# bum (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bum. Page: Feed: --- ## [Paid Subscriber Bonus Post: West Slope Creeks of Northern California](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/paid-subscriber-bonus-post-west-slope) _2026-08-19 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Reprint from a story that appeared in a 2017 issue of Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Journal ## [Second Hour Gin Clear Mk3](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/08/second-hour-gin-clear-mk3.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=second-hour-gin-clear-mk3) _2026-08-18 · Lauren C · The Time Bum_ Believe it or not, this is the third time around at The Time Bum for the Second Hour Gin Clear. First released via Kickstarter in 2020 and then revised in… The post Second Hour Gin Clear Mk3 appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Trout Bum Newsletter-August 14, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/trout-bum-newsletter-august-14-2026) _2026-08-15 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Welcome back to my Old Trout Bum Newsletter. ## [Interview: Stephen O’Connor of The British Bench](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/08/interview-stephen-oconnor-of-the-british-bench.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-stephen-oconnor-of-the-british-bench) _2026-08-14 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ Stephen O’Connor is the man behind The British Bench, an independent website documenting where British watches are designed, manufactured, assembled, regulated, and tested. Establishing the country of manufacture for any… The post Interview: Stephen O’Connor of The British Bench appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Updated "Old Trout Bum" Fly Fishing Reports Update-August 13, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/updated-old-trout-bum-fly-fishing-6f4) _2026-08-14 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ August 13, 2026 ## [Summer Steelhead on the Rogue](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/summer-steelhead-on-the-rogue) _2026-08-10 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Special Paid Subscriber Post: Reprint from a story that appeared in Salmon & Steelhead Journal in Spring of 2023 ## [Old Tout Bum Newsletter-August 7, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/old-tout-bum-newsletter-august-7) _2026-08-07 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ In this issue of the newsletter, I’ve added a section showing links to fly fishing social media platforms that you may be interested in. ## [Weekly “Old Trout Bum” Fly Fishing Report 8/6/26](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/weekly-old-trout-bum-fly-fishing) _2026-08-06 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ The only weekly updated California fly fishing report ## [Delhi Watch Company Terra](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/08/delhi-watch-company-terra.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delhi-watch-company-terra) _2026-08-04 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ I am wearing a Microbrand Watch of the Year contender. This Indian watch sold for $42, sold out in a flash, and they won’t ship to the United States. If… The post Delhi Watch Company Terra appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [vim and zsh: Creating directories for files with ease](https://wesley.schwengle.net/dev/null/vim-and-zsh-creating-directories-for-files-with-ease-4847/) _2026-08-03 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ This is a small article about a thing I made because I was fed up with having to mkdir -p all the time. Assume you follow an howto and you get the create this file /path/to/file and you don’t have that path yet. Now you can do mkdir -p /path/to and then open the file in your editor. I did that, but I got annoyed by it. So I wrote a little helper mkdir-from-filename which creates a directory… ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nFP1SRFSqA9n) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [Old Trout Bum Newsletter-July 31, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/old-trout-bum-newsletter-july-31) _2026-08-01 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ I’ve had an eventful week as my son Joe is visiting us for my birthday, which was yesterday. ## [Old Trout Bum Links](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/old-trout-bum-links) _2026-07-29 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Portal to Old Trout Bum social media resources ## [ÁIGI Gruvebus](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/07/aigi-gruvebus.