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There are many choices for PDF readers and editors for the Linux platform. I've used a variety over the years. Lately I had preferred these two: Xournal++ (xournalpp), which is a reader and editor, and is touted as a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support ... supports pen input from devices such as Wacom ... Read more
11.3.2025 00:00Linux PDF Readers / EditorsUpdated 09-Mar-2025 W10/2025: Monday 03 March - Sunday 09 March 2025 Work Figure out how to learn Japanese (and Thai), put together basic outline of what is needed, what is different Produce IPA comparisons between English and Thai, English and Japanese, Japanese and Thai Tech Need to get serious about getting RSS feeds organized and ... Read more
3.3.2025 03:00Weekly Notes 09 Mar 2025W09/2025: Monday 24 February - Sunday 02 March 2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Tech Still figuring out how to de-DRM Kobo and/or Nook, so that I do have somewhere to buy ebooks, that I can read on my ebook reader (currently a Kindle Paperwhite 2018), and store as ... Read more
3.3.2025 02:36Weekly Notes 02 Mar 2025Three kinds of Cacao / Cocoa Dutch processed (increases PH) cocoa Natural (bitter / alkaline) cocoa Raw (less processed, aka cacao) Two kinds of Cacao / Cocoa 10-12% butter fat 22-24% butter fat The main thing with Dutch vs. Natural is Dutch does not react with Baking Soda (so when baking, usually uses Baking Powder ... Read more
2.3.2025 05:04Cacao / Cocoa (Hot Chocolate)Updated 24-Feb-2025 W08/2025: Monday 17 February - Sunday 23 February 2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Not much accomplished, sadly, not unexpectedly. Tech Still finishing up rebuilding my Debian 12 Stable desktop. In love with all the open source (and a few proprietary) apps I use. Great article ... Read more
19.2.2025 10:56Weekly Notes 23 Feb 2025Looks like Library Genesis has been hit hard by some courts. And so we turn to Anna's Archive. Libgen and related news Publishers Ramp Up Pressure vs. Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub, Z-Library & Libgen (Torrentfreak) Pirate Libraries Are Forbidden Fruit for AI Companies. But at What Cost? (Torrentfreak) Copyright reform is necessary for national security (Anna's ... Read more
19.2.2025 10:53Library Genesis – Anna’s ArchiveUpon installing XFCE, the xfce4-screenshooter is also installed. Create keyboard shortcut for screenshots Note that the Below will initiate a selection screenshot so that one may select the appropriate screen area using the crosshairs. It will also automatically save the screenshot in the Downloads directory and name it appropriately. In order to have a nice ... Read more
19.2.2025 06:57Screenshot with XFCEUpdated 27-Feb-2025 Dino is pretty neat. It supports voice/video along with text, images, etc. Dino website Dino on Github Dino on Mastodon Install On Debian: sudo apt install dino-im Or for the latest nightly, which may or may not be dino-im, as sometimes this is dino. Tweaks Add groups Tweak font size sudo nano ~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css ... Read more
17.2.2025 02:55Dino – Linux XMPP client<p>… liked this!</p>
17.2.2025 01:03Comment on Resume by Emma DavisW07/2025: Monday 10 February - Sunday 16 February 2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Some progress, though much left to do. Tech EMF blocking clothing? Great idea. Horrible prices. The venerable Kiwi Browser is no longer getting updates, and it is no longer in the Android store (though ... Read more
16.2.2025 08:01Weekly Notes 16 Feb 2025From health officials, it is clear that the main causes of obesity (beside genetics) are: Sedentariness (how much one is in active) Portion control (how much one eats) Food choices (what one eats) Avoid processed foods Avoid sugar/added sugar Avoid fried foods The above sounds quite simple, and one might say this comes down to ... Read more
10.2.2025 04:35ObesityWeek 06/2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Started changing metadata and organizational information across distributors. First things first, one at a time (Drucker, Effective Executive). Bookshop.org now has ebook distribution, and a 10% affiliate program. Health Feeling better, ramping up activity Able to run 3.5 kms at a ... Read more
