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FreshRSS XPath Config for Ubuntu Launchpad/PPA Pages

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Unfortunately, at least as far as I can work out, Ubuntu does not provide an RSS feed for PPA package pages. Thankfully, FreshRSS does include a web scraping method, using HTML + XPath.

HandbrakeCLI Encoding Script

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A python script that is used to automatically re-encode TV show episodes using h265.

VK3GO APRS Fill-In Digipeater

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After recently picking up a new FTM-300D radio for the car I noticed that there's an APRS blackhole coverage-wise in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges around the Bayswater/Boronia area of Melbourne. As I spend a lot of time I this area I've put up a fill-in digipeater to help, err, fill-in this blackhole.