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blog/first_post.md

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+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+pub_date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:52:52 +0100
+title: first post
+tags: []
+uuid: fd338dc9-ae5f-48f4-9fc6-e02e88ab4ce5
+---
+
+# first post
+
+this is my first post

blog/g27_pedals.md

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+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+pub_date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:20:13 +0100
+title: Repurposing Racing Wheel Pedals
+tags: [ g27, sim_racing ]
+uuid: 0f09200e-fd50-451b-aae1-1117a8a704db
+---
+
+<h1>Repurposing Racing Wheel Pedals</h1>
+<p>I have a Logitech G27 I don't use much. I wondered if I could use it for anything else. I could. </p>
+
+<h2> The Pinout of the Connector </h2>
+
+<p>The first thing I had to do was figure out what each pin did on the DE-9 connector, and which
+ones I should care about.
+This was done easily after I took off the top plastic casing thing by poking the three 100k Ohm
+potentiometers and the connector in the right places at the right times:
+</p>
+
+<style> #pinout_table tr td:first-child { text-align: right } </style>
+<img src="./images/repurposing-racing-wheel-pedals-g27-pinout.svg" class="centered" style="width: 10em;">
+<table id="pinout_table">
+	<tr> <th>pin</th> <th>function</th></tr>
+	<tr> <td>1,4</td> <td>ground</td></tr>
+	<tr> <td>6</td> <td>clutch pedal</td></tr>
+	<tr> <td>7</td> <td>brake pedal</td></tr>
+	<tr> <td>8</td> <td>accelerator pedal</td></tr>
+	<tr> <td>9</td> <td>voltage in</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<h2> Reading the Values of the Pots </h2>
+
+I'm using an Arduino to read the pots and then do something with the values.
+I very dirtily wired pin 4 on the pedals to GND on a Arduino Uno, pin 9 to 5V, and
+pins 6,7,8 to A0, A1, and A2.
+I used a basic sketch to check that everything is good:
+
+<details>
+	<summary> Show/hide test_sketch.ino </summary>
+<pre><code> void setup() {
+	Serial.begin(9600);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+	Serial.println(analogRead(A2));
+	delay(20);
+}
+</code></pre>
+</details>
+
+I noticed that the minimum and maximum values read by the Uno were quite far off 0 and 1024, like
+they should be, and voltage was being lost on the way to and from the potentiometers.
+Since the pedals have to be calibrated every time you plug them in, I assume this is normal and
+spat out this code: 
+
+<details>
+	<summary> Show/hide sketch_aug02a.ino </summary>
+<pre><code>// sensor pins
+int sa = A0;
+int sb = A1;
+int sc = A2;
+
+// minimum values detected by the sensors
+int mina = 1025;
+int minb = 1025;
+int minc = 1025;
+
+// maximum values detected by the sensors
+int maxa = 512;
+int maxb = 512;
+int maxc = 512;
+
+// raw values of the sensors
+int rva, rvb, rvc;
+
+// calculated values of the sensors (between 0 and 1, this is the value sent to computer)
+float cva, cvb, cvc;
+
+void setup() {
+	Serial.begin(9600);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+	rva = analogRead(sa);
+	rvb = analogRead(sb);
+	rvc = analogRead(sc);
+
+	if (rva &lt; mina) mina = rva;
+	if (rvb &lt; minb) minb = rvb;
+	if (rvc &lt; minc) minc = rvc;
+
+	if (rva &gt; maxa) maxa = rva;
+	if (rvb &gt; maxb) maxb = rvb;
+	if (rvc &gt; maxc) maxc = rvc;
+
+	cva = (float)(rva-mina)/(float)(maxa-mina);
+	cvb = (float)(rvb-minb)/(float)(maxb-minb);
+	cvc = (float)(rvc-minc)/(float)(maxc-minc);
+
+	Serial.print('[');
+	Serial.print(cva); Serial.print(',');
+	Serial.print(cvb); Serial.print(',');
+	Serial.print(cvc);
+	Serial.print(']');
+	Serial.println();
+	delay(20); 
+}
+</code></pre>
+</details>
+
+<h2> Actually Making the Numbers Do Something </h2>
+
+This is where you can make the pedals do fun things.
+I reworked another piece of code I wrote to do a similar thing to quickly create a script that
+reads the values sent by the Arduino, and then simulate pressing a key combination.
+The only thing I've done with this is set push-to-talk to ctrl-shift-alt-1.
+I don't know what else I could use this for, maybe temporarily muting particular things, like music.
+
+<details>
+	<summary> Show/hide pedalboard.py </summary>
+<pre><code> #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+from enum import Enum
+
+import keyboard
+import serial
+
+class KeyState(Enum):
+    UP = 0
+    DOWN = 1
+
+STATES = [KeyState.UP] * 3
+THRESHOLD = 0.8
+MACROS = ['ctrl+shift+alt+1', 'ctrl+shift+alt+2', 'ctrl+shift+alt+3']
+
+def get_args():
+    """ Get command line arguments """
+
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('device')
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """ Entry point for script """
+    while True:
+        try:
+            kb = serial.Serial(port=args.device, baudrate=9600)
+            while True:
+                handle(json.loads(kb.readline()))
+        except serial.serialutil.SerialException as e:
+            print(e)
+            print("Failed to connect to device... trying again")
+            time.sleep(1)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+    return 0
+
+def handle(data):
+    global STATES
+
+    states = [KeyState.DOWN if value &gt; THRESHOLD else KeyState.UP for value in data]
+    r = [handle_state_change(i, states[i]) if states[i] != STATES[i] else None for i in range(len(STATES))]
+    STATES = states
+    return r
+
+def handle_state_change(key, newstate):
+    print(f"{key} {newstate}")
+    return keyboard.press(MACROS[key]) if newstate == KeyState.DOWN else keyboard.release(MACROS[key])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main(get_args()))
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        sys.exit(0)
+</code></pre>
+</details>