9.2.2025 09:36Weekly Notes 09 Feb 2025Week 05/2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Actually this note also accounts for the previous week, which is without a note. Four things impacted me at once which took away most motivation and a lot of energy and inertia, and it took a week to get back in the ... Read more
6.2.2025 06:11Weekly Notes 02 Feb 2025No notes this week, see Weekly Notes 02 Feb 2025
6.2.2025 06:10Weekly Notes 26 Jan 2025I am far from a China-apologist, so this criticism is nothing knee-jerk. What the US so-called intelligence community is doing to Deepseek, is a huge failure of imagination. It is obvious that state-sponsored attacks are trying to smear this brilliant AI competitor through DOS attacks, breaches, and outright legal chicanery (see Australia's new law, and ... Read more
6.2.2025 05:12DeepseekUpdated 17-Feb-2025 These are more-or-less protocols (well, maybe Signal is not). So instead this article could be named: Signal, Element, Dino I've used Signal for the past number of years as a chat / videocall app, having switched from Telegram after it went full Nazi. But there are other options, some I've tried. Below are ... Read more
22.1.2025 07:39XMPP (v. Signal, Matrix)Week 02/2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Stalled on a number of things. Did a one trick thing that worked again and quadrupled sales. It won't last but handy nonetheless. Health Better mental health through tidying and doing spring cleaning (ongoing, and progressing). Doing things I can control. ... Read more
20.1.2025 05:38Weekly Notes 19 Jan 2025Updated 06-Feb-2025 As an American, I grew up with instant ramen noodles, that is the very cheap wavy dried noodles one buys to eat, on a student's diet. Warm and filling, though honestly the nutritional content is quite suspect. I had no idea that this dried out version has extremely little to do with the ... Read more
14.1.2025 04:00Ramen 拉麺Week 02/2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work To be honest, too many outstanding issues for both research and implementation. I have corralled all the scattered notes (e- and p- based) and am compiling and compressing them into something actionable. The week as the unit of effort makes much ... Read more
13.1.2025 12:27Weekly Notes 12 Jan 2025Ingredients 3 large eggs 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp soy sauce 1 TBSP water 2 tsp canola oil Procedure Mix water, sugar, soy Add eggs Mix with chopsticks gently (to not add air) Put some of the oil in square egg pan Pour in 1/3 of mixture Roll eggs as they cook Add second layer ... Read more
13.1.2025 12:14Tamagoyaki 玉子焼きUpdated 21-Jan-2025 Week 01/2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Well, we publish this first weekly note two days late, hopefully not a harbinger. Work To be honest, too many outstanding issues for both research and implementation. I have corralled all the scattered notes (e- and p- based) and am ... Read more
7.1.2025 04:40Weekly Notes 05 Jan 2025Updated 10-Feb-2025 Ingredients 500-600g potatoes 1/2 tsp salt thyme rosemary 1 TBSP canola oil Procedure Slice potatoes into wedges Immerse in water for 15 minutes Dry off Toss in salt, thyme, rosemary Toss in canola oil Place on parchement paper on baking pan Cook for 20 minutes at 230c Turn wedges over Cook for 20 ... Read more
7.1.2025 03:14Baked potato wedgesIngredients 8 cups of water 4 TBSP dashi miso or 4 TBSP white miso and one packet dashi 300 g of tofu one large sheet of nori, cut into thin bits sliced bits of carrot, potato, broccoli, cabbage, whatever is on hand (pre-cooked) Procedure Heat water in pan Add vegetables as desired Add miso by ... Read more
5.1.2025 06:35Miso soup recipeIngredients 1 TBSP sugar 4 TBSP rice vinegar 4 TBSP white miso 4 TBSP canola oil splash lemon juice (if desired) Procedure Whisk sugar, vinegar, and miso smooth slowly add oil, whisking all the while, for a nice emulsion
5.1.2025 06:23Miso dressing recipeIngredients 1 cup milk 2 TBSP vinegar 1 egg 2 TBSP melted butter 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 170 g flour 1 TBSP sugar Procedure Put vinegar in milk for 5 minutes Melt butter and beat into egg Whisk milk and egg mixtures Combine and mix dry ingredients Combine ... Read more
5.1.2025 00:36Pancakes recipeIt seems to me that coffee is more or less a waste of time and money. Any given study that might show any benefit of caffeine is offset by another study which shows a detriment, or simply no effect (other than the stimulent and short-term physical addiction). This year (2025) I will turn back the ... Read more
