Time Zones v2.7 – for Alfred 4
An update to improve compatibility with Alfred 4.
Download from https://jhartman.pl/download/alfred-timezone-workflow/ or https://github.com/jaroslawhartman/TimeZones-Alfred/releases
TimeZone v2.6
A few small changes. Download from https://jhartman.pl/download/alfred-timezone-workflow/
Prometheus Node Exporter /lib/init/init-d-script: /usr/bin/daemon: not found
After Ubuntu upgrade 18.04 -> 18.10, Prometheus Node Exporter started to complain:
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root@grafana:~# /etc/init.d/prometheus-node-exporter startStarting Prometheus exporter for machine metrics prometheus-node-exporter /etc/init.d/prometheus-node-exporter: 45: /lib/init/init-d-script: /usr/bin/daemon: not found |
Fix for this is quite easy – just install missing dependency:
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root@grafana:~# apt install daemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: daemon 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 99.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 288 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 daemon amd64 0.6.4-1build1 [99.5 kB] Fetched 99.5 kB in 0s (287 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package daemon. (Reading database ... 22628 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../daemon_0.6.4-1build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking daemon (0.6.4-1build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2) ... Setting up daemon (0.6.4-1build1) ... root@grafana:~# /etc/init.d/prometheus-node-exporter stop * Stopping Prometheus exporter for machine metrics prometheus-node-exporter [ OK ] root@grafana:~# /etc/init.d/prometheus-node-exporter start * Starting Prometheus exporter for machine metrics prometheus-node-exporter [ OK ] root@grafana:~# |
After that daemon can be started:
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root@grafana:~# /etc/init.d/prometheus-node-exporter start Starting Prometheus exporter for machine metrics prometheus-node-exporter [ OK ] root@grafana:~# |
Param2Clipboard
A MacOS application to grab an argument and set system Clipboard as per argument text.
How it works?
Under the hood it’s invoking pbcopy as below:
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#!/bin/bash if [[ -z "$1" ]] then osascript -e 'display notification "Nothing copied!" with title "Param2Clipboard"' else echo "$1" | pbcopy osascript -e 'display notification "Parameter copied to the Clipboard!" with title "Param2Clipboard"' fi |
The script has been wrapped into MacOS app using Platypus:
Eventually, registered required URL Types in Info.plist. Unfortunately, it was a manual process which has to be repeated every time when a new app is created using Platypus:
Why created?
Created to improve workflow when opening Microsoft Skype or Lync meetings.
Flow I’m using:
Broswer Fairy configuration
In order to capture opening of Skype/Lync URLs, I’m using Browser Fairy which is registered as a default app to open all URLs. Each URL is matched against defined list of patters and if a Skype URL is detected, the URL is passed to Param2Clipboard app.
References
Withings to Garmin Connect – resurrection
After dropping “legacy” APIs on Withings page, the script stopped to work…
It took quite a while to adjust it to OAuth2 but finally – it’s done!
Go to https://github.com/jaroslawhartman/withings-garmin-v2 to download the script.
References
- Based on withings-garmin by Masayuki Hamasaki, improved to support SSO authorization in Garmin Connect 2.
- SSO authorization derived from https://github.com/cpfair/tapiriik
Pre-requisites
- Python 3
- ‘Requests: HTTP for Humans’ (http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/)
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$ sudo easy_install requests |
- simplejson
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$ sudo easy_install simplejson |
Usage
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Usage: $python sync.py [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit --garmin-username=<user>, --gu=<user> username to login Garmin Connect. --garmin-password=<pass>, --gp=<pass> password to login Garmin Connect. -f <date>, --fromdate=<date> -t <date>, --todate=<date> --no-upload Won't upload to Garmin Connect and output binary- string to stdout. -v, --verbose Run verbosely |
Obtaining Withings Authorization Code
When running for a very first time, you need to obtain Withings authorization:
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$ ./sync.py -f 2019-01-25 -v Can't read config file config/withings_user.json *************************************** * W A R N I N G * *************************************** User interaction needed to get Authentification Code from Withings! Open the following URL in your web browser and copy back the token. You will have *30 seconds* before the token expires. HURRY UP! (This is one-time activity) https://account.withings.com/oauth2_user/authorize2?response_type=code&client_id=183e03e1f363110b3551f96765c98c10e8f1aa647a37067a1cb64bbbaf491626&state=OK&scope=user.metrics&redirect_uri=https://wieloryb.uk.to/withings/withings.html& Token : _ |
You need to visit the URL listed by the script and then – copy Authentification Code back to the prompt.
