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diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-20-hello-octopress.md b/source/blog/2014-10-20-hello-octopress.md index 733bb963..ff1396c5 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-20-hello-octopress.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-20-hello-octopress.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Hello, Octopress!" -date: 2014-10-20 16:53:00 -0700 +date: 2014-10-20T16:53:00-0700 date-display: October 20, 2014 --- This post marks my transition from Tumblr to Octopress & GitHub Pages. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-20-help-mou-hit-1-dot-0.md b/source/blog/2014-10-20-help-mou-hit-1-dot-0.md index 4f7e4cd6..190f914a 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-20-help-mou-hit-1-dot-0.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-20-help-mou-hit-1-dot-0.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Help Mou hit 1.0" -date: 2014-10-20 17:37:45 -0700 +date: 2014-10-20T17:37:45-0700 date-display: October 20, 2014 --- Quick call for [Mou 1.0 fundraiser](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mou-1-0-markdown-editor-on-os-x-for-you) on Indiegogo. At the time of writing, it has raised $6,178/$20,000, and has 39 days to go (with 21 already passed). diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-21-get-rolling.md b/source/blog/2014-10-21-get-rolling.md index d0dd4c48..16eca0c4 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-21-get-rolling.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-21-get-rolling.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Get rolling" -date: 2014-10-21 11:40:14 -0700 +date: 2014-10-21T11:40:14-0700 date-display: October 21, 2014 --- Yesterday, on an internet forum, I saw someone’s signature, which translates to diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-23-ripping-copy-protected-dvd-with-mpv.md b/source/blog/2014-10-23-ripping-copy-protected-dvd-with-mpv.md index f017ca7e..849282ea 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-23-ripping-copy-protected-dvd-with-mpv.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-23-ripping-copy-protected-dvd-with-mpv.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Ripping copy-protected DVD with mpv" -date: 2014-10-23 20:03:22 -0700 +date: 2014-10-23T20:03:22-0700 date-display: October 23, 2014 --- **_11/02/2014 update:_** diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-24-charles-munger-donated-$65m-to-kitp.md b/source/blog/2014-10-24-charles-munger-donated-$65m-to-kitp.md index 88d7f7ef..30c8dd53 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-24-charles-munger-donated-$65m-to-kitp.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-24-charles-munger-donated-$65m-to-kitp.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Charles Munger donated $65M to KITP" -date: 2014-10-24 16:41:36 -0700 +date: 2014-10-24T16:41:36-0700 date-display: October 24, 2014 --- Today's news has it that Charles Munger made a $65 million donation to KITP at UCSB. See for instance [this article](http://nyti.ms/1D4zg24) on NYT. Of course I didn't learn it from NYT (I'm generally sick of any news other than math, physics, or IT-related ones). I learned it from [Not Even Wrong](http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=7247) instead (of course I don't agree with Woit, but some of his links are nice). diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-25-os-x-package-receipts.md b/source/blog/2014-10-25-os-x-package-receipts.md index 1c4ab434..baf470e4 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-25-os-x-package-receipts.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-25-os-x-package-receipts.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "OS X package receipts" -date: 2014-10-25 13:26:02 -0700 +date: 2014-10-25T13:26:02-0700 date-display: October 25, 2014 --- I just learned something new. Whenever you install a `pkg` on OS X, OS X stores a receipt of what was installed in `/var/db/receipts` (I'm running OS X 10.9.5 at the time of writing), called a **bom** — bill of materials (I’d rather call it a manifest, whatever). This feature was introduced in NeXTSTEP. From `man 5 bom`: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-26-audio-cd-slash-dvd-to-iso-image-on-os-x.md b/source/blog/2014-10-26-audio-cd-slash-dvd-to-iso-image-on-os-x.md index 600a890d..86f2ca2c 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-26-audio-cd-slash-dvd-to-iso-image-on-os-x.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-26-audio-cd-slash-dvd-to-iso-image-on-os-x.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Convert Audio CD/DVD to ISO image on OS X" -date: 2014-10-26 23:29:47 -0700 +date: 2014-10-26T23:29:47-0700 date-display: October 26, 2014 --- **_11/02/2014 update:_** diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-26-disk-visualizer-daisydisk.md b/source/blog/2014-10-26-disk-visualizer-daisydisk.md index 786f89b8..e50f0bfc 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-26-disk-visualizer-daisydisk.