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Re: Thursday, November 25, 2021 - Daily notes by Jack Baty

Jack Baty — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:06:07 -0000

Just testing comments. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it.

Re: Publishing My Notes Using Org Mode

João Cortes — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 05:35:17 -0000

Hi,
I'm trying to do the same as you did. I am migrating from vim to emacs, thanks to evil mode.
I used vimwiki quite a lot, and I am trying to find a similar tool on emacs. I am investigating org-mode, but there are some details missing. For instance, i liked the simplicity of the links on vimwiki. That is, the Shift Ret command, that converted a plain word into a link to a file named after the word. Did you implement this?
Thanks

Re: The Problems I have with Org Mode and Emacs

Jack Baty — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:34:45 -0000

It's pretty great, isn't it? Org-mode is so good that it doesn't make sense to use anything else. I'm still trying to strike a balance, but Org isn't going anywhere.

Re: The Problems I have with Org Mode and Emacs

Simon Holzman — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:13:57 -0000

I have started using emacs for everything and I am really enjoying it!

Re: Posting with ox-hugo so far - Jack Baty's Blog

Jack Baty — Thu, 24 May 2018 11:26:32 -0000

Thanks! I did not know about :EXPORT_HUGO_SLUG:.

I haven't delved into page bundles yet, but plan to. And yes, I timestamp image filenames because they all end up in one directory (per year). Seems like using page bundles will be easier, so I'll dig in.

ox-hugo is super helpful!

Re: Posting with ox-hugo so far - Jack Baty's Blog

Kaushal Modi — Thu, 24 May 2018 09:05:11 -0000

Cool!

Few comments:

- To make your Org file lighter, use ":EXPORT_HUGO_SLUG: .." instead of ":EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :slug ..".

- You might probably know this, but still mentioning that ox-hugo fully supports the Hugo Page Bundles. Though, it still needs to be documented. It is pseudo-documented though, in tests. Have a look at the Org file in here: https://github.com/kaushalm.... Search for "* Page Bundle with images in the same dir" in that Org file. The referenced image in that post is in https://github.com/kaushalm.... I mentioned this because I saw that you were (probably manually?) time-stamping the images so that they can be uniquely associated with posts?

Re: My Photos are a Disorganized Mess

Jack Baty — Mon, 21 May 2018 10:11:32 -0000

It's an ongoing process! I'll certainly post an update once things have settled in.

Re: My Photos are a Disorganized Mess

seishonagon — Mon, 21 May 2018 03:21:26 -0000

This didn’t show up on micro.blog, so I’m commenting here ...
I’d love to read a breakdown of your process. I have similar problems managing both my wife’s and my iPhotos, and a Lightroom library. Do let us know how you manage!

Re: Movie: Lady Bird ★★★★½ - Jack Baty's Blog

Edel — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:53:42 -0000

I've done something similar. I've unfollowed everyone on my timeline except for three or four people that I actually care to get updates from. I feel too cruel to delete friends from my list (and when I have tried, they actually notice and try to add me back anyway). Thankfully, no one really posts to Facebook anymore and they just use Messenger.

Re: Book: The Lathe of Heaven ★★★½

Jack Baty — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:31:50 -0000

I've been thinking about the book quite a lot since finishing it, and in hindsight I'm feeling much better about it. There was more there that I originally noticed or paid attention to. I'm definitely going to read it again. It's my first Le Quin book. I started "The Left Hand of Darkness" a few years ago but never finished. I plan to revisit that one next.

Re: Book: The Lathe of Heaven ★★★½

Edel — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:58:14 -0000

I'm a big Le Guin fan. I have yet to read this one and I haven't been too disappointed yet. However I'll try not to set my expectations too high for when I do read it. Have you read any other of her books?

Re: Doc on Things That Suck · Jack Baty's weblog

Ron Chester — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 10:45:55 -0000

Yes, a verrrrry long list. He's a super smart guy who has become a grumpy old man. Maybe I'll make my own list one day, but I think a Things That Are Great list would be better. Printers would be on that list for me. I make my income by printing out accurate and complete income tax returns on gorgeous clean white paper. Sure, I could insist upon e-filing returns and throw away the printers. But why should I make it easy for the IRS to analyse every electronic tax return to find whatever data they want to retrieve? I'll be printing tax returns until the day I retire. The IRS wouldn't dare ban paper returns.