3.1.2025 11:39Coffee (Caffeine)Updated 21-Jan-2025 While in Thailand, the dangers of bicycling should not be understated. More than one around the world bicycling trip has had an untimely termination in Thailand. The main issue is the unwritten rule that smaller vehicles (motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians) are to give way to larger vehicles (cars and trucks). There is no right ... Read more
30.12.2024 15:15BicyclingUpdated 13-Jan-2025 Embedded video
29.12.2024 13:44GyozaThis is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Correcting some basic accounting issues. We keep making mistakes and need better QA. Using Antennapod, to try and better understand podcasts, which I don't really like or can get into. I do read a lot, for work and pleasure, and this still-growing publishing ... Read more
29.12.2024 09:04Weekly Notes 29 Dec 2024Updated 07-Jan-2025 Ingredients 125 g graham / biscuit crumbs 500 g cream cheese 2 eggs 60 g butter 5 TBSP sugar (3g for filling, 2g for topping) 60 g strawberry compote (if desired) Procedure Use mixer or hand mix graham / biscuits of choice Melt 60 g butter and combine with graham / biscuits Press ... Read more
25.12.2024 13:38Cheesecake RecipeUpdated 14-Jan-2025 This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Lot of research into the audiobook market, something I let slip over the past x months. Turns out this is still a fast-growing segment of the publishing industry (~27%). Need to finish this up! Health Started up the daily jogging, including ... Read more
22.12.2024 09:58Weekly Notes 22 Dec 24This is one of the ongoing weekly notes, as per Thej. Work Lot of research into the audiobook market, something I let slip over the past x months. Turns out this is still a fast-growing segment of the publishing industry (~27%) Health Overall the family is fairly healthy, in the 90% range or so. I ... Read more
16.12.2024 13:15Weekly Notes 15 Dec 24Updated 11-Dec-2024 This is the continuation of weekly notes. Not sure how long this project will last, but want to give it a try, as per Thej. Work Little progress on the work front. Will have to projectize some tasks and then get it done. Some larger orders accommodated, and some on the Shopee platform, ... Read more
8.12.2024 09:08Weekly Notes 08 Dec 24Updated 11-Dec-2024 This is the start of weekly notes. Not sure how long this project will last, but want to give it a try, as per Thej. Work Little progress on the work front. Will have to projectize some tasks and then get it done. Health Generally getting over the cold that I had last ... Read more
1.12.2024 04:12Weekly Notes 01 Dec 24A thumbdrive or usb drive is generally essential, though there are some sdcard reader hardware that support using sdcards via USB A connectors. 16 years ago I bought this 8gb (fairly large at the time) in a mall in Vancouver, Canada. It has performed excellent service, though I don't use it daily. I remember it ... Read more
26.11.2024 07:32USB Drive – Then and NowUpdated 16-Dec-2024 The story Around 80kph, on my 17 year-old Honda Wave 125i (a fantastic, durable, and functional motorbike that can go up to 120 kph) we ran over a nail and the rear tire explosively decompressed. The rear wheel started to slide around, hitting the rear brake did nothing, as we didn't have any ... Read more
7.11.2024 04:46Motorcycle downUpdated 24-Jan-2025 Sometimes there is a confluence of innovations, both technological, and economic, which conspire to prompt a purchase. Now it is that time for me, concerning the 2024 BYD Dolphin Standard Range. Reasons for buying: Phenomenal price 570,000 THB, 610,000 THB with 7% VAT (~17,600 USD) This is highly discounted, even since January 2024 ... Read more
31.10.2024 04:36BYD DolphinUpdated 20-Jan-2025 Note see also Sandisk Clipjam and Portable Music Players and Linux Because the Sandisk Clipjam appears to be no longer manufactured, the most approximate portable MP3 player (with clip, suitable for running/bicycling) is the Ruizu x52 mp3 player. It is about $25 USD on Lazada, sold by Ruizu itself, with good reliability ratings. ... Read more
8.10.2024 03:11Ruizu x52 mp3 playerUpdated 26-Dec-2024 Ingredients 30 g peanut butter 30 g sliced almonds 30 g sunflower seeds 30 g pumpkin seeds 30 g dried cranberries 200 g apple sauce 250 g rolled oats cinnamon nutmeg olive oil Procedure Heat oven to 150 c parchment paper in a pan add all dry ingredients, mix add wet ingredients, mix ... Read more