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-26-disk-visualizer-daisydisk.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Disk visualizer: DaisyDisk" -date: 2014-10-26 00:02:22 -0700 +date: 2014-10-26T00:02:22-0700 date-display: October 26, 2014 --- DaisyDisk is a pretty famous name. I’ve heard a lot that DaisyDisk is beautiful, but as a “power user” I always feel ashamed about using a disk analyzer or visualizer (although no one really cares). I’m pretty comfortable with doing most filesystem operations right in the shell, and for other tasks too tedious for the shell (like renaming a bunch of files with no obvious pattern), Finder (equipped with TotalFinder) works just fine. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-27-onedrive-goes-unlimited.md b/source/blog/2014-10-27-onedrive-goes-unlimited.md index 4c4cb64d..76b7c22c 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-27-onedrive-goes-unlimited.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-27-onedrive-goes-unlimited.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "OneDrive goes unlimited" -date: 2014-10-27 09:44:51 -0700 +date: 2014-10-27T09:44:51-0700 date-display: October 27, 2014 --- **10/28/2014 Update:** diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-28-google-drive-no-selective-subfolder-sync.md b/source/blog/2014-10-28-google-drive-no-selective-subfolder-sync.md index de219eaa..c81a60db 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-28-google-drive-no-selective-subfolder-sync.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-28-google-drive-no-selective-subfolder-sync.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Google Drive — no selective subfolder sync?" -date: 2014-10-28 20:49:24 -0700 +date: 2014-10-28T20:49:24-0700 date-display: October 28, 2014 --- Up to this point I've been using Google Drive as an online backup service, and uploads files mostly manually, although I do sync `~/img` with the client. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-28-mou-1-dot-0-fundraiser-goal-reached.md b/source/blog/2014-10-28-mou-1-dot-0-fundraiser-goal-reached.md index ad28afdd..60784fd1 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-28-mou-1-dot-0-fundraiser-goal-reached.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-28-mou-1-dot-0-fundraiser-goal-reached.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Mou 1.0 fundraiser: goal reached" -date: 2014-10-28 01:57:06 -0700 +date: 2014-10-28T01:57:06-0700 date-display: October 28, 2014 --- A week ago I wrote a post [*Help Mou hit 1.0*](blog/2014/10/20/help-mou-hit-1-dot-0/). Today, I'm delighted to find out that Mou has reached its goal, $20,000, half way into the fundraiser. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-10-29-fun.md b/source/blog/2014-10-29-fun.md index 961de1ad..119de5f2 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-10-29-fun.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-10-29-fun.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Fun" -date: 2014-10-29 11:26:29 -0700 +date: 2014-10-29T11:26:29-0700 date-display: October 29, 2014 --- diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-02-vobcopy-dvdbackup-etc.md b/source/blog/2014-11-02-vobcopy-dvdbackup-etc.md index a6caf233..8a3dcfa7 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-02-vobcopy-dvdbackup-etc.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-02-vobcopy-dvdbackup-etc.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "vobcopy, dvdbackup, etc." -date: 2014-11-02 15:06:07 -0800 +date: 2014-11-02T15:06:07-0800 date-display: November 2, 2014 --- A few days ago, I was cloning my entire Audio CD and DVD collection, and reported some of the findings in [this post](/blog/2014-10-26-audio-cd-slash-dvd-to-iso-image-on-os-x.html). As said, the most important commands are diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-05-apple-is-pushing-yosemite-hard.md b/source/blog/2014-11-05-apple-is-pushing-yosemite-hard.md index 3e2bf44b..456b07f6 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-05-apple-is-pushing-yosemite-hard.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-05-apple-is-pushing-yosemite-hard.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Apple is pushing Yosemite hard" -date: 2014-11-05 22:17:01 -0800 +date: 2014-11-05T22:17:01-0800 date-display: November 5, 2014 --- Apple is pushing Yosemite hard and secretly Yosemitizing things. iTunes was updated to its shiny new look on Mavericks, day one upon Yosemite launch. I liked it. The only problems I had with the new iTunes are: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-05-list-youtube-playlist-with-youtube-dl.md b/source/blog/2014-11-05-list-youtube-playlist-with-youtube-dl.md index 59bd1002..b11938f7 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-05-list-youtube-playlist-with-youtube-dl.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-05-list-youtube-playlist-with-youtube-dl.