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philcryer / silverbeet-about.md
Last active July 14, 2026 21:52
Silverbeet :: about

Silverbeet Technology

The paragraph

After working in various IT roles over 25 years I've started my own LLC, Silverbeet Technology with the goal of bringing principled, practical tech solutions to individuals and small businesses who want their technology just work, without unnecessary complexity. I love working in Linux with open source software, and have found that even if we're not running in a completely open source environment, I, and my ideas, make a difference. I build solutions that directly address users' issues, or help them realize their ideas, while relying on proven technology that can be run without licencing fees or support costs.

Would you happen to have anyone in your network that may be looking for solutions that I could provide? With Silverbeet I'm now able to work as a 1099 or a W2 employee, I'm open to full-time, part-time, project based work, or anything else a client may need. I've worked remotely for many years and am comfortable working within that realm, but can also be ava

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philcryer / Uptime-Kuma-Status-Page-Dark-Mode-High-Density-Tweaks.css
Created September 12, 2024 19:57 — forked from brooksvb/Uptime-Kuma-Status-Page-Dark-Mode-High-Density-Tweaks.css
These CSS tweaks are for higher density display for Uptime Kuma status pages in dark mode.
:root {
--min-item-width: 28ch;
--max-item-width: .5fr;
--grid-spacing: .25rem;
--item-padding: .25rem;
}
/* Let items expand on small screens */
@media (max-width: 600px) {
:root {
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philcryer / 7albums80s.md
Last active September 4, 2020 19:40
#7albums80s

#7albums80s poll

Details and rules

Richard Shaw @RichardS7370

Hi All, just a quick tweet in regards to #7albums80s poll.It’s brilliant seeing so much interest and I’m loving seeing the enthusiasm and variety of suggestions. Here’s the poll rules for anyone new to this:-

  1. I’ll send a tweet on Friday at 7pm (UK) to start the poll.
  2. Please tweet your final 7 picks back to that one so I can pick up your votes (I don’t want people’s picks to be missed)
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philcryer / mogwai.txt
Last active April 9, 2019 01:27
My workup of an old MySpace-era music related questionnaire. Thanks Erin!
1. Choose a band/artist that nobody else has chosen yet: MOGWAI
2. Answer ONLY using titles of their songs.
3. Are you male or female: Simon Ferocious
4. Describe yourself: I Am Not Batman
5. How do some people feel about you: Friend of the Night
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philcryer / install-tidalcycles.sh
Last active March 31, 2019 00:11
Install [Titdalcycles](https://tidalcycles.org/) (and required components, Supercollider, sc3-plugins, vim-tidal, extra-samples, from source) on Debian Linux-based distros (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc) including options to run the server headless.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
echo ">>> Starting..."
rm -rf /tmp/sc3-plugins /tmp/supercollider/ tc/ ~/.vim/vim-tidal
if [ ! -d "tc" ]; then
mkdir tc;
fi
cd tc
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philcryer / Makefile
Created January 23, 2019 15:15
Makefile boilerplate example
all: say_hello generate
say_hello:
@echo "Hello World"
generate:
@echo "Creating empty text files..."
touch file-{1..10}.txt
clean:
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philcryer / tower-job
Last active January 18, 2019 03:21
tower-job: run an Ansible Tower job via the command-line, and get all the output you would from the Tower console.
#!/bin/bash
# tower-job
# https://gist.github.com/philcryer/fdce90d0b06517a49ff2fdba41b579df
# Variables
tower_template_id=574
# Directions
#
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philcryer / magic-trump-ball
Created October 10, 2018 20:13
An idea for a Slackbot to reply to yes/no questions with random trump quotes, in a manner that the original Magic 8-Ball toy did.
# Magic Trump Ball
An idea for a Slackbot to reply to yes/no questions with random trump quotes, in a manner that the original Magic-8 Ball toy did.
## Answers
### Affirmative (10 in the original)
* “I’d rather not say. But the answer is yes."
* "Yeah, I guess so."
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philcryer / ssl_cipher_test.sh
Created June 25, 2018 20:25
Quickly query a domain's SSL configuration and describe what SSL Ciphers it accepts.
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "No fqdn given to check, try again (ie- $0 yahoo.com)"
exit 1
fi
for v in ssl2 ssl3 tls1 tls1_1 tls1_2; do
for c in $(openssl ciphers 'ALL:eNULL' | tr ':' ' '); do
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philcryer / index.html
Created June 15, 2018 17:43
A simple, single page html site, with black background and centered text. Made from found objects, public domain license.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Meta and title -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Your Name</title>
<meta name="author" content="Your Name">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<meta name="description" content="The description for this page">
<meta property="og:url" content="http://link-to-something-you-want-to-share" />