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blog/lastfm_bookmarklets.md

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+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+pub_date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:25:48 +0100
+title: last.fm bookmarklets
+tags: [ last.fm, scripts ]
+uuid: e54ebf58-4033-4dae-81db-91db344f1311
+---
+
+# last.fm bookmarklets
+
+last.fm doesn't let you see how many scrobbled you've made in one day particularly easily.
+Here is a bookmarklet to solve that.
+
+<label for="days"> Number of days to view: </label>
+<input type="number" value="1" id="days" placeholder="Days"/><br><br>
+<label for="offset"> Offset (e.g. 0 to include today, 7 to look at last week): </label>
+<input type="number" value="0" id="offset" placeholder="Offset (Days)" /><br><br>
+<label for="username"> last.fm username </label>
+<input type="text" value="" id="username" placeholder="Username" /><br><br>
+<input type="button" id="button" value="Generate bookmarklet"><br>
+
+<p><a style="display: none" href="" id="scriptLink">Bookmark this link</a></p>
+
+When you press generate bookmarklet, the values `OFFSET`, `DAYS`, `USERNAME` will be
+subsituted and put into the link above.
+It's always best to inspect bookmarklets though.
+Inspect the page to view the script used to generate the bookmarklet.
+
+<textarea cols="109" rows="15" readonly id="scriptText">
+javascript: (() => {
+  const MILLESECONDS_PER_DAY = 1000 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+  const OFFSET;
+  const DAYS;
+  const USERNAME;
+
+  const currentDate = new Date();
+  const to = new Date(currentDate - (OFFSET * MILLESECONDS_PER_DAY));
+  const from = new Date(to - ((DAYS-1) * MILLESECONDS_PER_DAY));
+  const toDate = to.getFullYear() + "-" + (to.getMonth()+1) + "-" + to.getDate();
+  const fromDate = from.getFullYear() + "-" + (from.getMonth()+1) + "-" + from.getDate();
+
+  document.location = "https://www.last.fm/user/" + USERNAME + "/library?from=" + fromDate + "&to=" + toDate;
+})();
+</textarea>
+
+<script>
+document.getElementById("button").addEventListener("click", () => {
+	scriptText = document.getElementById("scriptText").value;
+	offset = document.getElementById("offset").value;
+	days = document.getElementById("days").value;
+	username = document.getElementById("username").value;
+
+	newscript = scriptText.replace(
+		      "OFFSET", "OFFSET = " + offset
+		      ).replace(
+			"DAYS", "DAYS = " + days
+		      ).replace(
+			"USERNAME", "USERNAME = '" + username + "'"
+		      );
+	document.getElementById("scriptLink").href = newscript;
+	document.getElementById("scriptLink").style = "";
+});
+</script>

