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[2024-11-21 Thu]: Fixed the second filler words regexp, and make it work at the start of lines too. Thanks to @arialdo@mastodon.online for the feedback! Like many people, I tend to use "So", "And", "You know", and "Uh" to bridge between sentences when thinking. WhisperX does a reasonable job of detecting sentences and splitting them up anyway, but it leaves those filler words in at...

Reflection on writing style - 2024-11-18T00:44:18.080Z I notice that I have a lot more fun writing tiny workflow tweaks (mostly #Emacs ) and sharing them on my blog versus, say, insightful reflections developed over a longer period of time. I think it's the payoff of being able to enjoy those tweaks. Sometimes abstract thoughts help me come to realizations that I can then try...

I get word timestamps for free when I transcribe with WhisperX, so I can skip the Aeneas alignment step. That means I can update my previous code for handling audio braindumps . Breaking the transcript up into sections Also, I recently updated subed-word-data to colour words based on their transcription score, which draws my attention to things that might be uncertain. Here's what it...

Figure 1: Blog statistics I was curious about the shape of my blog over the years, excluding Emacs News and my link-heavy weekly/monthly reviews. It started off with lots of little posts like the way other weblogs were also quick links and notes. As weblogs morphed into blogs with more text, I also settled down into fewer, longer posts with lots of code (analyzed...

Emacs 30: What are your favorite changes in emacs 30? Upcoming events: M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Nov 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 21 0000 Asia/Singapore Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Nov 23 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin -...

Apparently, HTML has a mark element that is useful for highlighting. ox-html.el in Org Mode doesn't seem to export that yet. I don't use _ to underline things because I don't want that confused with links. Maybe I can override org-html-text-markup-alist to use it for my own purposes… (with-eval-after-load 'org (setf (alist-get 'underline org-html-text-markup-alist) "<mark>%s</mark>")) Okay, let's try it with: Let's see _how that...

Sometimes automatic subtitle timing tools like Aeneas can get confused by silences, extraneous sounds, filler words, mis-starts, and text that I've edited out of the raw captions for easier readability. It's good to quickly check each caption. I used to listen to captions at 1.5x speed, watching carefully as each caption displayed. This took a fair bit of time and focus, so… it usually...

Video not supported. Thumbnail:Download the video When I work with video captions, I often want to split long captions using subed-split-subtitle. If my player is somewhere in the current subtitle, it'll use that timestamp. If not, it'll make a reasonable guess based on character position. I can use subed-word-data.el to load word-level times from WhisperX JSON or from Youtube SRV2 files. This allows me...

I used to write weekly reviews. Nudged by Doing weeknotes, I want to get back to doing them. I'm still figuring out how I'd like to put these notes together as part of a weekly review process picking up some stuff from my blog posts, toots, Org inbox, and journal entries. That way, I can revisit fleeting notes and flesh them out a little...

2024-11-11-07 Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything - BJ Fogg, PhD - 2020 #visual-book-notes #book #habits #productivity Text from sketch Tiny Habits - BJ Fogg, PhD (2020) - Notes by Sacha Chua 2024-11-11-07 Help people do what they already want to do Help people feel successful. Motivation + Ability + Prompt = Behavior Motivation: Motivation-ability curve: gets done, doesn't get done, start...

Upcoming events: EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/304301988/ Sat Nov 16 1100 America/Los_Angeles M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Nov 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 21 0000 Asia/Singapore Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Nov 23 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930...

We like to use pre-recorded videos at EmacsConf to minimize technical risks. This also means we can caption them beforehand, stream them with open captions, and publish them as soon as the talk goes live. Here's the process: Speakers upload their videos in whatever format they like. We use PsiTransfer to accept the uploaded files. We rename the files to have the talk title...

The Supernote A5X is an e-ink notebook that lets me draw in black, white, and two shades of gray. It has a drawing app that supports other shades of gray, but the main notebook app and the PDF annotation is limited to those two shades of gray. I like to use a dotted grid in order to write in neat lines. I used to...