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "List YouTube playlist with youtube-dl" -date: 2014-11-05 10:37:58 -0800 +date: 2014-11-05T10:37:58-0800 date-display: November 5, 2014 --- Of course you are always welcome to use the [Google APIs Client Library for Python](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/) to wrestle with YouTube, which is usually pretty simple. (As an added bonus, YouTube has some [nice runnable sample scripts](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/code_samples/) to get you started.) With the client library, listing videos in a YouTube playlist is a breeze. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-06-2014-nobel-prize-in-physics-led-lights-seriously.md b/source/blog/2014-11-06-2014-nobel-prize-in-physics-led-lights-seriously.md index 690fb119..bc36bc6d 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-06-2014-nobel-prize-in-physics-led-lights-seriously.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-06-2014-nobel-prize-in-physics-led-lights-seriously.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "2014 Nobel Prize in Physics — LED lights, seriously?" -date: 2014-11-06 11:08:45 -0800 +date: 2014-11-06T11:08:45-0800 date-display: November 6, 2014 --- For some reason, I only learned about this year’s laureates today, through [the reference frame](http://motls.blogspot.com/2014/11/ex-employer-wont-meet-blue-led-nobel.html). The prize goes to the inventors of the LED. Not exciting at all, so I don’t care if I’m ever informed. (Lubos has a good point on why applied physics — well, let’s even widen the concept of applied physics a bit — should not surprise anyone when they appear in a Nobel Prize announcement: “After all, Alfred Nobel might have very well considered his dynamite to be a discovery in physics, too.”) diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-07-interstellar.md b/source/blog/2014-11-07-interstellar.md index 3e3ebd68..abeff753 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-07-interstellar.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-07-interstellar.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Interstellar" -date: 2014-11-07 23:56:31 -0800 +date: 2014-11-07T23:56:31-0800 date-display: November 7, 2014 --- Today (I mean November 7, 2014 — it’s technically November 8 at the time of writing) I saw [*Interstellar*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_%28film%29) (IMAX digital) at AMC Mercado 20. I rarely go to movie theaters, less on the release day (film formats of *Interstellar* were released on November 5, and digital formats followed on November 7). However, reviews of it were positive (from the physics community), and I really need a way to release stress these days — I wasn’t in the right condition for months. So I figured I’d just spend an afternoon in front of the big screen. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-10-average-phone-plan-in-the-u-dot-s-costs-ten-time-as-much-as-that-in-the-u-dot-k.md b/source/blog/2014-11-10-average-phone-plan-in-the-u-dot-s-costs-ten-time-as-much-as-that-in-the-u-dot-k.md index bf058474..b1631b16 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-10-average-phone-plan-in-the-u-dot-s-costs-ten-time-as-much-as-that-in-the-u-dot-k.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-10-average-phone-plan-in-the-u-dot-s-costs-ten-time-as-much-as-that-in-the-u-dot-k.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Average phone plan in the U.S. costs ten time as much as that in the U.K." -date: 2014-11-10 11:11:46 -0800 +date: 2014-11-10T11:11:46-0800 date-display: November 10, 2014 --- To quote [Opera News](http://blogs.opera.com/news/2014/11/mobile-data-anyway/), diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-11-re-encoding-everything-for-iphone-6-plus.md b/source/blog/2014-11-11-re-encoding-everything-for-iphone-6-plus.md index 966af625..a0a7f687 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-11-re-encoding-everything-for-iphone-6-plus.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-11-re-encoding-everything-for-iphone-6-plus.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Re-encoding everything for iPhone 6 Plus" -date: 2014-11-11 13:31:25 -0800 +date: 2014-11-11T13:31:25-0800 date-display: November 11, 2014 --- AT&T finally delivered my iPhone 6 Plus (silver, 64 GB) after about fifty days since preorder… The 1080p Retina display is simply stunning. However, it turns out that my old videos don’t work so well on 6 Plus’s giant screen. My old mobile video collection was optimized for my 16 GB 4S, targeting the small screen and highly limited storage — you guessed it, they were resized to 960x540, and they looked great. But they’re not up to the task any more. 960x540 videos aren’t at all sharp on the stunning screen of 6 Plus, which is more than capable of handling 4x pixels. Therefore, I have no choice but to feed it more pixels. I’m left in a weird situation, where my 1080p desktop (or even HDTV) quality videos should fit the screen just fine, but H.264 profile stands in the way. