Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>
That's me!
About Me
TL;DR: he / him; old adhd cat dad; tinkerer; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for lmorchard.com
This page collects a bunch of the stuff I do online. If you feel like it, send me an email at
me@lmorchard.com, send a toot to
@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town, or find me in one of
the other usual places below:
Blog (blog.lmorchard.com)
Links
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8 hours ago
Building Ask Ricmac: my first experiment in the agentic web stack - Richard MacManus
Over the past few months Iโve been exploring what I think of as the agentic web stack โ the emerging intersection of artificial intelligence with the open web. As part of that exploration, I built a small experiment for my personal website: an AI chatbot called Ask Ricmac. Its purpose is simple: instead of searching my site manually, a visitor can ask a question and receive an AI-generated answer based on the articles Iโve written over the years.
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1 day ago
rzeldent/esp32cam-rtsp: Simple RTSP (streaming image) server for the ESP32CAM. Easy configuration and monitoring through the web interface.
Simple RTSP (streaming image) server for the ESP32CAM. Easy configuration and monitoring through the web interface.
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1 day ago
maddiedreese/xteink-tamagotchi
Display your OpenClaw / Clawdbot / MoltBot AI assistant's activity on a portable e-ink display in real-time using a Clawdbot skill.
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1 day ago
eipi.boo: confessions over ssh ยท pwn
Made an anonymous confession board that lives in your terminal. Go ahead and post your confession ๐ซถ๐ผ
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2 days ago
2411887 โ Slitherer segfaults on hardware with with nvidia card
Probably the same issue using Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-43-1.6.x86_64.iso , using a nvidia card too (not sure if related). slitherer is crashing. I edited /usr/libexec/anaconda/webui-desktop: line 172: to DEFAULT_BROWSER_CMD=firefox and I was able to complete the installation. If there is interest in solving the bug, I can run the installer again to get the exact hardware info and stack/core dump for slitherer.
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2 days ago
Installer crashes in storage editor in all Live environments except Workstation - Fedora Discussion
Workarounds Donโt start the installer (or quit it if you started it already). Start terminal (Konsole in KDE) and edit a config file: sudo nano /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf Find this part: # The default browser for the Web UI. webui_web_engine = slitherer and change it to: # The default browser for the Web UI. webui_web_engine = firefox Close the editor (Ctrl+X โ Y โ Enter), and run the installer, either from a desktop launcher, or from a terminal: liveinst The installer should no longer crash when using drop-down lists.
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2 days ago
KDE liveinst crash - Fedora Discussion
I had this exact issue attempting to install Fedora 44 KDE live ISO on an older laptop with a GeForce GTX 970 GPU. I resolved it by forcing Anaconda to use Firefox instead of Slitherer. I can confirm that Firefox was the selected default browser, but for some reason the indicated variable doesnโt seem to work Instead of editing /usr/libexec/anaconda/webui-desktop I changed the following line inside /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf: webui_web_engine = slitherer to webui_web_engine = firefox this allowed me to start Anaconda GUI normally and proceed with installing Fedora 44.
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3 days ago
JSON-LD Explained for Personal Websites | Ethan Hawksley
JSON-LD, also known as JSON Linked Data, is a format for adding structured data to webpages. It can aid web crawlers in understanding the semantic structure of your site, qualifying you for richer link previews, and even potentially improving your search ranking.
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3 days ago
How to manage this Hugo based page from my Android phone in 2026 | foosel.net
I recently got a new phone and thus had to re-do the setup of my mobile blogging pipeline. So, basically, allow me to checkout, modify, test, commit and push the sources of this Hugo based static page under Android. While doing so I noticed some necessary changes and improvements, and also wanted to make use of my Taskfile which does most of the heavy lifting now, so here are my updated steps.
