20 files changed, 359 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63cd48b..8914304 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEST="tronto.net:/var/www/htdocs/sebastiano.tronto.net"
+DEST="sebastiano@tronto.net:/var/www/htdocs/sebastiano.tronto.net"
 RSYNC=$$( (command -V rsync 2>&1 > /dev/null && echo rsync) || echo openrsync)
 
 all: clean
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index e3b18bf..73bce36 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ makeblogindexandfeed() {
         sed "s/TITLE/Blog/" < top.html > "$bf"
         { echo '<h1 id="blog">Blog</h1>';
           echo '<table id="blog">';
+          echo '<a href="../series">Blog series</a> - ';
           echo '<a href="feed.xml">RSS feed</a>'; } >> "$bf"
 
         cp feed-top.xml "$ff"
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-05-29-man/man.md b/src/blog/2022-05-29-man/man.md
index 26cad6b..ecbf50d 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-05-29-man/man.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-05-29-man/man.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: man(1)
 
+*This post is part of [series](../../series)*
+
 I have been using Linux as my main operating system for the
 last 14 years, and as my only one for the last 10. Needless
 to say, I really like it. However, at the end of last year I
@@ -261,3 +263,5 @@ markup, pipe the output to col(1) -b instead.
 ```
 
 If you are curious, check the [new post](../2022-09-05-man-col)!
+
+*Next in the series: [more(1)](../2022-06-08-more)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-06-08-more/more.md b/src/blog/2022-06-08-more/more.md
index 3673f59..5f568e3 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-06-08-more/more.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-06-08-more/more.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: more(1)
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 In the second episode of this blog series we are going to cover a UNIX
 pager.  Instead of the popular less(1), we are going to check out the
 classic more(1).
@@ -190,3 +192,5 @@ can be used to pipe arbitrary portions of the current file to an external
 command. But apart from this I could easily live in the pre-1985 era.
 
 See you next time!
+
+*Next in the series: [shutdown(8)](../2022-07-07-shutdown)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-07-07-shutdown/shutdown.md b/src/blog/2022-07-07-shutdown/shutdown.md
index f7acb49..d260942 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-07-07-shutdown/shutdown.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-07-07-shutdown/shutdown.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: shutdown(8)
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 I would like to write about more interesting things, but I do not have
 time or energy to do so. I need to shut down for a little while.
 
@@ -124,3 +126,5 @@ mainframes and how administrators used to shut them down when multiple users
 were logged in. But I am not going to do it now.
 
 Good night.
+
+*Next in the series: [sh(1) - part 1: shell grammar](../2022-09-13-sh-1)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-09-13-sh-1/sh-1.md b/src/blog/2022-09-13-sh-1/sh-1.md
index 92b2404..1c279a7 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-09-13-sh-1/sh-1.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-09-13-sh-1/sh-1.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: sh(1) - part 1: shell grammar
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 After [last time's short entry](../2022-07-07-shutdown) and a
 relatively long hiatus, we are back in business with a big one!
 
@@ -383,3 +385,5 @@ rules together. To finish this manual page we are going to need
 another long post, or two shorter ones.
 
 See you next time!
+
+*Next in the series: [sh(1) - part 2: commands and builtins](../2022-09-20-sh-2)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-09-20-sh-2/sh-2.md b/src/blog/2022-09-20-sh-2/sh-2.md
index 96b2893..3dd9dd1 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-09-20-sh-2/sh-2.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-09-20-sh-2/sh-2.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: sh(1) - part 2: commands and builtins
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 This is the second and last part of our exciting sh(1) manual page
 read.  This time we are going to learn about *commands* and *builtins*.
 In case you have missed it, check out the [first part](../2022-09-13-sh-1)
@@ -394,3 +396,5 @@ other hand long pages are often more interesting.
 
 Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this long double-post and that you may have
 learnt something new. See you next time!
+
+*Next in the series: [tetris(6)](../2022-10-01-tetris)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-10-01-tetris/tetris.md b/src/blog/2022-10-01-tetris/tetris.md
index de21b05..dea5c8a 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-10-01-tetris/tetris.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-10-01-tetris/tetris.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: tetris(6)
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 Sometimes you just need to relax and have some fun :-)
 
 ## Boredom
@@ -145,3 +147,5 @@ $ /usr/games/tetris
 ```
 