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are only capable of High Profile level 4.2, so anything encoded in level 5.1, for instance, needs to be re-encoded. Also there are still MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 videos out there (MPEG-4 should be obsolete by now, I assume, but some people still use it; and MPEG-2 is de facto in TV broadcasts), which have to be transcoded. Okay, it’s a daunting task to re-encode a fairly big collection, but I have to do it sooner or later. Presumably this weekend. I’ll also report whether 720p videos look sharp on the screen later. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-19-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.md b/source/blog/2014-11-19-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.md index 9b95ca94..8139aa9b 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-19-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-19-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Convolution of irreducible characters" -date: 2014-11-19 20:40:37 -0800 +date: 2014-11-19T20:40:37-0800 date-display: November 19, 2014 --- __*TL; DR:* The actual PDF write-up is [here](https://dl.bintray.com/zmwangx/generic/20141119-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.pdf).__ diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-20-dropbot-for-geeks(r).md b/source/blog/2014-11-20-dropbot-for-geeks(r).md index 74faf730..3a60bc34 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-20-dropbot-for-geeks(r).md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-20-dropbot-for-geeks(r).md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Dropbot for Geeks®" -date: 2014-11-20 09:48:15 -0800 +date: 2014-11-20T09:48:15-0800 date-display: November 20, 2014 --- I propose the following cloud storage and syncing service model of the future. I call it **Dropbot for Geeks®**, and it totally rules. It's designed for geeks who are tired of the highly limited, miserably unproductive traditional services (based on clicking around). It has the following features: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-24-iphone-photography-frustration.md b/source/blog/2014-11-24-iphone-photography-frustration.md index c3a4858c..1b344011 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-24-iphone-photography-frustration.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-24-iphone-photography-frustration.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "iPhone photography frustration" -date: 2014-11-24 12:42:25 -0800 +date: 2014-11-24T12:42:25-0800 date-display: November 24, 2014 --- **TL; DR:** Jump to the paragraph “In the end…” diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-24-why-i-abandoned-mathjax-and-fell-back-to-pdf.md b/source/blog/2014-11-24-why-i-abandoned-mathjax-and-fell-back-to-pdf.md index be8185fc..cd04f82a 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-24-why-i-abandoned-mathjax-and-fell-back-to-pdf.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-24-why-i-abandoned-mathjax-and-fell-back-to-pdf.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Why I abandoned MathJax and fell back to PDF" -date: 2014-11-24 20:54:36 -0800 +date: 2014-11-24T20:54:36-0800 date-display: November 24, 2014 --- Recently I wrote an expository article, [*Convolution of irreducible characters*](/pdf/20141119-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.pdf), and posted it [here](/blog/2014-11-19-convolution-of-irreducible-characters.html). At first I intended to use MathJax, but in the end I fell back to good ol' PDF. Here's why. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-25-i-got-16-gigs-of-ram.md b/source/blog/2014-11-25-i-got-16-gigs-of-ram.md index 0ece218a..e568bc58 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-25-i-got-16-gigs-of-ram.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-25-i-got-16-gigs-of-ram.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "I got 16 gigs of RAM" -date: 2014-11-25 16:28:30 -0800 +date: 2014-11-25T16:28:30-0800 date-display: November 25, 2014 --- Today I upgraded the RAM of my MacBook Pro mid-2012 to 2x8GB. I purchased the [Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3/DDR3L 1600 MHz (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Memory for Mac CT2K8G3S160BM](http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008LTBJFW) from Amazon, which cose me $146.64 after tax. I followed the [official guide](http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201165) as well as the [iFixit guide](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2012+RAM+Replacement/10374). To finish the job I needed a Phillips #00 screwdriver and a spudger, so I purchased the [spudger](https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Spudger/IF145-002) and the [54 bit driver kit](https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/54-Bit-Driver-Kit/IF145-022-1) from iFixit. