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  • Minecraft tree orbs, tree farm upgrade :: Sacha Chua

    A+ was inspired by the SapWing villages from Wings of Fire to make a couple of...

  • Changing planet.emacslife.com :: Sacha Chua

    For the longest time, planet.emacslife.com was generated with the Planet Venus aggregator, which required Python 2.7....

  • Learning more about looking ahead together :: Sacha Chua

    2025-01-14-01 Looking ahead – parenting planning skills Text from sketch A+ is 8 years old. We're...

  • 2025-01-13 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #1 2025 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/cb726f44-8b7f-44f7-91a5-fc9d3f9ad7a9 Tue...

  • Treemap visualization of an Org Mode file :: Sacha Chua

    [2025-01-12 Sun]: u/dr-timeous posted a treemap_org.py · GitHub that makes a coloured treemap that displays the...

  • Automatically correcting phrasing and misrecognized words in speech-to-text captions by using a script :: Sacha Chua

    I usually write my scripts with phrases that could be turned into the subtitles. I figured...

  • Org Babel, Mermaid JS, and fixing "Failed to launch the browser process" on Ubuntu 24 :: Sacha Chua

    Mermaid makes pretty diagrams from text. It's Javascript-based, so the command-line tool (mmdc) uses Puppeteer to...

  • Monthly review: December 2024 :: Sacha Chua

    2024-12-31-09 December 2024 -- monthly review.png EmacsConf 2024 was a ton of fun, and we managed...

  • #YayEmacs 9: Trimming/adding silences to get to a target; subed-record-sum-time :: Sacha Chua

    New in this video: subed-record-sum-time, #+PAD_LEFT and #+PAD_RIGHT Video not supported. Thumbnail:Download the video I like...

  • 2025-01-06 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    [2025-01-06 Mon]: Fix typo in exitter's name Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed...

  • Yay Emacs 8: which-key-replacement-alist :: Sacha Chua

    [2025-01-07 Tue]: I like the way Karthik's blog posts have play-by-plays for the videos (ex: Fringe...

  • A brief foray into Underdog, a realistic Minecraft modpack; returning to Total Animation :: Sacha Chua

    A+ often enjoys watching Minecraft videos on Youtube where streamers take on challenges like surviving harder,...

  • Using image-dired to browse the latest screenshots from multiple directories :: Sacha Chua

    Since A+ and I play lots of Minecraft together, I figured it's a good opportunity to...

  • Cuberventures: Early game Create Mod :: Sacha Chua

    A+ likes exploring different Minecraft Java modpacks in creative mode. We're currently playing FXNT Create 2....

  • Editing videos with Emacs and subed-record.el :: Sacha Chua

    I want to document more of my Minecraft adventures with A+. Video is a natural way...

  • 2024-12-30 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Jan 3 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000...

  • Monthly review: November 2024 :: Sacha Chua

    2024-11-30-06 November 2024 daily #moments This month, I experimented with doing my daily drawings on a...

  • Linking to Org Babel source in a comment, and making that always use file links :: Sacha Chua

    I've been experimenting with these default header args for Org Babel source blocks. (setq org-babel-default-header-args '((:session...

  • EmacsConf 2024 notes :: Sacha Chua

    [2024-12-28 Sat]: Added talk and Q&A count, added note about BBB max simultaneous users, added note...

  • emacs.tv :: Sacha Chua

    I came across Ruby Video on Hacker News and thought it was a good idea, particularly...

  • 2024-12-23 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Help wanted: Org Mode requests: [FR] Allow SPC to scroll todo/tag selection menu - for users...

  • subed.el: Tweaking subtitle times :: Sacha Chua

    When subtitle times are too far off from the video or audio, people start worrying if...

  • 2024-12-16 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Help wanted: Org Mode requests: [RFC] The best way to choose an "action" at point: context-menu-mode,...

  • Weekly review: Two weeks ending December 11, 2024 :: Sacha Chua

    This post covers the week ending Dec 4 and the week ending Dec 11, since it...

