Jonathan Markevich

Category: Other

  • Sourdough Bread

    Once you start making and enjoying sourdough, it’s hard to go back!  I’ve had lots of requests for my technique and recipe, so here it is! The recipe I love this recipe, it’s easy to memorize, and very good.  I HIGHLY recommend using a digital scale. Don’t rely on volume measurements, especially for flour.  Get…

  • TuneFab Support

    I wrote about TuneFab m4v converter a while back, mostly to get a discount.  Bottom line, it worked quite well, though the UI was a bit janky. Well, I’ve been using it a bit since then, and yup the UI is still a bit janky.  No change there.  However, I have had a few occasions…

  • iTunes Without the iTunes Part

    I have been archiving all of my purchased media for quite some time now, I like the flexibility of a digital copy, but also flexibility to view it how and where I choose (i.e. Plex).  That usually means a lot of disc ripping, and I have set up a decent system and workflow to do…

  • Rescuing Encrypted files on ACD

    So Amazon is shutting out Linux users.  But what if I have a bunch of encrypted files there using old encfs and acd_cli scripts? I can copy down the encrypted files using their client at any point, but how will I know which one is which? I did the following.  First, create a temporary directory.…

  • Amazon Drive Shutouts

    Amazon is in the process of revoking API keys for a number of apps used to access their Cloud Drive product.  They started with acd_cli and have now banned rclone, and apparently Stablebit CloudDrive.  As more users of these products filter into fewer and fewer available options, the API hit from those products will certainly…

  • A Dip in the Music Stream

    Music streaming has become a big deal in the last few years.  People don’t seem to care about bandwidth, they know its a resource that seems to be basically infinite (if metered). My problem is that it almost seems like the users are treating music the same way. I reflect back to my discovery of music.…