I want to write more, and I want to enjoy going through my archive. Some posts are long, especially those that come from transcripts. If I sat with the ideas for longer, I might be able to make them more concise or break them up into more atomic notes; but I also want to get things out faster in order to learn from potential...

Adam Porter (alphapapa) reached out to John Wiegley (johnw) to ask about his current Org Mode workflow. John figured he'd experiment with a braindumping/brainstorming conversation about Org Mode in the hopes of getting more thoughts out of his head and into articles or blog posts. Instead of waiting until someone finally gets the time to polish it into something beautifully concise and insightful, they...

Nudged by Thierry Stoehr's toot about my 23rd blogiversary, I've been thinking about how much I've learned thanks to blogging, and how I can get even better at learning out loud. I'm curious about what this could become over the next twenty years, when I'm in my sixties. 2024-11-04-04 How do I want to get better at learning out loud? #kaizen #blogging #learning The...

embark-org-insert-link-to - 2024-11-02T15:49:09.420Z Ooh, it looks like `consult-org-heading` already lets me use embark-act with the shortcut `j` to call `embark-org-insert-link-to`. It doesn't feel like a "j" shortcut, though, so I'll just bind it to `L` for "link" instead: `(keymap-set embark-org-heading-map "L" #'embark-org-insert-link-to)` EmacsConf progress: intros - 2024-11-01T18:32:21.973Z #emacsconf progress: I've recorded intros for all the talks so that speakers can review them, and some...

I wanted to be able to change the colours used in a sketch, all from Emacs. For this, I can reuse my Python script for analyzing colours and changing them and just add some Emacs Lisp to pick colours from Emacs. Figure 1: Selecting the colour to replace Figure 2: Selecting the new colour (defvar my-recolor-command "/home/sacha/bin/recolor.py") (defun my-image-colors-by-frequency (file) "Return the colors in...

Summary: Life with a cargo bike has been working out really well for our family. I used to walk for an hour to get to some of A+'s playdates, pushing her in the Thule bike trailer / stroller that she still fit into. I liked bringing popsicles during the summer so that A+ could share them with her friends, so I often balanced a...

Emacs 30 and Emacs 31: Emacs 30.0 pretest packages for Fedora (Reddit) Build Emacs 31 for Windows · GitHub (@ldbeth@mastodon.sdf.org) Upcoming events: 200ok: EmacsConf 2024: Join Us in Lucerne for a Celebration of Free Software! Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Tue Nov 5 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata...

The Toronto Public Library (and many other libraries) offers e-book access through Overdrive, which I can read through the Libby app on my phone. It turns out that I can select passages to highlight. It also turns out that I can use the Reading Journey view to export the highlights as JSON, even for books I've returned. This is what the JSON looks like....

I sometimes want the inverse of org-refile when I create a subtree and think of things that should probably go into it. This function prompts for a heading that matches org-refile-targets and then moves it to the current location. (defun my-org-refile-to-point (refloc) "Prompt for a heading and refile it to point." (interactive (list (org-refile-get-location "Heading: "))) (let* ((file (nth 1 refloc)) (pos (nth 3...

Embracing the shallows: Now a blog post: Embracing the shallows Thinking about testing my VPS backup - 2024-10-28T19:51:18.735Z I want to test backups of my virtual private server by setting them up in some kind of environment on my laptop. Some of the things on my server are in Docker containers, so I might need to either figure out Docker in Docker or use...

[2024-10-30 Wed]: Added more notes from my experiment with semi-retirement. I'm sitting in the same room as A+ as she attends virtual grade 3. She uses the computer speakers instead of her headphones. I feel there's a part of my mind that I can't access with stuff going on in the background, but I don't mind so much. Listening in is a good way...

Download the video I use org-link-set-parameters to define a lot of custom links in Org Mode for things like my blog or my Emacs config. Then I can code how I want to complete, open, and export those links. These links don't make sense to other people, of course. I want to be able to quickly copy or replace my custom links with regular...