 or just update your `$PATH`.
+
+*Next in the series: [ed(1)](../2022-12-24-ed)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2022-12-24-ed/ed.md b/src/blog/2022-12-24-ed/ed.md
index dfe4ccc..2a3c3a8 100644
--- a/src/blog/2022-12-24-ed/ed.md
+++ b/src/blog/2022-12-24-ed/ed.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: ed(1)
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 I enjoyed writing a little introduction at the beginning of every
 post of this series, but I am running out of ideas. I am not much
 of fiction writer. I'll skip this time, maybe I'll get back to doing
@@ -419,3 +421,5 @@ more than one line at the time. If you are interest in this topic
 I highly suggest reading the article
 [The command line philosophy](http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html)
 by Karl Dahlke, the author of [edbrowse](https://edbrowse.org).
+
+*Next in the series: [dc(1)](../2023-03-30-dc)*
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-01-11-aaron-swartz/aaron-swartz.md b/src/blog/2023-01-11-aaron-swartz/aaron-swartz.md
index 051b738..df12d17 100644
--- a/src/blog/2023-01-11-aaron-swartz/aaron-swartz.md
+++ b/src/blog/2023-01-11-aaron-swartz/aaron-swartz.md
@@ -65,24 +65,16 @@ there is still long.
 
 *Aaron is dead.*
 
-
-*Wanderers in this crazy world,*
-
+*Wanderers in this crazy world,*  
 *we have lost a mentor, a wise elder.*
 
-
-*Hackers for right, we are one down,*
-
+*Hackers for right, we are one down,*  
 *we have lost one of our own.*
 
-
-*Nurtures, careers, listeners, feeders,*
-
-*parents all,*
-
+*Nurtures, careers, listeners, feeders,*  
+*parents all,*  
 *we have lost a child.*
 
-
 *Let us all weep.*
 
  -- [Tim Berners-Lee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee)
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-03-30-dc/dc.md b/src/blog/2023-03-30-dc/dc.md
index 75b27c4..2b0ee0f 100644
--- a/src/blog/2023-03-30-dc/dc.md
+++ b/src/blog/2023-03-30-dc/dc.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # The man page reading club: dc(1)
 
+*This post is part of a [series](../../series)*
+
 For this episode I have decided to go back to the basics, in multiple
 ways. Indeed `dc`, the *desk calculator*, is:
 
