20 Jun 2017
Yesterday I got a reminder from Mars!
There is a ‘Starmus’ conference going on these days, in Trondheim, Norway.
One astronaut told about returning to Earth after 43 days in Space - the
message being that what you don’t use (in Space) you have lost when back
(on Earth) - i.e. without gravity your sense of balance get lost - you
have to retrain basic mobility capabilities upon return.
So also for elderly people - without exercising mind and body capabilities
get lost. Thats why daily dogwalking keeps me (and the dogs) going.
Beware also the mental vulnurality. Who recalls phone numbers these days?
Say your phone got missed and you need to ask someone else to make a call
for you - would you be able to tell the number to dial?
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28 May 2017
End of an era? Donald Trump has been on his first international trip as
President of the U.S. European leaders for the first time in postwar history
finds they can no longer trust the U.S. Government. Neither in defence (Nato),
climate change (Paris Accord) or trade (TTIP). We are experiencing the slow
collapse of the hegemonic US era. Gone are the days of the Washington Concensus
and the Neoliberal economic doctrine. The EU establishment seems though to
still cling to these - Merkel & Macron want to pick up the flag abandonned
by the US and to take on a European leadership of prolonged globalisation.
Alas, watershed periods starts with confusion and nostalgia.
Forwards-looking policies are still waiting to emerge.
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13 May 2017
After some trouble this seems to be partly working in local development mode.
What is not working is to put the content of the generated _site into a
a web server subdirectory.
In _config.yml I have to put base.url: /
If I try base.url: /some_sub_directory links will be incorrect and the
theme decorations disappear.
Any suggestions for how to fix this?
I had to do:
This recipe was not that simple!:
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Local Development
Install Jekyll and plug-ins in one fell swoop:
gem install github-pages
This mirrors the plug-ins used by GitHub Pages
on your local machine including Jekyll, Sass, etc.
Clone down your fork:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/yourusername.github.io.git
Serve the site and watch for markup/sass changes:
jekyll serve
View your website at http://127.0.0.1:4000/
Commit any changes and push everything to the master branch of your
GitHub user repository.
GitHub Pages will then rebuild and serve your website.
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12 May 2017
I am testing github pages for blogging and found Bruce Eckel’s blog setup inspiring.
Trying to use it as a template by forking it to Dyrehaugen and making changes as appropriate.
We will see if this turns into something useable …
Meanwhile just enjoy the beautiful theme picture
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10 May 2017
Dyre Haugen is an alter ego of Jon Martin.
Norwegian Jack of All Trades, Globetrotter and You name it.
Staying winters in Gran Canaria and summers in Norway.
Professional life in the crossfield of technology and development.
Now retired with freedom to carry out independent research.
Current main concerns are about taming climate and capitalism.
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