Predictions 2021
A set of probability estimates about the pandemic, politics, and personal goals, intended to test and improve my forecasting judgment.
Posts
Extracting ID3 tags from the command line - two methods
Command-line methods for extracting an MP3’s ID3 title using ffprobe or id3info with text-processing tools.
Using variables in Keyboard Maestro scripts
Accessing Keyboard Maestro variables from Perl through the environment rather than treating them as ordinary Perl variables.
Hugo cache busting
A Hugo deployment workflow that uses Git content hashes in CSS filenames so browsers reload changed stylesheets.
iOS shortcut to clear Safari
An iOS Shortcut that opens Safari’s history and website-data clearing setting to make routine privacy maintenance easier.
My macOS and iOS security setup - Update 2020
The macOS and iOS browsing practices I adopted to reduce cross-site tracking and limit the collection of personal behavioural data.
A macOS text service for morphological analysis and in situ marking of Russian syllabic stress
A Keyboard Maestro workflow that uses UDAR to add Russian stress marks to selected text in place.
Solzhenitsyn on the folly of looking for good/evil dichotomies
A passage from Solzhenitsyn on good and evil within every human heart, accompanied by my English translation.
On not minding what happens
Reflections on Krishnamurti’s distinction between caring about the future and clinging to how it must unfold.
We’re all imposters
Oliver Burkeman’s reflections on imposter syndrome prompt thoughts about amateur creativity, expertise, and accepting uncertainty.