Kevin Boone

January 2026

Command-line hacking: Downloading a podcast to create an audiobook

If a podcast has an RSS feed, we can download it, parse it, and then download all the content into a single folder, which can then be played by any audio player.

Categories: Linux, command-line hacking

They don't make 'em like that any more: filament fairy lights

Decorative Christmas lights were better in the past. No, really, they were.

Categories: TDMTLTAM

Using a Garmin fitness watch completely offline -- no accounts, no app

Using a Garmin fitness watch without a smartphone or Garmin's services: how practical is it, and would you want to?

Categories: degoogling