blog/readme.md

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+---
+title: alv's blog
+author: Akbar Rahman
+pub_date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:50:51 +0100
+blog: true
+tags: [ alvs_blog, blog ]
+uuid: 2d03893a-eb9b-4923-8024-a223ecbe72f7
+---
+
+# alv's blog
+
+this is my blog.
+i promise i will try to keep things posted here interesting.

computery_stuff/cadence_license_manager_null_parameter.md

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+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+date: \today
+title: "Cadence License Manager Install - `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: :locationICompSelected: Null parameter - InstallComponent ID`"
+tags: [ cadence, license_manager, flexlm, java, errors ]
+uuid: a5f46736-1ab8-4da1-8737-95de51c95d50
+---
+
+# Error
+
+```
+[root@host Downloads]# iscape/bin/iscape.sh -batch majorAction=InstallFromArchive archiveDirectory=$(realpath LCU04.30.000_lnx86.Base) installDirectory=$(realpath target)
+Initializing InstallScape using JVM at /home/alvi/Downloads/iscape.04.23-s012/runtime/LNX86/bin/java. This might take some time...
+
+WARNING: The DISPLAY environment variable has not been set.
+InstallScape might not initialize.
+
+
+InstallScape Installer (Batch Mode) - 04.23.s12
+
+:locationICompSelected: Null parameter - InstallComponent ID
+java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: :locationICompSelected: Null parameter - InstallComponent ID
+        at com.khanpur.installerng.ArchiveLocationManager.locationICompSelected(ArchiveLocationManager.java:143)
+        at com.khanpur.installerng.Installer.archiveLocationICompSelected(Installer.java:1156)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.batch.BatchInstallfromarchive.execute(BatchInstallfromarchive.java:86)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.batch.BatchView.initialize(BatchView.java:329)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.batch.BatchView.<init>(BatchView.java:90)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.InstallerUINoSplash.showBatch(InstallerUINoSplash.java:325)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.BatchCommand.execute(BatchCommand.java:78)
+        at com.khanpur.util.TransactionCommand.execute(TransactionCommand.java:74)
+        at com.khanpur.util.Commandline.runCommands(Commandline.java:223)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.InstallerUINoSplash.processCommandLine(InstallerUINoSplash.java:340)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.InstallerUINoSplash.main(InstallerUINoSplash.java:372)
+        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
+        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
+        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
+        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
+        at com.khanpur.installer.gui.InstallerUI.main(InstallerUI.java:123)
+Failed with InstallScape JVM.
+Now loading System JVM...
+iscape/bin/iscape.sh: line 222: java: command not found
+Error:
+/usr/bin/which: no java in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin)
+Could not use JVM packaged with Installcape. The Java in your path did not work or could not find Java in your path.  Ensure that Java 1.6 or later is in your PATH environment variable and restart InstallScape.
+```
+
+# Cause
+
+Using the wrong filepath.
+The Cadence archives have subfolders to split the software between multiple CDs (a relic of the
+past perhaps).
+The actual folder to use is the CDs.
+
+# Solution
+
+Use the folder that contains the `.sdx` files (in my case, add `/CDROM1` onto end of
+`archiveDirectory`).