I want to get better at making sense of things and sharing what I'm learning. Nudged by Chris Maiorana's post on Second Brain, Second Nature, I borrowed How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens (2017). Here are my notes. 2024-10-26-01 How to Take Smart Notes - Sonke Ahrens 2017 #visual-book-notes #writing #pkm #book Text from sketch How to Take Smart Notes - Sönke...

I wanted to follow up on my post on large language models and me from January and do some more thinking/learning out loud. Data I have >= 8000 posts in my blog, almost 4000 sketches (mostly public, many with OCR results), and lots of text notes in my Org Mode files, many of which are in a hierarchy and many of which are just...

UPDATE: I'm moving Emacs News to the info-gnu-emacs mailing list instead of emacs-tangents. If you're subscribed to Emacs News through emacs-tangents, you may want to switch your subscriptions. Emacs News will also continue to be available on the web and through RSS. I'll post to both info-gnu-emacs and emacs-tangents for a little while. Emacs 30.0.92 pretest is available (Reddit, Irreal) Upcoming events: Emacs Berlin...

I was curious about this passage from How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens: [Niklas] Luhmann's only real help was a housekeeper who cooked for him and his children during the week, not that extraordinary considering he had to raise three children on his own after his wife died early. Five warm meals a week of course do not explain the production of...

I want to start building up more thoughts as chunks and relating them more logically instead of just chronologically. I've been using categories to organize my posts into buckets, but within a category, it's still chronological. I also have a large outline that includes posts from 2017 to 2024. I'd like to break it up into smaller topic pages so that they're easier to...

I often want to link to an Org heading from somewhere in my org-refile-targets, which includes my agenda files and other things. I don't want to think about where the heading is, I just want to link to it. I could use C-u C-c C-w (org-refile) to go to the heading, use C-c l (my shortcut for org-store-link), head back with org-mark-ring-goto, and then...

Emacs: scroll-other-window and PDF view in Emacs - 2024-10-20T21:44:48.482Z Updating a text file based on the editing marks I drew on a PDF is much nicer when I can use scroll-other-window to control the pdfview in the other #Emacs window. https://gist.github.com/politza/3f46785742e6e12ba0d1a849f853d0b9 Inserting conference talk info in e-mail thanks to Emacs - 2024-10-17T15:29:36.186Z One of the fun things about doing so much in #Emacs (email,...

I customized my visual book notes - all view to show the thumbnails of the images, and I added You can get to it by going to the visual-book-notes category from a post and then choosing "All". I like the new "View slideshow" and "Shuffle slideshow" buttons I added. Figure 1: Screenshot of my visual book notes gallery I also fixed some of the...

Debian uses Git repository tags to notice when to update packages. I kept forgetting to tag subed's versions, so now I made a git post-commit hook which I think will do the trick. I based it on https://gist.github.com/ajmirsky/1245103, just updated for Python 3 and tweaked to work with how I do versions in subed.el. I've also added it to my README.org. #!/usr/bin/python # place...

2024-10-21-05 Atomic Habits #visual-book-notes #productivity #personal-development Text from sketch Atomic Habits - James Clear (2022) - Notes by Sacha Chua 2024-10-21-05 time vs results: valley of disappointment: (we expect linear progress) Achieving a Goal only changes your life for the moment. In order to improve for good, solve problems at the system level. Fall in love with process rather than product. Not "what do...

Emacs 30: New stuff in Emacs 30 (July 2024) Twitch video on latest Emacs features from master, buffer/file registers, golang ts tests features and more (@pizzatorque@emacs.ch) (video available temporarily) Upcoming events: Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Oct 26 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/...

I enjoyed listening to Podcast #1,029: Treat Your To-Do List Like a River, and Other Mindset Shifts for Making Better Use of Your Time | The Art of Manliness (thanks @ctietze@mastodon.social for the recommendation) and checking out the Autofocus method (main website with translations) for reviewing your TODO list without worrying too much about prioritization. I also had an opportunity to reflect on similar...