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-26-original-images-in-day-one-journal.md b/source/blog/2014-11-26-original-images-in-day-one-journal.md index 1ce7a5cc..93281277 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-26-original-images-in-day-one-journal.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-26-original-images-in-day-one-journal.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Original images in Day One journal" -date: 2014-11-26 00:22:16 -0800 +date: 2014-11-26T00:22:16-0800 date-display: November 26, 2014 --- **TL; DR:** Jump to the paragraph beginning with “workaround”. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-28-given-infinite-time.md b/source/blog/2014-11-28-given-infinite-time.md index 00c53eae..5d28cf4f 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-28-given-infinite-time.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-28-given-infinite-time.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Given infinite time" -date: 2014-11-28 00:18:19 -0800 +date: 2014-11-28T00:18:19-0800 date-display: November 28, 2014 --- Given infinite time. There's so much I can do *given infinite time*. I don't think I'll ever be bored. But sadly the time assigned to each human being is finite. Actually it's epsilon, epsilon approaching zero. Sadly. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-28-going-diceware.md b/source/blog/2014-11-28-going-diceware.md index 9f12d8d8..7341e061 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-28-going-diceware.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-28-going-diceware.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Going Diceware" -date: 2014-11-28 19:05:59 -0800 +date: 2014-11-28T19:05:59-0800 date-display: November 28, 2014 --- Today I'm officially going [Diceware](http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html). I published my simple C implementation of diceware on [GitHub](https://github.com/zmwangx/diceware). diff --git a/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md b/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md index 448fc331..423e6e65 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-11-30-opera-style-advanced-keyboard-shortcuts-in-safari.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Opera-style advanced keyboard shortcuts in Safari" -date: 2014-11-30 17:20:20 -0800 +date: 2014-11-30T17:20:20-0800 date-display: November 30, 2014 --- I've been using the Chromuim Opera for a long time, after Chrome's design went unbearably ugly around v32 (IIRC Opera stable channel was on v19 when I switched, which was released on January 28, 2014). From then on, Opera's [advanced keyboard shortcuts](http://help.opera.com/opera/Mac/1583/en/fasterBrowsing.html#advanced) has become an integral part of my browsing habit. In particular, the following are especially handy for me: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md b/source/blog/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md index 80a46284..5c284529 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-05-distraction-free-writing.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Distraction free writing" -date: 2014-12-05 21:09:10 -0800 +date: 2014-12-05T21:09:10-0800 date-display: December 5, 2014 --- This is not the first time that a distraction free writing app is featured on the Mac App Store. This time the candidate is [Desk](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/desk/id915839505?mt=12). The official website is [here](http://desk.pm), but licensing is MAS-exclusive. The icon looks like this: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-10-omnifocus-change-sync-behavior-mac-and-ios.md b/source/blog/2014-12-10-omnifocus-change-sync-behavior-mac-and-ios.md index ab0a3d30..9a8675b6 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-10-omnifocus-change-sync-behavior-mac-and-ios.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-10-omnifocus-change-sync-behavior-mac-and-ios.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "OmniFocus: change sync behavior, Mac and iOS" -date: 2014-12-10 22:45:34 -0800 +date: 2014-12-10T22:45:34-0800 date-display: December 10, 2014 --- On OS X, the following URIs are relevant: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-13-the-mac-like-evernote.md b/source/blog/2014-12-13-the-mac-like-evernote.md index 5109e795..eeb69dc3 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-13-the-mac-like-evernote.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-13-the-mac-like-evernote.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "The Mac-like Evernote" -date: 2014-12-13 21:47:31 -0800 +date: 2014-12-13T21:47:31-0800 date-display: December 13, 2014 --- Once in a while (maybe a year, maybe several months — not set in stone), I give big name free services not in use a chance to convince me. Evernote is one such service. The interface used to look very cheap and cluttered. I hated it. However, this time I'm sold. Now everything Evernote, from its Mac app to its iOS app to its web design to its physical products, looks distinctively Mac-like. (I use Mac-like to refer to Apple's design philosophy, including iOS. Well, I guess the Android and Windows apps aren't Mac-like.) I mean, just look at the screenshots: diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-14-speeding-up-emacs-with-emacsclient.md b/source/blog/2014-12-14-speeding-up-emacs-with-emacsclient.md index 7d01cc9f..73f94b82 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-14-speeding-up-emacs-with-emacsclient.