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Getting "Auto resize VM with window" working in virt-manager with a Linux guest

This is weirdly undocumented and difficult to figure out. You might encounter a grayed-out "Auto resize VM with window" option in the View > Scale Display menu in Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) with a Linux VM. Hovering over this option tells you, "Guest agent is not running&

Architecture, Design Process, and the Bauhaus

Architecture, Design Process, and the Bauhaus

A few thoughts on the Bauhaus exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum: on process, fidelity, and art and design.

Matsumin Valvecaster: Regulated 6.3V Heater Version

Matsumin Valvecaster: Regulated 6.3V Heater Version

The Valvecaster tube overdrive pedal design by someone called matsumin has been around a while and is a simple 12AU7 low-voltage tube circuit that saturates super easily, thus creating a nice valve overdrive crunch without too much effort or volume. It's a nice effect. The best resources as

Apple Headphone Dongle vs. Dedicated DAC/Amp: Qudelix-5K

Apple Headphone Dongle vs. Dedicated DAC/Amp: Qudelix-5K

What’s the difference? Is it placebo? Ever since I lost the headphone jack from my beloved iPhone SE (which I kept going through 4 years and 3 battery replacements) and 'upgraded' to an iPhone 12 Mini, I felt like something was missing from the new headphone dongle.

Photo: Feb 3rd, 2021

Photo: Feb 3rd, 2021

The Bus Stop - Olympus OM2n, 50mm f/1.8, Cinestill BWXX

Photos, Summer 2020

Photos, Summer 2020

Just a few photos from my Olympus OM-2n, which I've been carrying around over the last few months. Film: Ilford HP-5 (first 5), Cinestill BWXX (last 5) Development: at home, Cinestill DF-96 monobath Camera: Olympus OM-2N Lens: Olympus OM 50mm f/1.8

Analog

Analog formats are seeing a resurgence in popularity. Why is that? Some quick thoughts on the tactile benefits, and results of my recent foray into film photography.

Empathy: Not Just for Users

Empathy: Not Just for Users

I was reminded by a few different but curiously similar events over the past few weeks of a simple but striking fact: The vast majority of people do not understand design. At least not in the way designers do, and at the very least not as well as designers tend

The Everyday Magic of Models

The Everyday Magic of Models

An ode to the value and power of modeling: from the simple calendar, to architecture, to poetry, to computer science, all the way to the progress of civilization.

A Process Has No Name

A Process Has No Name

Thought of the week: there is power in a name. And there is perhaps even more power in no name. I was inspired last week by one of John Cutler's tweets, as I often am: > Great team session today. What a vmix of traditions! #xp [https://twitter.