another web journey

chkdsk: Windows repair disk command

~1 minute

Yesterday I learned about the chkdsk Windows command. I had to use it on an external hard drive disk because it could not mount on my Linux (Manjaro) computer. The reason is most probably that it fell when it was in use and therefore was not properly shutdown.

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Wrapping up 2025

10 minutes

2025 has been an intense year. I'm kind of happy it's coming to an end, and not only because it will reset the annual Lord of The Rings trilogy watching count. The library card will be free and we may have our first try for the baby project 😊

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Iterate an array

5 minutes

Here are some notes from the FreeCodeCamp lectures on some higher order functions to iterate through arrays in JavaScript.

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Qwixx project - v2 prep

2 minutes

It's been a few weeks I'm working on Qwixx V2. Version 2 aims to handle multiple players on client side (and resolve V1 remaining issues). I focused on grid generation and creating simple rules, the occasion of refactoring some parts of the existing code. That went relatively fine but...

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A tedious go-live

6 minutes

Lately I've been working on refreshing les éditions du samedi website - firstly launched with PluXML... 10 years ago. PluXML served us well for quite a time but maintenance became a little difficult from the moment our catalogue began to grow. And I must admit I did not find how to upgrade, I may have missed too much in-between updates and would have to start again from zero.

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