nickloewen

I used to flip the link syntax all the time too. What finally helped me to remember it was noticing how I write links in plaintext emails.

In email, I naturally write things like "...on the example website (www.example.com)..."

Markdown keeps those () in the same place, and just adds the [] so you can delimit the visible text: "...on the [example website](www.example.com)..."

Suppose you want to use asterisks to mark footnotes.* As soon as you add a second footnote,** you're in trouble because your asterisks disappear and everything between them turns bold.

* I had to escape all of these asterisks.

** I see this happen fairly often to people's comments here.

UBC’s CPSC 110 uses Racket. It was built around How to Design Programs when I took it years ago, and at a glance I think it still is.

OpenToonz is cool. When I experimented with it, I found the Tahoma2D variant easier to get going, though.

This looks like it’s a story about some Israeli individuals being arrested for organ trafficking, and not at all a story about prisoners in Israel having their organs harvested.

I’m always delighted when I visit HN and see one of your blog posts on the front page; they posts are great and they elicit some of the most interesting HN discussions. It took me a little while to realize that all these good posts were on the same blog, but once I did I had a lovely time browsing through the archive and reading more of the “deep cuts.”

The posts about the System/360 consoles come to mind, for example. I’m not sure how “popular” those were(?), but they’ve been very helpful as references for an art project I’m working on!

Good links, thank you!

What were the problems you encountered?

Obsidian creates a hidden directory in your “vault,” which contains plugin files, plus metadata about your settings, currently opened files, etc. If those settings don’t work equally well on both systems, that would be a hassle. Maybe try copying all the files from inside the directory (so that you don’t grab that hidden dir when you do) instead of grabbing the whole directory.

You might also want to look at the git-obsidian plugin. It takes a little setup, but seems to work well once it’s going.

Have you looked at the handheld keyboard-trackpad units that Rii makes? They don’t quite tick all your boxes, but I think it could still be a step in the right direction.

I am quite happy with my Rii I8X. The trackpad exceeded my expectations—I have no complaints. Having it centred makes a big difference, compared to the wobbly experience with the full-size units where it’s on the side.

My one complaint is that I can’t quite touch-type on it. But that’s probably OK if it’s for occasional use with an HTPC.

I think other brands make similar keyboard units with mini trackballs, but I don’t think I have seen any with trackpoints.

Cool work, thank you for sharing!