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-14-speeding-up-emacs-with-emacsclient.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Speeding up Emacs with emacsclient" -date: 2014-12-14 10:06:02 -0800 +date: 2014-12-14T10:06:02-0800 date-display: December 14, 2014 --- Emacs is notorious for its loading time. For me, this is especially annoying when I'm editing LaTeX files — AUCTeX takes about five seconds to load, and once I exit Emacs (especially after a quick edit), all that work is wasted, and next time I want to do some quick editing with that same LaTeX file — sorry, another five seconds. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-14-the-google-chrome-comic-a-classic.md b/source/blog/2014-12-14-the-google-chrome-comic-a-classic.md index 7129f647..fbedd7c8 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-14-the-google-chrome-comic-a-classic.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-14-the-google-chrome-comic-a-classic.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "The Google Chrome Comic — A classic" -date: 2014-12-14 17:42:55 -0800 +date: 2014-12-14T17:42:55-0800 date-display: December 14, 2014 --- I was cleaning up my Opera bookmarks just now — I'm semi-officially leaving Opera for Safari. Of course, Safari still can't handle everything (e.g., Adblock Plus is still not so good on Safari, YouTubeCenter lags behind and I don't bother to compile myself — yes, I have a certificate, and some power user features simply don't exist), so I'm still going to Opera/Opera beta/Chrome/Firefox for certain tasks. But Safari is very nice. For the first time. diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-19-app-suggestion-dropzone-3.md b/source/blog/2014-12-19-app-suggestion-dropzone-3.md index 5a31218e..ab8c20a3 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-19-app-suggestion-dropzone-3.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-19-app-suggestion-dropzone-3.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "App suggestion: Dropzone 3" -date: 2014-12-19 14:08:57 -0800 +date: 2014-12-19T14:08:57-0800 date-display: December 19, 2014 --- I recently tried and purchased [Dropzone 3](https://aptonic.com/dropzone3/). See a list of features on the linked official website. In short, Dropzone 3 provides an intermediate zone for drag-n-drop. You can use it as a stash (called "Drop Bar" — stacking is available), use it as a shortcut by putting frequently used folders and applications there, or trigger actions by dropping. There are a dozen builtin actions and [an additional list of readily available actions](https://aptonic.com/dropzone3/actions/), covering common web drives, SNS and file sharing sites. **Better yet, you can develop your custom actions with the easy-to-use [Ruby API](https://github.com/aptonic/dropzone3-actions/blob/master/README.md#dzalerttitle-message).** For instance, I wrote a simple Google Translate action, `Google Translate.dzbundle` ([link](https://gist.github.com/zmwangx/b27f106a8ba47468a43d)), based on [translate-shell](https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell). (You know, it's Ruby, so calling external commands and concatenating strings feel at home, as if you are coding in Perl or directly in shell; unlike Python, where you at least need to `import subprocess` then `subprocess.check_output` to get the output of an external command, and have to use a bunch of stupid `+`'s to get your goddamn message to print.) diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-22-10k-images-on-imgur.md b/source/blog/2014-12-22-10k-images-on-imgur.md index 5a4f6343..b31fd69b 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-22-10k-images-on-imgur.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-22-10k-images-on-imgur.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "10k images on imgur" -date: 2014-12-22 12:42:16 -0800 +date: 2014-12-22T12:42:16-0800 date-display: December 22, 2014 --- I happened to check my imgur account just now (haven't been to the web interface for ages), and you know what, I have uploaded 10,744 images since I created the account in February this year! (I've been using imgur for longer than that; previously I uploaded images anonymously.) Most of the 10k images were uploaded via scripts using the API. This again demonstrates the importance of a good API — without the imgur API I wouldn't have been able to upload hundreds of images with a few keystrokes all in a snap, and getting links would be a huge pain in the ass. There are myriad image hosting services out there, but imgur rules 'em all, thanks to its decent API (and also its good CDN and direct image links, of course). diff --git a/source/blog/2014-12-23-mpv-launcher.md b/source/blog/2014-12-23-mpv-launcher.md index fcc3f390..bc4710e5 100644 --- a/source/blog/2014-12-23-mpv-launcher.md +++ b/source/blog/2014-12-23-mpv-launcher.