computery_stuff/cloudwatch_event_rule_lambda_ansible.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+date: \today
+title: Eventbridge Rule (Cloudwatch Rule) Does Not Invoke Lambda When Configured Through Ansible
+tags:
+  - ansible
+  - aws
+  - aws_eventbridge
+  - aws_lambda
+  - cloudwatch
+  - eventbridge
+  - lambda
+  - permissions
+uuid: df3ca083-b6ae-4e35-bb1c-8b3978117c57
+---
+
+# Eventbridge Rule (formerly Cloudwatch Rule) Does Not Invoke Lambda When Configured Through Ansible
+
+## Problem
+
+After creating an Eventbridge rule to run a Lambda function with the Ansible module
+[`amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/amazon/aws/cloudwatchevent_rule_module.html),
+the rule does not run Lambda function when it should:
+
+```yaml
+- name: "Create lambda function"
+  register: create_lambda
+  amazon.aws.lambda:
+    region: "{{ aws_ec2_region }}"
+    description: "My Lambda function"
+    name: "{{ lambda_name }}"
+    role: "{{ iam_role.iam_role.arn }}"
+    state: "present"
+    timeout: 120
+    vpc_security_group_ids: "{{ sec_group.group_id }}"
+    vpc_subnet_ids: "{{ subnet_ids }}"
+    image_uri: "{{ ecr.repository.repositoryUri }}:latest"
+- name: "Schedule my Lambda function"
+  register: lambda_schedule_rule
+  amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule:
+    name: "a_unique_rule_name"
+    region: "{{ aws_ec2_region }}"
+    schedule_expression: "rate(1 minute)"
+    state: "present"
+    targets:
+      - arn: "{{ create_lambda.configuration.function_arn }}"
+        id: "a_unique_id"
+        input: "{{ eventbridge_rule_lambda_event_input }}"
+```
+
+Even though creating a seemingly identical setup through the AWS console works fine.
+
+## Cause
+
+The Eventbridge rule is not allowed to invoke this Lambda, as it is not in the Lambda's policy.
+
+## Solution
+
+Use the
+[`amazon.aws.lambda_policy`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/amazon/aws/lambda_policy_module.html)
+module to allow the Eventbridge rule to invoke the Lambda.
+Note that, if specifying the Lambda function name to `function_name` (as opposed to the ARN of the
+Lambda function), you must specify `version` or otherwise the Lambda function still won't be run!
+
+
+```yaml
+- name: "Allow Eventbridge (Cloudwatch) Rules to invoke lambda"
+  amazon.aws.lambda_policy:
+    action: "lambda:InvokeFunction"
+    function_name: "{{ lambda_name }}"
+    state: "present"
+    statement_id: "a_unique_statement_id"
+    region: "{{ aws_ec2_region }}"
+    principal: "events.amazonaws.com"
+    source_arn: "{{ lambda_schedule_rule.rule.arn }}"
+    version: "{{ create_lambda.configuration.version }}"
+```
+
+
+Solution found thanks to @david-kretch's answer to the same question at
+<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45282939/cloudwatch-event-rule-creation-via-ansible-succeeds-but-not-invoked>.

computery_stuff/flask.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+date: \today
+title: Flask
+tags: [ python, flask, programming, docker ]
+uuid: e513ed96-cb19-4d4c-9894-e337c54659e5
+---
+
+# Examples
+
+- [alv.cx-glass](https://git.alv.cx/alvierahman90/alv.cx-glass) --- a pretty minimal example, probably not very production ready but has example of how to use in Docker
+- <https://flask.palletsprojects.com/> --- official documentation for Flask