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/bios.jpg b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/bios.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7b3544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/bios.jpg
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e4dfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# Build time!
+
+After thinking about it for quite some time, my girlfriend and I finally
+got a nice desktop PC. This is our first build, and the first time I
+open up a desktop PC in 10 years or so!
+
+![A low-quality picture of my desk with the new PC](desk.jpg)
+
+## Specs
+
+* CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (8 cores / 16 threads, 3.8GHz base / 5.3GHz Boost)
+* GPU: Asus AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8GB dedicated memory)
+* RAM: 2x32GB
+* SSD: 2TB NVMe
+
+We (especially my girlfriend) play some games, but not the newest AAA
+titles, and we are definitely willing to sacrifice some graphics quality.
+So we went for some "best bang for the buck" CPU and GPU, paying attention
+to the power usage, too.
+
+I also write code for fun, and for one of my hobby projects I would like
+to experiment with different sizes of RAM, so I wanted at least 32GB. We
+ended up getting 64 because we had some money left in our budget and we
+did not need (or want) a better (and more power-hungry) CPU or GPU.
+
+With the case and all the peripherals, including a pretty good 27"
+screen, we got it for less than 1400€, which I think is a good price.
+
+## Building it up
+
+We were a bit scared of putting all the pieces together. My girlfriend
+has never done it, and the last time I assembled a
+PC it was back in the days of spinning hard drives with
+[IDE connectors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA)
+and motherboard
+[beep codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#Progress_and_error_reporting).
+You know, when the PC kindly told you in pseudo-Morse code exactly what
+was wrong. Those were the days!
+
+Nostalgia aside, the build process went pretty smoothly - except for
+a small cut on my middle finger. Here are some of the things I found
+interesting:
+
+### Black is the new green
+
+I remember mother boards and graphics card used to be all green, now not
+anymore! At least in our case, they are all black. Cool, I guess.
+
+### Tiny NVMe drive
+
+Modern NVMe drives are really small! I remember old hard disks being
+literal bricks - you would not want to drop one of those, lest it breaks
+your toes or damages the floor. Now you would not want to drop one for
+fear of loosing it under the sofa.
+
+### Fans everywhere
+
+The case has a fan, the CPU has a fan, the GPU has two. I don't remember
+there were this many fans in ~2009, but if it keeps my chips cool,
+I'll take it!
+
+### Damned RGB
+
+We (especially me) do not like at all the modern "gamer aesthetics" that
+demand RGB lights everywhere. So we carefully chose components that had
+the no LEDs, or as little as possible. Unfortunately, the stock CPU fan
+has more lights than a Christmas tree. Our solid black case saves us here.
+
+### Ugly BIOS
+
+I mean, WTF is this screen?
+
+![A picture of my new PC showing the main BIOS screen](bios.jpg)
+
+It's like a B-tier early 2000s video game. I think the classic 80s
+style, curses-like graphics looked much better. But on the other hand,
+who cares.
+
+## Operating system
+
+We agreed on using Linux, because we are both Linux users, because all
+the games we would like to play work either natively or via proton,
+and because fuck you Microsoft and your crappy spyware.
+
+I use [Void](https://voidlinux.org/), but for a shared PC I would like
+something that "just works" with minimal setup. My girlfriend uses
+[Mint](https://linuxmint.com/), but she wanted to try out something
+new.  Debian seemed like a solid choice, and it is
+[very similar to Linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ocXFgowZA)
+(in case you can't click on the link or don't understand Italian, it's a joke).
+
+For the desktop environment we initially went for XFCE, but my
+girlfriend immediately disliked it because many administration tasks
+were counter-intuitive or just impossible (e.g. adding a new user). So
+we switched to KDE, and we are both reasonably satisfied with it. However,
+I am a bit disappointed to see that it is (still) a bit buggy - some of the
+first disappointments include: [Discover](https://apps.kde.org/discover/)
+failing to open, KDE "administrator" users not being able to use `sudo`,
+the [screen failing to turn off](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f37-kde-5-27-screen-doesnt-dim-nor-turn-off/73960)
+after the set timeout.  At least it is not as buggy as the initial KDE4
+release in 2008.