This is one-time activity and it will not be needed to repeat.
Tips
You can hardcode your usernames and passwords in the script (sync.py):
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GARMIN_USERNAME = '' GARMIN_PASSWORD = '' |
For advanced users – registering own Withings application
The script has been registered as a Withings application and got assigned Client ID and Consumer Secret. If you wish to create your own application – feel free!
- First you need a Withings account. Sign up here.
- Then you need a a Withings developer app registered. Create your app here.
Note, registering it is quite cumbersome, as you need to have a callback URL and an Icon. Anyway, when done, you should have the following identifiers:
| Identfier | Example |
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| Client ID | 183e03.................765c98c10e8f1aa647a37067a1......baf491626 |
| Consumer Secret | a75d65.................4c16719ef7bd69fa7c5d3fd0ea......ed48f1765 |
| Callback URI | https://jhartman.pl/withings/notify |
Configure them in config/withings_app.json, for example:
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{ "callback_url": "https://wieloryb.uk.to/withings/withings.html", "client_id": "183e0******0b3551f96765c98c1******b64bbbaf491626", "consumer_secret": "a75d65******1df1514c16719ef7bd69fa7*****2e2b0ed48f1765" } |
TimeZones v2.4
You can toggle your city and pin to the top – to make it a favourite.
Download from https://jhartman.pl/download/alfred-timezone-workflow/
Time Zones v2.1
Fixed issues with adding new cities. Also removed dependency on Growl.
You can download the workflow: Alfred-TimeZones
Oracle Coherence – description of federation member states
States of Oracle Coherence federation are not very well described in the documentation. So I thought it would be good to ask at the source. Thanks for Patrick F for all these explanations!
Stopped states – Federation is not federating data to the destination, nor is it keeping a backlog of changes to send to the destination. A “start” operation must be performed to start federating data again:
- STOPPED – A stop operation was issued, or federation was set to start in the stopped state. Stopped states – Federation is not federating data to the destination, nor is it keeping a backlog of changes to send to the destination. A “start” operation must be performed to start federating data again:
- ERROR – An error occurred from which federation was unable to continue federating data
Paused state – Federation is not federating data, but is keeping a (growing) backlog of changes to be sent once a “start” operation is issued:
- PAUSED – A pause operation was issued, or federation was set to start in the paused state.
Normal states – Federation is federating data:
- INITIAL – default startup state. A Coherence node will stay in this state until there is data to be federated
- IDLE – federation is active and connected to the destination. There is no data currently to send
- READY – federation is transitioning out of CONNECTING, or YIELDING, or BACKLOG_NORMAL and will go to SENDING
- SENDING – federation has data to send
- CONNECTING – federation is connecting to the destination cluster
- CONNECT_WAIT – federation is disconnected and will make a new connect attempt. There may be a delay before making the next attempt depending on the circumstances under which federation was disconnected
- YIELDING – federation has data to send, but is pausing briefly, likely due to a BACKLOG_EXCESSIVE event
- DISCONNECTED – federation was disconnected from the remote destination. If there is no data to send, federation may stay in this state. NB: DISCONNECTED is a “normal” state. It means that a member of the cluster lost its federation connection to the remote cluster (probably because the remote member it was connected to was shut down). If the member in the DISCONNECTED state has no data to send, it will stay in the DISCONNECTED state – basically the same as being IDLE. Once there is some data for this member to send it will issue a new connection.
The following states do not exist – although they may have in 12.2.1.0.0 (federation should not be used with this version):
- BACKLOG_EXCESSIVE
- BACKLOG_NORMAL
Shrinking VirtualBox VMs
This article is note to self, as I just gather information from other sites:
- https://www.howtogeek.com/312883/how-to-shrink-a-virtualbox-virtual-machine-and-free-up-disk-space/
- http://www.surfacetablethelp.com/2016/06/fix-ssd-optimize-drives-not-available-in-windows-10.html
- https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tr-dojo/delete-hiberfilsys-by-disabling-windows-hibernate-function/
- https://windirstat.net/download.html
Time Zones v2.0
Major fix for issue preventing adding new cities! Replaced calls to Google Map API by a local file.
You can download the workflow: Alfred-TimeZones