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aigi-gruvebus) _2026-07-27 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ Watchmakers draw inspiration from all manner of sources, running the gamut from the commonplace, “What if I reimagined this other, more expensive watch?” to the bizarre, “What if Ziggy Stardust… The post ÁIGI Gruvebus appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Old Trout Bum Newsletter-July 25, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/old-trout-bum-newsletter-july-25) _2026-07-26 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Here is my Old Trout Bum Newsletter for this week. ## [Old Trout Bum Newsletter-July 17, 2026](https://gregvinci.substack.com/p/old-trout-bum-newsletter-july-17) _2026-07-18 · Greg Vinci · Musings Of A Trout Bum_ Here is my Old Trout Bum Newsletter for this week. ## [How to replicate bum](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/how-to-replicate-bum-building-a-toolkit-based-on-git-primitives-1490/) _2026-07-14 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR Bum is built on three principles: small composable scripts that do one thing well, guardrails that protect you from destructive operations, and gitconfig as a runtime database. Bum uses bum.\* as its own config namespace, meaning it gets repo-awareness, includeIf support, and per-project configuration completely for free because git already does all of that. Under the hood, bum leans almost… ## [Vario Versa Single-Time Automatic](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/07/vario-versa-single-time-automatic.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vario-versa-single-time-automatic) _2026-07-14 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ In 2022, Ivan Chua of Vario did the unexpected when he released the Versa, an affordable, dual-faced, art deco watch in the spirit of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duo and Cartier Tank… The post Vario Versa Single-Time Automatic appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Sero Watch Company Signature](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/07/sero-watch-company-signature.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sero-watch-company-signature) _2026-07-06 · Matt Kessler-Cleary · The Time Bum_ If you are steeped in watch media – podcasts, trade journals, and perhaps some lovable enthusiast blogs – you’ve likely come across a host or writer pondering what they would… The post Sero Watch Company Signature appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Imperial Watch Co. Rangefinder](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/07/imperial-watch-co-rangefinder.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imperial-watch-co-rangefinder) _2026-07-03 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ Imperial Watch Company entered the microbrand arena in 2022 with the release of the Royal Guard 200. In my review, I praised its retro charm and declared it to be… The post Imperial Watch Co. Rangefinder appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Question: How do I register deepin-terminal as an alternative on Debian?](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-do-i-register-deepin-terminal-as-an-alternative-on-debian-22dc/) _2026-07-03 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Answer Open a terminal and type in man update-alternatives and look for --install . You’ll want to query the group to extract some useful information $ update-alternatives --query x-terminal-emulator Name: x-terminal-emulator Link: /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator # snip This is what the man page tells you: update-alternatives --install link name path prio So let’s show it with a dummy… ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2LLnWVmwZtpj) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Belhamel Contra A39](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/07/belhamel-contra-a39.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belhamel-contra-a39) _2026-07-02 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ When I see a retro-inspired watch, I ask myself if it is intended to be viewed as a product of the past or of the present. For example, if I… The post Belhamel Contra A39 appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Bernhardt Captain](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/06/bernhardt-captain.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bernhardt-captain) _2026-06-28 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ The Bernhardt Watch Company of North Carolina was a microbrand before anyone called independent watchmakers “microbrands.” Founded in 2005, this family-owned business developed a fiercely loyal following of enthusiasts and… The post Bernhardt Captain appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Hemel Eylandt Aurelian](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/06/hemel-eylandt-aurelian.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hemel-eylandt-aurelian) _2026-06-22 · Loren Sciurba · The Time Bum_ Hemel has long been known for its military and tool watches, and while it has continued those themes with its Eylandt collection, the sub-brand has also provided a place to… The post Hemel Eylandt Aurelian appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [All your Traefik are belong to us](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/all-your-traefik-are-belong-to-us-504c/) _2026-06-18 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR Tired of port juggling and certificate headaches? Run Traefik as a permanent service on your dev box. Point all your projects at it, and let them self-register. One wildcard certificate, real domains, no more tearing services down to free up port 443. Scales to production too. And then some. Introduction I run a lot of web development projects. Nowadays browsers sorta expect everything to be… ## [Astor + Banks Field Watch](https://www.thetimebum.com/2026/06/astor-banks-field-watch.