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...
Embracing the shallows :: Sacha Chua
[2024-10-30 Wed]: Added more notes from my experiment with semi-retirement. I'm sitting in the same room...
Yay Emacs 7: Rewriting and copying custom Org Mode links :: Sacha Chua
Download the video I use org-link-set-parameters to define a lot of custom links in Org Mode...
How to Take Smart Notes - Sonke Ahrens (2017) :: Sacha Chua
I want to get better at making sense of things and sharing what I'm learning. Nudged...
Thinking about how I can use large language models :: Sacha Chua
I wanted to follow up on my post on large language models and me from January...
2024-10-28 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
UPDATE: I'm moving Emacs News to the info-gnu-emacs mailing list instead of emacs-tangents. If you're subscribed...
Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten and life with kids :: Sacha Chua
I was curious about this passage from How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens: [Niklas]...
Organizing my visual book notes by topic :: Sacha Chua
I want to start building up more thoughts as chunks and relating them more logically instead...
Insert a link to an Org Mode heading from an org-refile prompt :: Sacha Chua
I often want to link to an Org heading from somewhere in my org-refile-targets, which includes...
Wednesday weblog: Toots ending 2024-10-16 :: Sacha Chua
Emacs: scroll-other-window and PDF view in Emacs - 2024-10-20T21:44:48.482Z Updating a text file based on the...
Added a gallery and slideshow view for my visual book notes :: Sacha Chua
I customized my visual book notes - all view to show the thumbnails of the images,...
A git post-commit hook for tagging my subed.el release version :: Sacha Chua
Debian uses Git repository tags to notice when to update packages. I kept forgetting to tag...
Visual book notes: Atomic Habits :: Sacha Chua
2024-10-21-05 Atomic Habits #visual-book-notes #productivity #personal-development Text from sketch Atomic Habits - James Clear (2022) -...
2024-10-21 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Emacs 30: New stuff in Emacs 30 (July 2024) Twitch video on latest Emacs features from...
Shuffling my Org Mode unscheduled tasks :: Sacha Chua
I enjoyed listening to Podcast #1,029: Treat Your To-Do List Like a River, and Other Mindset...
Yay Emacs 6: Inserting links with consult-omni :: Sacha Chua
Download the video I want to quickly look up and add links. consult-omni lets me search...
How sketchnotes fit into my personal knowledge management :: Sacha Chua
2024-10-17-02 How sketchnotes fit into my personal knowledge management #pkm #sketchnoting #drawing Text from sketch worth...
Karl Voit's 2023 talk: The Art of Organizing Yourself and Your Data :: Sacha Chua
I'm starting to dig into what other people have shared about personal information management and personal...
Thinking about 12 aspects of personal information/knowledge management :: Sacha Chua
Here is a totally rough list of aspects that I came up with to start thinking...
Wednesday weblog: Toots ending 2024-10-16: EmacsConf, Emacs, PKM :: Sacha Chua
Personal knowledge management thought management - 2024-10-13T21:24:39.185Z I think I don't have a task management or...
Change Org Mode TODO keyword color based on the state and the current Modus theme :: Sacha Chua
I use modus-theme-toggle to switch between modus-vivendi-tinted and modus-operandi-tinted depending on whether I want a dark...
2024-10-14 Emacs news :: Sacha Chua
Upcoming events: Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 26, 2024 M-x Research:...