Download the video I want to quickly look up and add links. consult-omni lets me search within Emacs instead of switching to a web interface. After I set up consult-omni-google with a Google custom search engine and a JSON API key, I can call it with my shortcut: M-g w. Using M-n for future history pulls in the word at point. Then I can...

2024-10-17-02 How sketchnotes fit into my personal knowledge management #pkm #sketchnoting #drawing Text from sketch worth doing even if you don't feel like you can draw well really, I just draw stick figures good for your own thoughts and other people's own thoughts: non-linear visual metaphors & organizers can be helpful can be a launchpad for more details other people's thoughts: distill key points...

I'm starting to dig into what other people have shared about personal information management and personal knowledge management. Karl Voit is one of my favourite people in this space, and I've enjoyed I thought I'd sketchnote the recording of his talk at Worklab 2023: "The Art of Organizing Yourself and Your Data". Here it is: 2024-10-17-01 The Art of Organizing Yourself and Your Data...

Here is a totally rough list of aspects that I came up with to start thinking about how I do personal information/knowledge management and how I want to explore other people's systems. 2024-10-15-08 Aspects of personal knowledge management #pkm (text from sketch duplicated as headings below) Use: What do you want to use it for, and how? Capture: How do you get stuff in?...

Personal knowledge management thought management - 2024-10-13T21:24:39.185Z I think I don't have a task management or even a knowledge management challenge, I have a thought management challenge. I want to think more thoughts through to a reasonable level of completion (blog post, commit, sketch, even a toot) while still honouring the kiddo's desire for snuggles and playtime. My brain gets cranky about unfinished thoughts...

I use modus-theme-toggle to switch between modus-vivendi-tinted and modus-operandi-tinted depending on whether I want a dark background or a light one. I also customize my org-todo-keyword-faces to visually distinguish TODO, DONE, WAITING, and SOMEDAY. This is how to colour them based on the current Modus theme. (defun my-org-todo-set-keyword-faces () (setq org-todo-keyword-faces `(("TODO" . (:foreground ,(modus-themes-get-color-value 'blue-warmer) :weight bold)) ("DONE" . (:foreground ,(modus-themes-get-color-value 'green-warmer) :weight...

Upcoming events: Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 26, 2024 M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Oct 26 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400...

Here's what I've been posting on @sacha@social.sachachua.com: Emacs Emacs equivalent of screenshots.debian.net? 2024-10-09T12:54:35.785Z https://screenshots.debian.net/ is neat. Do we have one of those for #Emacs packages? Could be a long-term project. Planet Emacslife updates 2024-10-08T10:51:48.127Z More tweaks to planet.emacslife.com - I had been incorrectly checking the future-dated posts, whoops. Should work again! Also, I updated my blog feed and my new posts are finally getting...

Download the video I'm tweaking my video workflow. I use Orgzly Revived on my Android phone to write the text, and I use Easy Voice Recorder to record it. Syncthing automatically copies both to my laptop. I use WhisperX to transcribe my recording, and I use a little bit of Emacs Lisp to figure out timestamps for each word. I edit this to fix...

Upcoming events: OrgMeetup (virtual) https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led Thu Oct 10 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Fri Oct 11 0000 Asia/Singapore Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Oct 11 1800 Europe/Paris M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin -...

Tech Server upgrade 2024-10-01T19:34:35.535Z Okay, my VPS should now be on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Things I bumped into along the way:- Had to reinstall MySQL for some reason. Fortunately kept all the data, although I did need to recreate directories for logs and sockets.- Reinstalled my Docker images. Fortunately kept all the data on disk, so that was fine. Along the way, upgraded my...

Upcoming events: EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/303579672/ Wed Oct 2 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT – Thu Oct 3 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Oct 3 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore...

2024-09-26-05 Tiny chunks #kaizen #productivity I want to get better at working in tiny chunks. Some of the things I find hard are: getting incomplete thoughts out of my head when the kiddo interrupts so that I don't get grumpy (because of the Ovsiankina effect) managing the stack of interrupting tasks and yak-shaving temptations still making time for larger projects or things with less-immediate...