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=astor-banks-field-watch) _2026-06-09 · Matt Kessler-Cleary · The Time Bum_ To paraphrase Linda Martell, field watches are a funny little genre, aren’t they? It encompasses archetypal styles, military styles, other military styles, futuristic lovable oddball military styles – the genre… The post Astor + Banks Field Watch appeared first on The Time Bum . ## [Question: How does Debian solve converging configuration files?](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-does-debian-solve-converging-configuration-files-2013/) _2026-06-03 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Someone on Reddit asked how you can maintain your own version of application while also being able to upgrade packages without getting conflicts between your changes and Debians changes. Answer This is normal in Debian life. Debian often solves this via three ways. .d config directories. Ordering dpkg-divert Sudo, apache, nginx, and lightdm, all support the first way. Some packages like… ## [Greybeards rise](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/greybeards-rise-how-a-vim-colorscheme-changed-my-desktop-bf5a/) _2026-05-19 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR Twenty years of desktop environments — WindowMaker, KDE3, fvwm, i3 — and the lesson is always the same: consistency beats aesthetics. This is how I took one vim colorscheme (iceberg) and spread it across my entire desktop: terminal, prompt, window manager, launcher, screensaver, and even git. One palette aligns the whole UI. The only constraint you lay on yourself: timebox it. Because… ## [Question: How to avoid killing an i3 scratchpad window](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-to-avoid-killing-an-i3-scratchpad-window-86d1/) _2026-05-06 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Answer It’s kinda complicated. i3 exposes a scratchpad\_state on every node, but it is not relevant for the node you initially check. The window node of the application you are targetting. Today we are scratching an itch. When I saw this question posted on Reddit I first thought: let’s look at the data. My Workspace on Demand daemon has an IPC event debugger. So I fired it up and went… ## [I just wanted PHP 8.2 (Composer had other ideas)](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/i-just-wanted-php-8-2-composer-had-other-ideas-12e3/) _2026-04-21 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR This is a rant, a developer war story of how to use docker to work around a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place. Configure your PHP project with a different, lower version, of PHP than you are using yourself. Read how I spent an evening fighting PHP. The bare minimum Can someone in PHP land please tell me why composer is unable to create a project on PHP version 8.2 when… ## [zsh: drop sed for regexp-replace and use zstyle to avoid hardcoding things in a script](https://wesley.schwengle.net/dev/null/zsh-drop-sed-for-regexp-replace-and-use-zstyle-to-avoid-hardcoding-things-in-a-script-2f1c/) _2026-04-14 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Zsh has regexp-replace, you don’t need sed: autoload regexp-replace regexp-replace line '^pick' 'f' Also, instead of hard coding values, use zstyle: # in your .zshrc zstyle ':xyz:xyz:terminal' terminal "kitty" # in your script/function local myterm zstyle -s ':xyz:xyz:terminal' terminal myterm || myterm="Eterm" ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bnVVKMxfzKBa) _2026-04-14 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Yet Another CLI framework](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/yet-another-cli-framework-3e1a/) _2026-04-07 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR Searching for CLI modules on MetaCPAN returns 1690 results. And still I wrote another, Yet Another CLI framework. This is about why mine is the one you want to use. Introduction CLI clients, we all write them, we all want them, but the boilerplate is just horrible. I wanted to get rid of it: Burn it with 🔥. At my previous dayjob we had something I wrote, or co-wrote, my boss wanted a sort… ## [Question: How can you configure grub to use a specific kernel?](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-can-configure-grub-to-use-a-specific-kernel-3eee/) _2026-03-18 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Answer You can configure grub via several ways to use a specific kernel or you can configure grub to use the latest one, or you can tell grub to pick one from a selection. One specific kernel If you inspect /etc/grub/grub.cfg you’ll see entries like this: # the \\ are mine, these are usually one big line but for blog purposes I # multi-lined them menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux GNU/Linux, with… ## [git status can now compare branches](https://wesley.schwengle.net/dev/null/git-status-can-now-compare-branches-6e55/) _2026-03-14 