Author: Ingram Braun

Archaeologist, web developer, proofreader

June 5, 2023

archive.pl v2.3 released

I have released the next version (2.3) of my archive.pl script that stores URL sets in the Internet Archive. There are two main changes: Head over to the project page in order to get your copy. I recommend strongly to choose the Docker image.

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April 13, 2023

YaCy’s Docker image behind Nginx as reverse proxy

YaCy is a peer-to-peer search engine. Every peer sets up his own client and is able to crawl and index websites. Searches are carried out by contacting all known peers and cumulating their returns. It is not necessary to have a web server for that. You may well install YaCy on your office computer but of course it only works...

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December 25, 2022

A Twitter-like widget of fediverse posts in WordPress via RSS

The post explains how to display a Twitter-like feed of fediverse posts in the sidebar of a WordPress site. through the RSS feed.

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December 3, 2022

archive.pl v2.2 released

I have released the 2.2 version of my Perl script archive.pl for saving URL sets in the Internet Archive. The most important improvement is that there is a Docker image now that contains TOR as service for a every 10 seconds IP rotation and a headless Firefox browser that betters the quality of HTML downloads and analysis. There is a...

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August 29, 2022

ÖPNV (Cantus, NVV) – oder der Kunde als Feind!

Das 9-€-Ticket während der Sommermonate 2022 sollte zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen: Die wegen der durch den russischen Überfall auf die Ukraine samt der wegen der Energiekosten explodierende Inflationsrate sollte im einstelligen Bereich gehalten werden. Gleichzeitig sollten im Zusammenspiel mit der schon seit 2018 grassierenden Dürre die Leute an den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr (ÖPNV) gewöhnt werden, um Emissionen durch Autoabgase...

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July 2, 2022

Illegale Schachstellung in der Krimiserie „Derrick“ 1988

In der ZDF-Krimiserie „Derrick“ S12E6 („Wie kriegen wir Bodetzki? ) von 1988 ist ein Schachspieler zu sehen, der über eine illegale Stellung nachdenkt.

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December 25, 2021

Rime in Vellmar-West [Gallery]

These are photographs I have taken on December 22, 2021 at my parents’ home in Vellmar-West, Hamburger Straße 25 when fresh hoarfrost laid over street and garden.

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March 20, 2021

biblatex-archaeology in its environment Ⅳ: Pandoc

Pandoc is a command line tool for converting from one markup to another. It uses a largely enhanced markdown syntax as intermediate format. This allows for adding input and output filters for only one format instead of writing them for every possible conversion anew. In case you don’t know what markdown is: It was invented for writing HTML quickly by...

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March 20, 2021

biblatex-archaeology in its environment Ⅲ: LyΧ

LyΧ is an editor for LaTeΧ that resembles WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice. This is achieved by employing HTML for screen output and LaTeΧ for printable formats. Thus the applicable LaTeΧ commands are limited to those for which a HTML complement is available. It is possible to input raw LaTeΧ code...

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March 10, 2021

WP Tournament Registration updated to 1.1.2

I have released a new version (1.1.2) of my WordPress Plugin WP Tournament Registration. There are only small changes in the documentation and it is tested with the brand new WordPress release 5.7 now. You can check it out on the project page or read the entire manual on the WordPress plugin page. Enjoy!

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