+
+## Build time?
+
+So, how long does it take to build Linux on my new Linux build?
+
+```
+$ sudo apt build-dep linux
+$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
+$ tar -xvf linux-6.5.7.tar.xz 
+$ cd linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
+$ make mrproper
+$ make defconfig
+$ time make -j16
+
+real    1m27.215
+user    17m57.806s
+sys     1m46.663s
+```
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md.bak b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md.bak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41a3d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/build-time.md.bak
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# Build time!
+
+After thinking about it for quite some time, my girlfriend and I finally
+got a nice desktop PC. This is our first build, and the first time I
+open up a desktop PC in 10 years or so!
+
+![A low-quality picture of my desk with the new PC](desk.jpg)
+
+## Specs
+
+* CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (8 cores / 16 threads, 3.8GHz base / 5.3GHz Boost)
+* GPU: Asus AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8GB dedicated memory)
+* RAM: 2x32GB
+* SSD: 2TB NVMe
+
+We (especially my girlfriend) play some games, but not the newest AAA
+titles, and we are definitely willing to sacrifice some graphics quality.
+So we went for some "best bang for the buck" CPU and GPU, paying attention
+to the power usage, too.
+
+I also write code for fun, and for one of my hobby projects I would like
+to experiment with different sizes of RAM, so I wanted at least 32GB. We
+ended up getting 64 because we had some money left in our budget and we
+did not need (or want) a better (and more power-hungry) CPU or GPU.
+
+With the case and all the peripherals, including a pretty good 27"
+screen, we got it for less than 1400€, which I think is a good price.
+
+## Building it up
+
+We were a bit scared of putting all the pieces together. My girlfriend
+has never done it, and the last time I assembled a
+PC it was back in the days of spinning hard drives with
+[IDE connectors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA)
+and motherboard
+[beep codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#Progress_and_error_reporting).
+You know, when the PC kindly told you in pseudo-morse code exactly what
+was wrong. Those were the days!
+
+Nostalgia aside, the build process went pretty smoothly - except for
+a small cut on my middle finger. Here are some of the things I found
+interesting:
+
+### Black is the new green
+
+I remember mother boards and graphics card used to be all green, now not
+anymore! At least in our case, they are all black. Cool, I guess.
+
+### Tiny NVMe drive
+
+Modern NVMe drives are really small! I remember old hard disks being
+literal bricks - you would not want to drop one of those, lest it breaks
+your toes or damages the floor. Now you would not want to drop one for
+fear of loosing it under the sofa.
+
+### Fans everywhere
+
+The case has a fan, the CPU has a fan, the GPU has two. I don't remember
+there were this many fans in ~2009, but if it keeps my chips cool,
+I'll take it!
+
+### Damned RGB
+
+We (espcially me) do not like at all the modern "gamer aesthetics" that
+demand RGB lights everywhere. So we carefully chose components that had
+the no LEDs, or as little as possible. Unfortunately, the stock CPU fan
+has more lights than a Christmas tree. Our solid black case saves us here.
+
+### Ugly BIOS
+
+I mean, WTF is this screen?
+
+![A picture of my new PC showing the main BIOS screen](bios.jpg)
+
+It's like a B-tier early 2000s video game. I think the classic 80s
+style, curses-like graphics looked much better. But on the other hand,
+who cares.
+
+## Operating system
+
+We agreed on using Linux, because we are both Linux users, because all
+the games we would like to play work either natively or via proton,
+and because fuck you Microsoft and your crappy spyware.
+
+I use [Void](https://voidlinux.org/), but for a shared PC I would like
+something that "just works" with minimal setup. My girlfriend uses
+[Mint](https://linuxmint.com/), but she wanted to try out something
+new.  Debian seemed like a solid choice, and it is
+[very similar to Linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ocXFgowZA)
+(in case you can't click on the link or don't understand Italian, it's a joke).
+
+For the desktop environment we initially went for XFCE, but my
+girlfriend immediately disliked it because many administration tasks
+were counter-intuitive or just impossible (e.g. adding a new user). So
+we switched to KDE, and we are both reasonably satisfied with it. However,
+I am a bit disappointed to see that it is (still) a bit buggy - some of the