And how is a book produced? Doesn't a printing press produce all those pages? Isn't that a printer? I can't believe Doc wants to do without paper books. In fact, don't paper books produce one of his sources of income?

When we get settled in our new home, I may subscribe to those fantastic Field Notes memo books that you linked to a while back, and maybe even find a nice fountain pen that I can use to write in them. I suspect those memo books could end up on my Great Things list.

Re: Technology Fatigue · Jack Baty's weblog

Jack Baty — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 08:44:22 -0000

Same here. I've been reading and journaling (in paper notebooks) a lot more these days and it makes me feel better. This is all probably just a temporary issue with my mood, but it sure has hit me harder than usual lately.

Re: Technology Fatigue · Jack Baty's weblog

Michael H. Gerloff — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 17:42:31 -0000

I wish you well. I think the tech fatigue hit me a bit, too. Not much interested in software; letting my new MBP unpacked for three days; don't care about new iPhones. But read a lot more. Write (for myself). Think. Guess, I am in an autumn mood, harvesting summer's input (and trying to refresh from two energy absorbing projects). Feels okay for me.
(Should have replied here instead of micro.blog)

Re: First · Jack Baty

Jack Baty — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:35:58 -0000

Another one, really?

Re: The Miracle of 3QD · Jack's Notes

seishonagon — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:23:30 -0000

Oh my, I'd forgotten about 3QD. I somehow dropped it from my RSS feed. Thanks for reminding me. It's exactly the "little pocket of humanity" described in the article.

Re: On moving back to a static website

Jack Baty — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:19:38 -0000

I'll have to take another look at Rapidweaver. Probably not for my blog but I have a couple of other sites that could work. Thanks!

Re: On moving back to a static website

svsmailus — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:53:17 -0000

If you're on a mac you should check out Rapidweaver (http://realmacsoftware.com/.... It allows you to build your site exactly how you want. I'm just testing out Joe Workman's great tumblr stack so that I can post to tumblr, but it looks like the blog is on my site.

Re: On moving back to a static website

Jack Baty — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:40:58 -0000

Yes, still happy, for now :). For a static site I find Hugo to be about the best I've tried for my purposes. I still sometimes long for the easy of use that Wordpress offers, but I continue to tweak my posting process with Hugo so I get over it :).

Re: On moving back to a static website

svsmailus — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:57:09 -0000

Two months in are you still happy? Been thinking of using Hugo myself. Would you recommend it?

Re: No longer using an app launcher

Jack Baty — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:54:56 -0000

I agree that the KM clipboard feature is less than great. However, I don't seem to have to dismiss it explicitly after selecting an entry (I use the enter key to select).

Not sure about converting to plain text. I usually "fix" it by re-pasting with "Paste and Match Style" when available.

Re: No longer using an app launcher

The Tallest Dwarf — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:54:07 -0000

Thank *you* ;)
You inspired me to try again and ditch Launchbar. But to be honest, Keyboard Maestro's clipboard manager isn't really growing on me.
For one, it has to be dismissed after every single entry, which I find pretty annoying (and borderline useless) for copying long lists of things.
Also, (as far as I can see) it can't convert text to plain text, so I end up with wrongly formatted text half the time.

Re: No longer using an app launcher

Jack Baty — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:46:00 -0000

I discovered that by accident just out of habit and it's great, thanks!

Re: No longer using an app launcher

The Tallest Dwarf — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 04:37:09 -0000

Spotlight does basic calculations as well, you can just start entering numbers and it displays the answer, like Launchbar.

Re: ConnectedText via Parallels vs Crossover

Jack Baty — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:06:57 -0000

I haven't noticed a significant difference in actual app performance between parallels and Crossover, but the system resources used by Crossover are way lower. Didn't drain the battery on my Air nearly as quickly using Crossover also. Still hate the fonts. No fix found for that yet.