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4 days ago
handwritten.danieljanus.pl
A blog written by hand
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4 days ago
LES ORCHARD IS IN THE WEIGHTS
LES ORCHARD IS IN THE WEIGHTS โ Mozilla software developer
- 4 days ago Bubbles โ 10+ votes
@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
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21 minutes ago
So i told my cat, "you know I'm bigger than you right?" And then she gave me cause to fetch a band-aid
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11 hours ago
Sad to find that the Benchy doesn't actually work all that well as a boat #3dprinting
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1 day ago
RE: https://wandering.shop/@charliejane/116800523671759832 This book was fabulous, you should buy it and read it
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2 days ago
The trackball remains undefeated as the superior pointer input device for the discerning cat caretaker
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2 days ago
I did end up activating some non-free software repos to get to the wifi drivers. I wonder if I dragged in some bum Nvidia drivers too? I guess I could reinstall and then proceed more carefully step-wise and see what beefs it
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2 days ago
Hmm well, it was working until I did a software upgrade on Fedora and rebooted ๐
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2 days ago
Also a star of the show is this cheap USB Ethernet widget, since it seems all Linux distros hate the wifi hardware on all Apple laptops
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2 days ago
Seems to work with a workaround, though. Cute lizards
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2 days ago
Since I'm a masochist, I decided to get this MacBook Pro updated to macOS Catalina. Then, I'll try a re-partition to install Fedora for some dual booting torture. The live ISO on a USB drive seems to work better than Linux Mint. Cool! Time to install, then... and... the installer segfaults. Okay then ๐ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2411887
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3 days ago
I'm also terrible at actual physical pinball, but suddenly feeling a twinge toward it too
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3 days ago
Thanks to a random brain ping from a youtube video, I've suddenly gotten a hankering for playing Devil's Crush for TurboGrafix16 on my lil Ambernic gadget. And then I started playing Pokemon Pinball for GBA. And now I want to play Metroid Prime Pinball on my Nintendo DS. I've never really liked video game pinball all that much before, but suddenly it's hooking me. Weird brain
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3 days ago
Also, as it turns out, Mac OS X Mountain Lion is too old. For what? Yes.
Github (@lmorchard)
- 7 hours ago pushed 4c4a1ed to lmorchard/decafclaw ( feat/meta-ingest-skill ): refactor(skills): meta-ingest hands each source file to its own child
- 8 hours ago submitted Pull Request #602 to lmorchard/decafclaw :
- 8 hours ago created branch feat/meta-ingest-skill on lmorchard/decafclaw
- 13 hours ago pushed 242f39b to lmorchard/decafclaw ( main ): fix(web): clipboard copy fails on plain http (non-secure context) (#594)
- 13 hours ago pushed 7c4422b to lmorchard/decafclaw ( fix/clipboard-secure-context-fallback ): feat(592): inject vault-root AGENTS.md as always-loaded context (#593)
- 13 hours ago pushed c92e291 to lmorchard/decafclaw ( fix/clipboard-secure-context-fallback ): fix(web): copy code-block text from <code>, not <pre>
YouTube Videos (lmorchard)
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - Adding limit switches to a 3018 CNC machine?
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - Assembling the Why Em-Ulator Module for RC2014
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - Reflashing Sonoff S31 AC (again)
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Clip: Chiptunes & Tinkering - Reflashing a Sonoff S31 with Tasmota to control an AC outlet with Home
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - Reflashing a Sonoff S31 with Tasmota to control an AC outlet with Home Assis
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 assembly, Pi Pico Terminal and Real Time Clock modules
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 assembly, Digital I/O board part 2
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 assembly, Digital I/O board
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 wifi module assembly
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 wifi module repair & firmware update
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 assembly, again again?
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Chiptunes & Tinkering - RC2014 assembly, again?
Pocket Casts
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NPR News: 06-24-2026 2PM EDT
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Unknown Podcast
12 hours ago
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STARLOG is Back! with Annalee Newitz
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The STARLOG Podcast
19 hours ago
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MBMBaM 819: Real Guys Real Eyes Realize Real Lies
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My Brother, My Brother And Me
2 days ago
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NPR News: 06-24-2026 11AM EDT
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Unknown Podcast
15 hours ago
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Why Big Tech can't quit smart glasses
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The Vergecast: Ad-Free Edition
1 day ago
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RSA June 22 2026
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RSAudio
3 days ago
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RSA June 1st 2026
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RSAudio
3 weeks ago
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Trump Vs Thune, Road To Housing Act, Democratic Socialist Win In New York Primaries
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Up First from NPR
20 hours ago
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NPR News: 06-24-2026 10AM EDT
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Unknown Podcast
16 hours ago
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NPR News: 06-23-2026 11AM EDT
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Unknown Podcast
1 day ago
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Is the Steam Machine worth the wait?
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The Vergecast: Ad-Free Edition
2 days ago
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US Lifts Oil Sanctions On Iran, Trump Shifts To Economy, MN Subpoenas Thrown Out
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Up First from NPR
1 day ago
Spotify ( Les Orchard )
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Surgery in the Sky on The Colors in the Wheel by Venus Hum 4 days ago
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Accelerate on Ten Love Songs by Susanne Sundfรธr 4 days ago
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Big TV on BIG TV by White Lies 4 days ago
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Whatever & Ever on Whatever & Ever by NRVS LVRS 4 days ago
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Icabod on Joyland by TR/ST 4 days ago
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So Typical on Now That I'm Real by Fragrance 4 days ago
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Secret Scream(Haex Remix) on Secret Scream(Haex Remix) by The Black Queen , Haex 4 days ago
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