+first disappointments include: [Discover](https://apps.kde.org/discover/)
+failing to open, KDE "administrator" users not being able to use `sudo`,
+the [screen failing to turn off](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f37-kde-5-27-screen-doesnt-dim-nor-turn-off/73960)
+after the set timeout.  At least it is not as buggy as the inital KDE4
+release in 2008.
+
+## Build time?
+
+So, how long does it take to build Linux on my new Linux build?
+
+```
+$ sudo apt build-dep linux
+$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
+$ tar -xvf linux-6.5.7.tar.xz 
+$ cd linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
+$ make mrproper
+$ make defconfig
+$ time make -j16
+
+real    1m27.215
+user    17m57.806s
+sys     1m46.663s
+```
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/desk.jpg b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/desk.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4218797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blog/2023-10-15-build-time/desk.jpg
diff --git a/src/blog/2023-10-31-spooky-shell-expansions/spooky-shell-expansion.md b/src/blog/2023-10-31-spooky-shell-expansions/spooky-shell-expansion.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a70c744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blog/2023-10-31-spooky-shell-expansions/spooky-shell-expansion.md
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Spooky shell expansions
+
+*Let me tell you a story to chill the bones*  
+*One that happened to me long time ago*
+
+*It was a dark and cold night*  
+*Plague spreading outside*  
+
+*In the summer of '20*  
+*I was hacking alone*  
+*A little program I wanted to install*  
+*Not in `/usr/local`, but in my `$HOME`*
+
+*Young and foolish I was*  
+*As I changed the Makefile*  
+*`PREFIX = ~/.local`*  
+*And then `make` I typed*
+
+*That did not work, of course*  
+*And I soon realized*  
+*A new folder named `~`*  
+*Had shown up in my `$HOME`*
+
+*"How foolish I was" - I thought*  
+*"That must not work,*  
+*A Makefile won't expand*  
+*As a shell script sure does"*
+
+*A folder named `~`*  
+*When left alone,*  
+*Is no reason to fear*  
+*Does no harm at all*  
+
+*But care must be taken*  
+*And alas, I did not*  
+*Soon to learn the hard way*  
+*What a `~` gives, a `~` takes away*
+
+*"Let this be undone!" I exclaimed*
+
+*As I typed*
+
+*Four little bytes*  
+
+```
+$ rm ~
+```
diff --git a/src/series/series.md b/src/series/series.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75bc301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/series/series.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# List of blog series
+
+I my [blog](../blog) I sometimes write multiple posts on the same
+topic, or posts in multiple parts. This page contains the list of these
+"blog series".
+
+**Note:** This is *not* a full list of my blog posts divided by topic.
+
+## The man page reading club
+
+In these posts I walk through the [manual page](https://man.openbsd.org)
+of a classic UNIX utility, highlighting the most important features.
+Each post is introduced by a fictional context.
+
+* [man(1)](../blog/2022-05-29-man)
+* [more(1)](../blog/2022-06-08-more)
+* [shutdown(8)](../blog/2022-07-07-shutdown)
+* [sh(1) part 1](../blog/2022-09-13-sh-1)
+* [sh(1) part 2](../blog/2022-09-20-sh-2)
+* [tetris(6)](../blog/2022-10-01-tetris)
+* [ed(1)](../blog/2022-12-24-ed)
+* [dc(1)](../blog/2023-03-30-dc)
+
+## UNIX text filter
+
+In this series I explore three classic UNIX commands, in increasing order
+of complexity: `grep`, `sed` and `awk`. Work in progress.
+
+* [grep](../blog/2023-08-20-grep)
+* sed [coming soon]
+* awk [coming less soon]
+
+## The UNIX shell as an IDE
+
+This series contains only one post for now, but I may add more in the future.
+
+* [Look stuff up with sed](../blog/2022-06-12-shell-ide-sed)
diff --git a/src/speedcubing/cubing.jpg b/src/speedcubing/cubing.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca8200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/speedcubing/cubing.jpg
diff --git a/src/speedcubing/cubing.png b/src/speedcubing/cubing.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ee8943..0000000
--- a/src/speedcubing/cubing.png
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/src/speedcubing/speedcubing.md b/src/speedcubing/speedcubing.md
index e9d0f1e..2e60f85 100644
--- a/src/speedcubing/speedcubing.md
+++ b/src/speedcubing/speedcubing.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Speedcubing
 
-![Me solving a Rubik's cube during an official competition](cubing.png "Me solving a cube")
+![Me solving a Rubik's cube during an official competition](cubing.jpg "Me solving a cube")
 
 I have been practicing
 [speedcubing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedcubing) since 2008,