How to bind a dynamic menu items to a keyboard shortcut
Create a “service” in Automator that accepts no input and is linked to the app that you want to have the shortcut for. In my case, this was Finder. Add ...
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2025
How I create compressed GIFs of screen recordings
The other day I needed to upload a screen recording to report a bug1. Here’s how I produced a compressed GIF. Vim cursor disappears when foll...
Migrating Away from Google Photos
It finally happened—I ran out of space in my Google account. Actually, it happened two weeks ago, but it took 2 weeks of seeing the “You will no longer recei...
2024
Diagnosing slow data transfer rates for my USB C hub
Data transfer to my 1TB SSD felt abnormally slow with my USB C hub, but really fast with my girlfriend’s hub. On top of that, when I was using my USB C hub, ...
Why I Blog
Why I write short blog posts:
Reducing Video Resolution with FFmpeg
The other day I had an .mkv file that I needed a short clip from in MP4 format. The original file was in 1080p, but since the audio was the more important pa...
Thoughts on “Violet Evergarden: The Movie”
Note: spoilers for Violet Evergarden: The Movie
How I Post to My Blog
It had been almost a year since my last post, so I forgot how to update my blog. Oops.
Collaborating with Jupyter Notebook using Git
Jupyter Notebook is an amazing solution for using Python for data science. git is what everyone uses for version control you gotta use that too. Now, how do ...
2023
Hello World
Hello World! This is my first post on my personal website.