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "mpv launcher" -date: 2014-12-23 00:51:05 -0800 +date: 2014-12-23T00:51:05-0800 date-display: December 23, 2014 --- **_04/06/2015 update:_** diff --git a/source/blog/2015-01-01-os-x-system-ruby-encoding-annoyance.md b/source/blog/2015-01-01-os-x-system-ruby-encoding-annoyance.md index d27b0507..a6e20257 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-01-01-os-x-system-ruby-encoding-annoyance.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-01-01-os-x-system-ruby-encoding-annoyance.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "OS X system ruby encoding annoyance" -date: 2015-01-01 22:49:39 -0800 +date: 2015-01-01T22:49:39-0800 date-display: January 1, 2015 --- I've been using RVM (with fairly up-to-date Rubies) and pry since my day one with Ruby (well, almost), so it actually surprises me today when I found out by chance how poorly the system Ruby behaves when it comes to encoding. diff --git a/source/blog/2015-01-10-fonts-why-chinese-web-design-is-hard.md b/source/blog/2015-01-10-fonts-why-chinese-web-design-is-hard.md index 9c531229..0a034758 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-01-10-fonts-why-chinese-web-design-is-hard.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-01-10-fonts-why-chinese-web-design-is-hard.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Fonts: why Chinese web design is hard" -date: 2015-01-10 09:30:02 -0800 +date: 2015-01-10T09:30:02-0800 date-display: January 10, 2015 --- For years I've been complaining about Chinese websites' horrendous designs. Yesterday I tried to translate one of my simple project websites to Chinese, and finally realized that web design for the Chinese language is no simple task — much harder than for English. The problem is fonts. This might not be the only problem (and cannot take blame for all the horrendous designs), but it certainly seems to be a roadblock. diff --git a/source/blog/2015-01-21-web-design-microsoft-vs-apple.md b/source/blog/2015-01-21-web-design-microsoft-vs-apple.md index d1b97556..bcd27e88 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-01-21-web-design-microsoft-vs-apple.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-01-21-web-design-microsoft-vs-apple.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Web design: Microsoft vs Apple" -date: 2015-01-21 16:30:51 -0800 +date: 2015-01-21T16:30:51-0800 date-display: January 21, 2015 --- I just had a look at Ars's live blog on today's Windows 10 Event to acquire a sense of where Windows is heading. There's not much to report. Safari rip-off (Microsoft's new Spartan — wait, is this name also inspired by Safari? — features reading mode and offline reading list, Safari's killer features) aside, the focus seems to be virtual assistant, PC-tablet-phone integration, and gaming, none of which I'm interested in. The hologram thing does look cool, but putting the hype aside, I doubt if it will be really useful for the masses (except probably in gaming, one of my most despised applications of computing). I'm not a visionary so maybe I'm underestimating this. diff --git a/source/blog/2015-02-10-monitor-progress-of-your-unix-pipes-with-pv.md b/source/blog/2015-02-10-monitor-progress-of-your-unix-pipes-with-pv.md index 5bee4641..8965beb6 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-02-10-monitor-progress-of-your-unix-pipes-with-pv.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-02-10-monitor-progress-of-your-unix-pipes-with-pv.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Monitor progress of your Unix pipes with pv" -date: 2015-02-10 02:18:30 -0800 +date: 2015-02-10T02:18:30-0800 date-display: February 10, 2015 --- Recently I found a very useful utility called `pv` (for "pipe viewer"). [Here](http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml) is its home page, and it can be easily installed with `brew`. According to its man page, diff --git a/source/blog/2015-02-17-microsoft-is-getting-cool-but-not-its-website.md b/source/blog/2015-02-17-microsoft-is-getting-cool-but-not-its-website.md index 70573c20..f9e9bd7b 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-02-17-microsoft-is-getting-cool-but-not-its-website.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-02-17-microsoft-is-getting-cool-but-not-its-website.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Microsoft is getting cool (but not its website)" -date: 2015-02-17 18:57:19 -0800 +date: 2015-02-17T18:57:19-0800 date-display: February 17, 2015 --- Microsoft is getting kind of cool. For instance, open sourcing .NET last year caused quite a buzz. Ars has a good piece about this: [Microsoft’s continuing efforts to be cool](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/microsofts-continuing-efforts-to-be-cool/). diff --git a/source/blog/2015-02-20-my-dock-and-updated-omnifocus.md b/source/blog/2015-02-20-my-dock-and-updated-omnifocus.md index 431bbfbc..d81912ae 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-02-20-my-dock-and-updated-omnifocus.