0289d302fd", "title": "escpos-php 1.4 released", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2016-10-escpos-php-1-4-released", "published_at": "2016-10-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c0289d6c48a", "title": "OpenWrt setup on Netgear WNR2200", "url": 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"01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c028f3beaf0", "title": "Quick guide: Running stock Debian on the Raspberry Pi 2", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2016-01-rpi2-debian", "published_at": "2016-04-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c028f89c788", "title": "How to resize a Windows VM image with virt-resize", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2016-03-how-to-resize-a-windows-vm-image-with-virt-resize", "published_at": "2016-03-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c0290675ea5", "title": "Convert a PC to a HTPC with Debian and Kodi", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2016-02-convert-a-pc-to-a-htpc-with-debian-and-kodi", "published_at": "2016-02-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c02915450db", "title": "How to regenerate SSH client keys", "url": "https://mike42.me/blog/2016-01-how-to-regenerate-ssh-client-keys", "published_at": "2016-01-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a5-ec8c-7137-a122-1c029200e63e", "title": "Basic Cucumber feature testing", 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2025

Farewell, wordpress!original ↗

29 Dec 2025

About original ↗

31 Aug 2025

2024

Switching between VFIO-enabled virtual machines original ↗

25 Apr 2024

2023

Going all-in on GPU passthrough for software development original ↗

11 Dec 2023

Building a 1U quiet NAS original ↗

22 Oct 2023

Controlling computer fans with a microcontroller original ↗

21 Sept 2023

Converting my 65C816 computer project to 3.3 V original ↗

12 Jan 2023

2022

Porting the Amiga bouncing ball demo to the NES original ↗

23 Nov 2022

Let’s make a bootloader – Part 2 original ↗

22 Sept 2022

Let's make a bootloader - Part 1 original ↗

1 Sept 2022

Building a simple power supply module original ↗

18 Aug 2022

Let's implement power-on self test (POST)original ↗

16 Jun 2022

Building a 65C816 test board original ↗

2 Jun 2022

65C816 computer - second prototype original ↗

28 May 2022

Building an emulator for my 65C816 computer original ↗

7 Apr 2022

Let's implement preemptive multitasking original ↗

10 Mar 2022

Interfacing an NXP UART to an 8-bit computer original ↗

24 Feb 2022

65C816 computer - initial prototype original ↗

10 Feb 2022

A first look at the 65C816 processor original ↗

27 Jan 2022

Rendering my 6502 computer project in Blender original ↗

13 Jan 2022

2021

Assembling my 6502 computer original ↗

30 Dec 2021

Adding an SD card reader to my 6502 computer original ↗

16 Dec 2021

Implementing the XMODEM protocol for file transfer original ↗

2 Dec 2021

Designing a 3D printed enclosure for my KiCad project in Blender original ↗

18 Nov 2021

Building a hardware interrupt controller original ↗

4 Nov 2021

Programming PLD's with open source software original ↗

21 Oct 2021

Re-creating the world's worst sound card original ↗

7 Oct 2021

6502 computer - from breadboard to PCB original ↗

23 Sept 2021

Porting BASIC to my 6502 computer original ↗

9 Sept 2021

Upgrades and improvements to my 6502 computer original ↗

26 Aug 2021

A first look at programmable logic original ↗

12 Aug 2021

Adding a serial port to my 6502 computer original ↗

22 Jul 2021

Building a 6502 computer original ↗

8 Jul 2021

IntelliJ plugin for 6502 assembly language original ↗

27 May 2021

Building my first NES game: A retrospective original ↗

22 Apr 2021

Building a tiny Linux gaming PC original ↗

31 Jan 2021

2019

How to auto-scale the display in GNOME Boxes original ↗

22 Aug 2019

How to use the qemu-bridge-helper on Debian 10 original ↗

8 Aug 2019

Benchmarking PHP code with PhpBench original ↗

4 Jul 2019

How to integrate Gitea and Jenkins original ↗

30 May 2019

Archives original ↗

28 May 2019

Handling I/O errors in PHP original ↗

7 Mar 2019

