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David Buck

Colorado Springs
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I used to be a writer. My work has appeared on Tedium, Star Trek.com, Nerdvana, Weird History, and Syfy. My skills are now obsolete. Yay.
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I used this open-source, self-hosted Docker app to finally get my physical media collection under control

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By David Buck
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Collecting stuff is a fantastic hobby. In my younger days, I would scour flea markets, yard sales, thrift stores, Craigslist, and eBay for the stuff I liked. I enjoy collecting entire artist discographies on CD whenever possible. Ditto comic books (mostly omnibus collections) and retro games (NES and SNES, if you're curious). Since I like to dabble with Docker applications, I used Koillection, an open-source utility that helps me keep track of my physical media easily.
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Amazon hid years of my digital music purchases—here's how I added them to my Jellyfin library

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By David Buck
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I'm frustrated with various companies because we live in a time when everything is licensed to us; we don't own it after making the purchase. Amazon has never been one of my favorite corporations. But, like many of you, I've bought things from them numerous times over the years. That includes quite a bit of my current music collection.
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I built a habit tracker in a weekend using nothing but an Excel formula

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By David Buck
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Modern life sure is hectic. It seems like there's always something going on. We can all build bad habits along the way. Watches, trackers, and all the different productivity apps are fine; but I found something that worked even better for me: a few formulas on an Excel spreadsheet. I made an exception for Excel because of its portability Credit: David J. Buck / How-To Geek Normally, I choose open-source programs for my personal projects and experiments.
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