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Ceasing Minocycline

Nix McRetro // 2nd October 2016 // News

I’ve decided to terminate minocycline on week four. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed taking an antibiotic to solve a skin issue. So anyway, I’ll allow around two weeks before starting isotretinoin and it will allow a gap large enough for me to donate blood in around 9 or so days,... Continue reading

Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) Side Effect Prevention

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2016 // News

Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) Side Effect Prevention

Symptom 1 - Tenderness or stiffness in bones, joints or muscles Fish oil is the weapon of choice on this one, it should be beneficial in two ways as back in the mid-late 1980s some research was done and it was found that EPA and DHA can reduce or prevent... Continue reading

Markdown and Apache

Nix McRetro // 23rd September 2016 // Hacks

Well more specifically, Markdown, Apache and the darknet. Thankfully for once the darknet side of things is actually loading correctly. http://mcretro35qepy5cy.onion/ is loading but Apache doesn’t know what the heck the markdown language is so it just dumps it as plain text. Baby steps, at least the site is somewhat... Continue reading

Jekyll WordPress Import from XML - Deleting the Unwanted

Nix McRetro // 19th September 2016 // Programming

Jekyll WordPress Import from XML - Deleting the Unwanted

This worked for me under OS X 10.11.6 via Terminal to remove my publicize settings. Your milage may vary of course, sed does some things differently on the Mac than on Linux based machines. And never do anything like this on a set of master files… always use a backup... Continue reading

McRetro.net Rebooted

Nix McRetro // 18th September 2016 // News

GitHub, Markdown and a splash of Jekyll. Let’s see how this goes… I need to work out how to get everything imported again… Well I guess I worked out that! 566 posts imported successfully! Also thank you to jmcglone.com for the guide, it was most helpful in setting up. Edit:... Continue reading