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ For those running a development version of git from master or next, you probably have seen it already. Today I was inspecting the git logs of git and found this little gem. It supports my workflow to the max. You can now configure git status to compare branches with your current branch in status. When you configure status.comparebranches you can use @{upstream} and @{push} and you see both how far… ## [Living on the edge: truncating the path on your PS1](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/living-on-the-edge-truncating-the-path-on-your-ps1-c562/) _2026-03-10 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR I didn’t like how the default zsh prompt truncation works. My solution, used in my own custom-made prompt (fully supported by promptinit ), uses a custom precmd hook to dynamically determine the terminal’s available width. Instead of blind chopping, my custom logic ensures human-readable truncation by following simple rules: it always preserves the home directory (∼) and the… ## [zsh: Dynamically ignore files for autocomplete](https://wesley.schwengle.net/dev/null/zsh-dynamically-ignore-files-for-autocomplete-c09a/) _2026-03-05 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ In the zshell you can use CORRECT\_IGNORE\_FILE to ignore files for spelling corrections (or autocorrect for commands). While handy, it is somewhat limited as it is global. Now, I wanted to ignore it only for git and not other commands. But I haven’t found a way to only target git without having to make a wrapper around git (which I don’t want to do). So I wrote an autoloaded function… ## [Git rebase vs merge - there can be only one.](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/git-rebase-vs-merge-there-can-be-only-one-4f8a/) _2026-02-24 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR Rebase is a tool used while developing. Merging is a tool used for incorporating your branch into a target branch. Both tools or workflows serve each other in the end. Introduction There are a lot of online discussions about these two “workflows”. One is pro-rebasing and the other swears by merging. Both sides are stuck in their own thinking and both think they are right. Follow… ## [Question: How can I prevent multiple logins via LightDM](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-can-i-prevent-multiple-logins-via-lightdm-0623/) _2026-02-10 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Answer I use xscreensaver and to forbid it: ! in .Xresources xscreensaver.splash: false ! Set to nothing makes user switching not possible \*.newLoginCommand: Lightdm supports .d directories, by default they aren’t created on Debian but upstream documents them clearly. In other words: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/ is read. Which means you need to drop a file,… ## [Question: How to source your .profile with LightDM on Debian?](https://wesley.schwengle.net/answerrit/question-how-to-source-your-profile-with-lightdm-on-debian-4357/) _2025-11-18 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ I needed to have some defaults available in my i3 configuration and was using LightDM. I asked in the i3 github discussion pages if people knew why it was failing. It appears Debian stripped some functionality. So how do you solve this? Answer You want to have your own session wrapper for lightdm. I stole this recipe from Ubuntu : #!/usr/bin/sh for file in "/etc/profile" "$HOME/.profile"… ## [Workspace on Demand in i3wm](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/workspace-on-demand-in-i3wm-84a4/) _2025-09-24 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ TL;DR I built a dynamic workspace loader for i3wm that lets me switch between multiple context-aware workspace groups (like “Client”, “Company”, and “Personal”) without losing state. It uses Perl, AnyEvent::I3, YAML config, and tick events to load layouts and launch apps on demand. Workspaces on Demand I love i3, been using it for years, there is one thing I… ## [Bash-ing on nodejs: build your first CLI tool with Bash (or Zsh)](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/bash-ing-on-nodejs-build-your-first-cli-tool-with-bash-or-zsh-66ae/) _2025-08-24 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ I came across a post tagged both #cli and #webdev , titled “ Build Your First CLI Tool ”. I was curious, CLI and web dev? Are we building a small Postman-like CLI tool to talk to API’s? The post walked through creating a CLI tool using JavaScript, Commander.js, and npm. You’d end up with a calc executable that could be globally installed with npm link . Two things stood… ## [Mixtaping in 2025 – A Personal Build Log](https://wesley.schwengle.net/article/mixtaping-in-2025--a-personal-build-log-ed5d/) _2025-08-23 · IncludeIf: A digital space written in pencil_ Mixtapes used to be simple: record, rewind, scribble on the label. But it’s 2025, and cassette players are extinct. That didn’t stop me from making one. This is just a story about a personal project: built with plain HTML, pico.css, and some JavaScript. Because I liked someone, and it didn’t work out. I was listening to songs, slowly piecing together the soundtrack of what I was…