computery_stuff/jetson_nano.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+date: \today
+title: Jetson Nano
+tags: [ nvidia, jetson, jetson_nano, droidcam ]
+uuid: f312451a-2cd4-468a-9eef-ca9859c7cd1e
+---
+
+
+# installing Droidcam
+
+figured out with help from <https://hizzely.hashnode.dev/instalasi-droidcam-cli-di-jetson-nano> :pray:
+
+0. build and install libjpeg-turbo version 2.1.2 from github (cmake, make, make install)
+0. build droidcam (2.1.3 confirmed working) from source (make) and install (./install-client) (may need to set `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` environment varible to whatever libjpeg turbo installed at (for me, `/opt/libjpeg-turbo/lib64/pkgconfig`))
+0. install v4l2loopback-dkms with apt
+0. run droidcam (you may need to set `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable to wherever libjpeg-turbo installed to (for me, `/opt/libjpeg-turbo/lib64`))

computery_stuff/linux.md

@@ -20,3 +20,47 @@ usermod -a -G group user
 ```bash
 usermod -g group user
 ```
+
+# help i think my device shut down after deleting the current kernel and before installing the second (no entries in systemd-boot/grub/<bootloader>)
+
+0. boot into a live usb of current disto
+1. mount the root partition to `/mnt` and the boot partition to the appropriate folder (check
+   fstab which should be in `/mnt/etc/fstab`, if it says `/efi`, mount it to `/mnt/efi`)
+2. chroot into the mounted filesystem:
+
+   on arch based systems you can simply run:
+
+   ```
+   arch-chroot /mnt
+   ```
+
+   on non arch based systems[^1]:
+
+   ```
+   mount -t proc /proc /mnt/proc/
+   mount -t sysfs /sys /mnt/ys/
+   mount --rbind /dev /mnt/dev/
+   # only if using uefi
+   mount --rbind /sys/firmware/efi/efivars /mnt/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/
+   # for internet access
+   cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
+   chroot /mnt /bin/bash
+   ```
+3. the system can now be force updated/kernel images can be generated
+
+   on arch based systems[^2]:
+
+   ```
+   # reinstall all current packages
+   pacman -Qqen > /root/pkgs.txt # list all installed packages
+   pacman -S $(< /root/pkgs.txt) # reinstall all installed packages
+   rm /root/pkgs.txt # clean up
+
+   # reinstall dependencies (if there are issues)
+   pacman -Qqdn > /root/deps.txt # list all installed dependencies
+   pacman -S $(< /root/deps.txt) # reinstall all installed dependencies
+   rm /root/deps.txt # clean up
+   ```
+
+[^1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot [wayback machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20240121115548/https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot)
+[^2]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193174 [wayback machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20240129153400/https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193174)

computery_stuff/uo_nottingham.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+author: Akbar Rahman
+date: \today
+title: University of Nottingham
+tags: [ uni ]
+uuid: d1b03938-c5b4-48ad-a258-78f96880aa4b
+---
+
+### Trying to log into Microsoft 365 sends me to a different organisation's login page
+
+Try one of these links:
+
+- <https://pls.cx/uon_email> (a redirect to the link below)
+- <https://outlook.office.com/owa/nottingham.ac.uk>

gohookr.sh

@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 git pull
 cd ..
 rm -rf notes.alv.cx/*
-notes2web.py -o notes.alv.cx notes
+cd /root/gronk
+git pull
+docker compose up --build 

readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: alv's notes
+base_url: https://notes.alv.cx
+---
+
+# alv's notes
+
+These are my personal notes. Correctness is not guaranteed.
+
+Best viewed at [notes.alv.cx](https://notes.alv.cx).

styles.css

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+@import url("https://styles.alv.cx/fonts/comic-mono-font.css");
+@import url("https://styles.alv.cx/modules/dotgrid.css");
+@import url("https://styles.alv.cx/modules/alwaysdark.css");
+
+:root {
+  --dotgrid-size: 15em;
+  --dotgrid-dot-size: 1px;
+}
+
+body {
+  font-family: 'Comic Mono', monospace;
+}

uni/.n2w.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+itags: [ uni ]

uni/mmme/.n2w.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+itags: [ mmme ]