Danny's Space

this is the COOSPO HRM H6 a heart rate sensor. The first time I tried this device with my existing running apps it didn't work well. Google fit and Strava doesn't work with it at all. Huawei Health recognizes it but doesn't "use" the data. I had to download Endomondo to at least get some functionality out of it. This was the first week. But I am not quitting that easily. The advantage of a chest strapped heart rate sensor is that its more accurate. Just wear it under your shirt when you run or bike. The solution is an app called myWorkouts downloadable from GooglePlay. Activate your phone's bluetooth and open the app. Go to Settings -->> Bluetooth low energy BLE and choose COOSPO, the name of the device. myWorkouts will use the device as long as you're wearing it, meaning it has good contact with your skin. In my experience, with the warm weather in the Philippines, that will not be a problem unless you have extremely dry skin. The app prompted me to...

I thought to share this bits of information as recorded by my mobile and wearable (watch and heart monitor). 

I missed posting this important upgrade of systemd from 243 to 244 last December 5th. from pacman.log

I think I missed posting this one. The linux kernel used by archlinux upgraded from 5.3 to 5.4 last December 3rd. As of this posting it is now on its 3rd update (linux 5.4.3) in the arch repo - core. from grep command filter of /var/log/pacman.log

To clean the cache and the databases of uninstalled packages, pacman has #pacman -Sc command. pacman does not offer the chance to keep a number of past versions of packages. Keeping these past versions, eliminates the need of downloading them again when you have to downgrade perhaps. The default number is 3 versions of the package. I use #paccache -rk command to help in cleaning the cache. The default is 3 versions of the package is retained. What about uninstalled packages? Well you can use #paccache -ruk0 command to remove all cache for uninstalled packages. And that's what I did. Only I forgot the -u switch. The -u switch limits the scope of the paccache command on uninstalled packages only. I just removed about 5 GB of cache and database from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ . This mistake prevents me from 1)downgrading a packages without the need to retrieve it from the archives and 2)easily reinstalling a package from the cache folder if I need to. Well, lesson learned.

Phoronix came out with an article about systemd-244 last week. You can check it out in the link. I upgraded to the new version today without any problems. Twitter updated their terms of service. Robinson Rewards also gave notification that they are updating their terms of service. Just so you know.

Mozilla is getting ready to speed up development cadence for Firefox from 6 weeks to 4 weeks. We will soon get a fresh Firefox browser every 4 weeks.

Monday run, 1st time to open Strava app to record. Formerly I use Google fit and my watch. Good run.  Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/rzpm5klJ41 Sent from my Huawei phone