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Publish using one git repository with three branches for three different sites respectively

Local set-up on my Mac

My static site generator of choice is chisel, and it resides at ~/Sites/chisel folder. Aside from master branch, which is the original upstream version (maintained by the primary author @dz), it has my three personalised (git) branches, viz.,

1. ch -- A custom fork for publishing a family-oriented blog; uses posts from ~/Sites/posts
2. ck -- A custom fork for publishing semi-professional articles; uses posts from ~/Sites/notes
3. mc -- A custom fork for publishing weeknotes; uses posts from ~/Sites/wkly

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
# Find most common sacs commands across modules, 2020 ckunte
import re
from collections import Counter
# read a file containing all sacs commands
commands = re.findall(r'\w+', open('sacs-commands-all.txt').read())
# print 85 most common commands across all sacs modules
mcom = Counter(commands).most_common(85)
for com, nos in mcom:

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USFOS on linux

As a commercial (engineering) software, [USFOS][u] needs to be manually installed. I tried this today on [elementary OS][e], powered by frugal hardware, and USFOS runs just fine. At minimum, the following are needed:

1. usfos, xact binary, and usfos_etc files.
2. A valid license usfos.key file.
3. A computer with Linux 64-bit OS to run on.

As each binary needs to be separately downloaded from USFOS site, I’ve automated this via [wget][]. Here are the commands to run in a terminal:

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
"""Generate formatted model data from CSV file
2020 ckunte

Usage: gendata.py --fn=filename.ext
       gendata.py --help
       gendata.py --version

Options:

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Brother HL-L2321D as a network-enabled AirPrint printer

Brother HL-L2321D is a delightful bare bones printer. It's fast, prints duplex, and is lean on cartridge usage. HL-L2320D drivers are readily available for Windows 10 and MacOS, and installing this printer is a breeze.

Since connection to the printer is only via USB-A interface, it is not a network printer, since it has no LAN port and no built-in WiFi. For those that want their printers to work with their iOS devices, no AirPrint support out of the box either. But that said, making this printer accessible over network is pretty easy with any of the following two ways:

1. Connect it to a router that has a USB-A port.
2. Connect it to a Mac, PC, or a Raspberry Pi, and share this printer to be accessible for printing.

Setup on a Raspberry Pi

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo find / -depth -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \;
#
# Run these periodically via a cronjob. Type `sudo crontab -e` in
# a Terminal and enter the following job.
#
# 0 9 * * * root find / -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm {} \;
#
# What this job does:
# At 9AM everyday (in the example below), root looks for .DS_Store 

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{% from 'site_settings.jinja2' import site_title, site_author, site_url -%}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

  <title>{{ site_title }}</title>
  <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="{{ site_url }}"/>
  <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="{{ site_url }}/atom.xml"/>
  {%- for entry in entries -%}
  {%- if loop.index < 1 + 1 %}
  <updated>{{ entry.year }}-{{ entry.month }}-{{ entry.day }}T{{ entry.hour }}:{{ entry.minute }}:{{ entry.second }}Z</updated>

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{% from 'site_settings.jinja2' import site_title, site_author, site_url -%}
{
  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
  "title": "{{ site_title }}",
  "description": "Description of the website",
  "home_page_url": "{{ site_url }}",
  "feed_url": "{{ site_url }}/feed.json",
  "author": {
    "name": "{{ site_author }}",
    "url": "{{ site_url }}"