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-02-20-my-dock-and-updated-omnifocus.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "My dock and updated OmniFocus" -date: 2015-02-20 16:16:10 -0800 +date: 2015-02-20T16:16:10-0800 date-display: February 20, 2015 --- diff --git a/source/blog/2015-02-21-all-is-not-lost.md b/source/blog/2015-02-21-all-is-not-lost.md index 25aa8d42..1e25c13f 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-02-21-all-is-not-lost.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-02-21-all-is-not-lost.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "All is not lost" -date: 2015-02-21 17:12:32 -0800 +date: 2015-02-21T17:12:32-0800 date-display: February 21, 2015 --- Lubos Motl always attacks the Many-Worlds Interpretation as if it is on the same level as anti-scientific claims. He even went on to attack Hugh Everett (the guy who first formulated this interpretation) personally; *ad hominem* is of course typical Motl shit, and I don't bother to find those posts. Anyway, here's yet another one: [Many worlds: a Rozali-Carroll exchange](http://motls.blogspot.com/2015/02/many-worlds-rozali-carroll-exchange.html). diff --git a/source/blog/2015-02-24-the-new-onedrive-api.md b/source/blog/2015-02-24-the-new-onedrive-api.md index 1c5ea101..9a74d89f 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-02-24-the-new-onedrive-api.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-02-24-the-new-onedrive-api.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "The new OneDrive API" -date: 2015-02-24 18:31:19 -0800 +date: 2015-02-24T18:31:19-0800 date-display: February 24, 2015 --- Microsoft released the new OneDrive API today. See the blog post announcement [here](https://blog.onedrive.com/the-new-onedrive-api/). One highlight is that [large file upload](http://onedrive.github.io/items/upload_large_files.htm) is now officially supported. Previously, large file upload was handled with a semi-official API using the BITS protocol; the only documentation was a [gist](https://gist.github.com/rgregg/37ba8929768a62131e85). Now it is handled through standard HTTP `POST`. With this major release, there's likely a lot of work to be done with [python-onedrive](https://github.com/mk-fg/python-onedrive). I have opened an issue: `mk-fg/python-onedrive#52` — [New OneDrive API support](https://github.com/mk-fg/python-onedrive/issues/52). diff --git a/source/blog/2015-03-22-back-up-os-x-app-icons.md b/source/blog/2015-03-22-back-up-os-x-app-icons.md index 53c73b06..94ba6a64 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-03-22-back-up-os-x-app-icons.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-03-22-back-up-os-x-app-icons.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Back up OS X app icons" -date: 2015-03-22 16:58:50 -0700 +date: 2015-03-22T16:58:50-0700 date-display: March 22, 2015 --- OS X application icons are valuable assets, and it's interesting to see how they evolve over time. This is especially the case when we upgraded to OS X 10.10 Yosemite, when Apple and many design-aware third party developers overhauled (mainly flattened) their icons. diff --git a/source/blog/2015-04-26-using-python-3-with-emacs-jedi.md b/source/blog/2015-04-26-using-python-3-with-emacs-jedi.md index e65f92a2..5171d584 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-04-26-using-python-3-with-emacs-jedi.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-04-26-using-python-3-with-emacs-jedi.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Using Python 3 with Emacs Jedi" -date: 2015-04-26 21:19:14 -0700 +date: 2015-04-26T21:19:14-0700 date-display: April 26, 2015 --- Recently I'm working on [a hobby project in Python](https://github.com/zmwangx/storyboard), which means editing Python source files a lot. I've been using [Emacs Jedi](https://github.com/tkf/emacs-jedi) for almost as long as I've been writing Python, and it has been pretty helpful at completing away long names. diff --git a/source/blog/2015-05-03-why-oh-my-zsh-is-completely-broken.md b/source/blog/2015-05-03-why-oh-my-zsh-is-completely-broken.md index c33f4c49..19ec2c34 100644 --- a/source/blog/2015-05-03-why-oh-my-zsh-is-completely-broken.md +++ b/source/blog/2015-05-03-why-oh-my-zsh-is-completely-broken.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Why Oh My Zsh is completely broken" -date: 2015-05-03 17:15:49 -0700 +date: 2015-05-03T17:15:49-0700 date-display: May 3, 2015 --- Today I moved from [Oh My Zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) from [Prezto](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto), after using Oh My Zsh for about three years since 2012. I'll try to shed some light on the reasons in this post. |