Weekly review: Week ending December 24, 2021
| review, weekly- EmacsConf:
- I uploaded the answer videos that actually compressed to smaller files.
- I tagged some talks on the EmacsConf wiki.
- Emacs:
- I wrote some code to make it easier to write about sketches.
- I updated compile-media to handle temporary files, and I changed subed-record to use it.
- I tried lachesis for splitting text into subtitles, but I couldn't get it to make a model and the repository didn't have prebuilt models. I made a tiny minor mode that let me use my tablet stylus to split lines, which worked out really well. I tinkered with my workflow for generating videos.
- I added other output formats to waveform so that I could get timestamps as seconds.
- I wrote functions to insert a blog post URL or link.
- Cubing:
- It looks like I'm averaging a little less than a minute on the 3x3 Rubik's cube now (Ao5: 57.01), so I upgraded to a DaYan TengYun V2 M. Feels nice.
- I learned how to solve a Megaminx. Now I can do the beginner's method mostly without a guide!
- We built a LEGO Mindstorms robot that could solve a Rubik's cube by following the instructions on mindcuber.com. A- enjoyed racing against it.
- Other:
- I cleared some backlog and then declared email bankruptcy, which was actually pretty reasonable. If there was anything super-important, someone would have contacted me again. I'm getting better at not worrying about missing out.
- I experimented with recording a screencast, but decided that the audio was too disorganized. Maybe when I have a way of easily shuffling things around…
- I wrote a script to toggle recording with a keyboard shortcut.
- I automated adding my IP address to the IP-based protection.
Blog posts
Look at that! Lots more writing!
- 2021-12-20 Emacs news
- Avoiding automatic data type conversion in Microsoft Excel and Pandas
- Re-encoding the EmacsConf videos with FFmpeg and GNU Parallel
- Toggle screen recording with AutoKey and vokoscreenNG
- Making the most of the moment
- Reflecting on wasted effort
- Why I Love Emacs - from Bob Oliver
Sketches
Time
| Category | The other week % | Last week % | Diff % | h/wk | Diff h/wk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Discretionary - Social | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Discretionary - Play | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Discretionary - Productive | 12.5 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 21.1 | 0.1 |
| Discretionary - Family | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sleep | 31.4 | 31.1 | -0.3 | 52.3 | -0.5 |
| Personal | 9.9 | 9.5 | -0.4 | 16.0 | -0.6 |
| Unpaid work | 5.5 | 4.6 | -0.9 | 7.7 | -1.5 |
| A- | 40.2 | 37.6 | -2.6 | 63.2 | -4.4 |
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