The top 100 Ansible modules original ↗

30 Jan 2019

2018

Thermal Sans Mono: A new bitmap font for receipt printers original ↗

1 Nov 2018

Three ways to archive a website original ↗

13 Sept 2018

Monitoring network throughput with Prometheus original ↗

23 Aug 2018

How to export a Maildir email inbox as a CSV file original ↗

12 Jul 2018

How to make HHVM 3.21 identify itself as PHP 7 original ↗

5 Jul 2018

How to check PHP code style in a continuous integration environment original ↗

28 Jun 2018

Make better CLI progress bars with Unicode block characters original ↗

14 Jun 2018

How to create effective PHP project documentation with Read the Docs original ↗

7 Jun 2018

How to get a notification when your site appears on HackerNews original ↗

31 May 2018

Quick statistics about documentation hosted on Read the Docs original ↗

24 May 2018

Recovering text from a receipt with escpos-tools original ↗

17 May 2018

First impressions of the Rust programming language original ↗

10 May 2018

How to print the characters in an ESC/POS printer code page original ↗

3 May 2018

Optimization: How I made my PHP code run 100 times faster original ↗

26 Apr 2018

Using a receipt printer with the Amazon Echo original ↗

19 Apr 2018

Raster to vector conversion tips original ↗

12 Apr 2018

Git Introductory Material - Tips for Users, Admins and Git Champions original ↗

5 Apr 2018

How to communicate with USB and networked devices from in-browser Javascript original ↗

29 Mar 2018

Automating LXC container creation with Ansible original ↗

22 Mar 2018

Using custom fonts to add new glyphs to an Epson printer original ↗

15 Mar 2018

escpos-php 2.0 released original ↗

13 Mar 2018

New Wordpress theme (2018 edition)original ↗

8 Mar 2018

How to print custom currency symbols on a receipt printer original ↗

1 Mar 2018

How to use HiDPI displays on Debian 9 original ↗

22 Feb 2018

How to print Spanish characters on a thermal receipt printer original ↗

15 Feb 2018

How to install PHP Composer as a regular user original ↗

8 Feb 2018

How to boot Debian in 4 seconds original ↗

1 Feb 2018

How to use parallel to speed up your work original ↗

25 Jan 2018

How to generate star fields original ↗

18 Jan 2018

On running deployments via GitHub original ↗

10 Jan 2018

How to use a Radeon graphics card on Debian 9 original ↗

4 Jan 2018

2017

How to assemble a Linux software RAID array on a different computer original ↗

28 Dec 2017

Crowd-sourced POS printer compatibility site is online original ↗

26 Nov 2017

escpos-php 1.6 released original ↗

5 Nov 2017

mdcheckr: Practical testing for Markdown files original ↗

25 Jun 2017

How to access a raw network printer as a file on Linux original ↗

12 Jun 2017

The 5890 printer does not support barcodes original ↗

12 Jun 2017

How to add a proper Android Studio launcher on Linux original ↗

24 Apr 2017

libgdx 3D particle effects in HTML original ↗

24 Apr 2017

escpos-php 1.5 released original ↗

10 Feb 2017

2016

escpos-php 1.4 released original ↗

24 Oct 2016

OpenWrt setup on Netgear WNR2200 original ↗

23 Oct 2016

libvirt: Migrate a VM from qemu:///session to qemu:///system original ↗

29 Sept 2016

How to print PDF417 codes with escpos-php original ↗

8 Sept 2016

What's in the AEC data feed, and how to use it original ↗

30 Jun 2016

How to set up Docker containers in Travis CI original ↗

23 Jun 2016

Print larger or smaller text on a thermal receipt printer original ↗

16 Jun 2016

How to compile a C++11 app on Travis CI original ↗

9 Jun 2016

How to edit emulator flags in Android Studio original ↗

26 May 2016

Blog domain migrated original ↗

3 May 2016

Quick guide: Running stock Debian on the Raspberry Pi 2 original ↗

22 Apr 2016

How to resize a Windows VM image with virt-resize original ↗

10 Mar 2016

Convert a PC to a HTPC with Debian and Kodi original ↗

25 Feb 2016

How to regenerate SSH client keys original ↗

22 Jan 2016

Basic Cucumber feature testing original ↗

16 Jan 2016

How to arrange pages for printing and cutting in LaTeX original ↗

8 Jan 2016

2015

How to print red/black on an impact receipt printer original ↗

27 Dec 2015