  • 2024-12-09 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Dec 11 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago...

  • 2024-12-02 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Emacs 30: New stuff in Emacs 30 (July 2024, @frodjo@mastodon.social) Upcoming events (iCal file, Org): Emacs...

  • 2024-11-25 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Upcoming events: Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Nov 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago...

  • Remove filler words at the start and upcase the next word :: Sacha Chua

    [2024-11-21 Thu]: Fixed the second filler words regexp, and make it work at the start of...

  • Wednesday weblog: week ending November 20, 2024 :: Sacha Chua

    Reflection on writing style - 2024-11-18T00:44:18.080Z I notice that I have a lot more fun writing...

  • Updating my audio braindump workflow to take advantage of WhisperX :: Sacha Chua

    I get word timestamps for free when I transcribe with WhisperX, so I can skip the...

  • Looking at my blog post stats by year :: Sacha Chua

    Figure 1: Blog statistics I was curious about the shape of my blog over the years,...

  • 2024-11-18 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Emacs 30: What are your favorite changes in emacs 30? Upcoming events: M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/...

  • Changing Org Mode underlines to the HTML mark element :: Sacha Chua

    Apparently, HTML has a mark element that is useful for highlighting. ox-html.el in Org Mode doesn't...

  • Checking caption timing by skimming with Emacs Lisp or JS :: Sacha Chua

    Sometimes automatic subtitle timing tools like Aeneas can get confused by silences, extraneous sounds, filler words,...

  • Yay Emacs 7: Using word timing in caption editing with subed-word-data :: Sacha Chua

    Video not supported. Thumbnail:Download the video When I work with video captions, I often want to...

  • Wednesday weblog: Week ending 2024-11-06 :: Sacha Chua

    I used to write weekly reviews. Nudged by Doing weeknotes, I want to get back to...

  • Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything - BJ Fogg, PhD (2020) :: Sacha Chua

    2024-11-11-07 Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything - BJ Fogg, PhD - 2020 #visual-book-notes...

  • 2024-11-11 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    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:...

  • EmacsConf backstage: Makefile targets :: Sacha Chua

    We like to use pre-recorded videos at EmacsConf to minimize technical risks. This also means we...

  • Using a coloured template on my Supernote A5X :: Sacha Chua

    The Supernote A5X is an e-ink notebook that lets me draw in black, white, and two...

  • Thinking about webpage margins :: Sacha Chua

    I want to write more, and I want to enjoy going through my archive. Some posts...

  • Excerpts from a conversation with John Wiegley (johnw) and Adam Porter (alphapapa) about personal information management :: Sacha Chua

    Adam Porter (alphapapa) reached out to John Wiegley (johnw) to ask about his current Org Mode...

  • How do I want to get better at learning out loud? Part 1 of 4: Starting :: Sacha Chua

    Nudged by Thierry Stoehr's toot about my 23rd blogiversary, I've been thinking about how much I've...

  • Wednesday weblog: Toots ending 2024-11-06 :: Sacha Chua

    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...

  • Interactively recolor a sketch :: Sacha Chua

    I wanted to be able to change the colours used in a sketch, all from Emacs....

  • A year with my cargo bike :: Sacha Chua

    Summary: Life with a cargo bike has been working out really well for our family. I...

  • 2024-11-04 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua

    Emacs 30 and Emacs 31: Emacs 30.0 pretest packages for Fedora (Reddit) Build Emacs 31 for...

  • Org Mode: Format Libby book highlights exported as JSON :: Sacha Chua

    The Toronto Public Library (and many other libraries) offers e-book access through Overdrive, which I can...

  • Org Mode: Prompt for a heading and then refile it to point :: Sacha Chua

    I sometimes want the inverse of org-refile when I create a subtree and think of things...

  • Wednesday weblog: Toots ending 2024-10-23 :: Sacha Chua

    Embracing the shallows: Now a blog post: Embracing the shallows Thinking about testing my VPS backup...