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February 17, 2024 - Tackling my Reading Backlog with Deliberate Intent [!topics] Topics: PKM, Obsidian, GTD I have a backlog queue of internet articles I've saved to read that is more than 1,000 items long. I'd like to winnow that backlog down. However, I'd like to do it in a way that is intentional, effective,...
I just finished Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio . This is the first book in The Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series. I don’t have a lot to say about it right now other than that I enjoyed it. This is the first fiction book that I’ve read in a long time so it felt good to get out of my “reading rut”....
Website Backups with Apple iCloud 2024-02-16 My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!). Since both of these devices are Apple products, it makes sense that I pay for the optional iCloud service for extra storage. 50GB to be exact....
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TL;DR: “We have X-references at home” Cross-references in Org mode are not as well developed as its (relatively) new citation system. Org’s built-in linking system is fairly comprehensive and exports to all formats well enough. But if you’re coming to Org from LaTeX, you might prefer something more familiar and...
Added an Image Viewer to the Studies page.
This week I had the opportunity to visit for the first time Zagreb, Croatia 🇭🇷 and run a couple of CodeJams there. On day 1, we did the SAP Integration Suite CodeJam and on day 2, we focused on the btp CLI and Core Service APIs CodeJam. This is the first time that these types of events have taken place in Zagreb and...
The first part in a series on concurrency management in multi-threaded Java programs. This article deals with monitor objects and their use for demarcation of non-concurrent sections.