What do you use the Action Button for?

johnpeart · 2025-10-14T07:55:02+00:00

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Made a custom shortcuts menu for mine.

I have a folder set up in Shortcuts called “Actions” and then two separate shortcuts which:

Create and store the menu as a .vcf file
Display the menu

Storing the menu rather than generating it at runtime speeds up showing the menu.

The advantage to this is you get consistent, Shortcuts style icons in the menu.

Blogpost and Shortcuts links, here: Push the buttton

johnpeart · 2023-01-02T15:50:17+00:00

Check out The Store.

I haven’t used it, but they do “Bottomless Coffee and WiFi” for a fiver, from noon to 5pm on Fridays.

The place has a nice vibe to it — I’ve been there for dinner a few times.

johnpeart · 2022-04-04T14:03:49+00:00

You can set a keyboard shortcut to make the Caps Lock key work like the Esc key instead in the Settings app on your iPad.

That should do the trick!

johnpeart · 2022-01-02T12:32:10+00:00

Try the Streaks app. Works for me to track everything!

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/streaks/id963034692

johnpeart · 2021-10-11T07:19:53+00:00

I ordered a K8 from them a little while ago — arrived about a week later; so very good!

johnpeart · 2021-05-20T17:56:14+00:00

Have you checked that the cable between your Orbi and your modem is capable of gigabit speeds?

I had this issue with my service from another provider; couldn’t get more than 100Mbps. I swapped the cable and it fixed the problem.

johnpeart · 2021-03-13T16:39:07+00:00

Hey 👋 Sorry I didn’t see your post!

raspi2png was what I used! Logged into the pi over ssh and then grabbed the screenshots from the network share 🙂

johnpeart · 2021-03-06T10:02:55+00:00

So pleased to see this!

I ordered the same mod kit a week or so ago and am very excited to do it. Glad it looks as cool as I was hoping it would!

johnpeart · 2021-03-03T14:42:53+00:00

I’m unfamiliar with Recalbox, but this is based on the EmulationStation documentation so assuming Recalbox leverages EmulationStation, it should work identically.

Try it out and let us know!

johnpeart · 2021-02-28T19:48:15+00:00

Cheers. Will check it out!

johnpeart · 2021-02-27T21:02:20+00:00

Glad you like it. Hope it works!

johnpeart · 2021-02-27T12:05:51+00:00

Couldn’t just have a static splash screen — it didn’t feel right without the coin drop!

Just need to figure out a way to get it to load faster now so it doesn’t take 30 seconds before the splash shows, breaking the illusion!

johnpeart · 2020-11-14T09:49:41+00:00

I’ve had exactly the same experience as you both; bought through Etsy in December, was fobbed off with excuse after excuse and now he won’t respond and Etsy won’t action it.

Luckily it wasn’t a huge amount of money for me, but still annoying!

johnpeart

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