1.10.2024 05:43Granola (Toasted Muesli)Elon Musk has engaged in outright fraud The TSLA Twitter bots The Solar City acquisition The Solar City roof tile scam The self-driving car scam Elon Musk is bad for the environment Spaceflight emissions No plans for ... Tesla's ESG rating Toxic metal mining Elon Musk is bad for humanity
24.9.2024 10:30Elon Musk is a FraudUpdated 30-Sep-2024 Update 30-09-24 Wow, turns out everyday induction cooktops are horrible to work with carbon steel. My guess is that gas is needed, or a much improved induction. Both of which I'm not really interested in. Therefore, for the standard frying pan, a non-stick option is a better result at this timee. Stainless (or ... Read more
23.9.2024 11:51CookwareGoogle is such a tool. Even with apps only mode they show full-screen background ads on top of everything. Without that mode, nearly every element on the screen pushes apps and content that is unwanted and unneeded. It is now impossible to remove this without changing Google TV / Android TV launchers. Thankfully, this is ... Read more
19.9.2024 10:47Google TV ShenanigansUpdated 16-Feb-2025 Codium aka VSCodium Alternative to the instrumented VSCode. Less tracking, same Open Source flavor. Another option is Pulsar, the resurrected Atom editor. Ignore Pulsar, vscodium is fine. Note that with Foam, Codium can provide some level of Obsidian-like functionality, though not nearly as extensive functionality and constrained to a desktop (no mobile apps). ... Read more
4.9.2024 06:49VS Codium / codiumUpdated 03-Jan-2025 I use Obsidian which is a closed source application but focused on open data standards, and with a thriving community of extensions and use cases. The main competitors of Obsidian are Notion (closed source cloud service) and Logseq (open source). So, why Obsidian? Why Obsidian? Freemium model, including various ways to help fund ... Read more
3.9.2024 11:13ObsidianUpdated 04-Sep-2024 SDcards, especially MicroSD cards, can also be connected via USB, so those speeds are also important. Notes and For any USB interface, Type 3.2 when possible. and
18.8.2024 05:47SDcardsI spent a half-day or so looking for improvements to my current Swiss Army Knife collection (two), the Compact and the Jetsetter (3). Both are extremely compact and versatile (a bit redundant when discussing Swiss Army Knives / Victorinox). The outcome of this research is twofold: I have the most optimal (for me) Swiss Army ... Read more
15.8.2024 09:49SAK Swiss Army KnivesManga being a Japanese word, there are several other words (in other languages) for this kind of thing: Japanese: Manga Korean: Manhwa Chinese: Manhua English (US, CA, UK, etc.): Comics, Graphic Novels French: Bande dessinée Note the main differences between Manga, Manhwa, and Manhua. In Japan, the light novel -- akin to YA fiction in ... Read more
9.8.2024 07:56Manga, et alGit is great, and even better as a core part of a full development / deployment toolchain. These days there are choices as to which more robust Git platform to use. First, those not to use: Github (owned by Microsoft), proprietary Gitlab (owned publicly traded company), open core Both of these are worrisome for privacy ... Read more
9.8.2024 03:57Git and Git-relatedUpdated 13-Feb-2025 This is meant to help with selecting and installing a chrome-based browser, with minimal tracking and other cruft. Ungoogled Chromium for Debian Actually there are a variety of OS builds for ungoogled Chromium. For Debian, the simplest is the add repository and install manually option. echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Debian_Sid/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:ungoogled_chromium.list ... Read more
13.7.2024 03:15Chrome / Chromium BrowserUpdated 28-Jun-2024 I have not played with Mobian (yet), but it, and two other projects (Termux and UserLAnd), are quite promising. The biggest issue seems to be hardware at this point, as there are only Pine Phone and Tab, and Purism Librum, as well as one or two other devices are supported. That said, the ... Read more
18.6.2024 08:25Mobian – Debian on MobileUpdated 28-Jun-2024 Intellectual property protections for typefaces and fonts are questionable at best, though there are a few areas in which protections do hold, including Copyright, Design Rights (and Patents), and Trademark.1 Copyright Originally in the US and other jurisdictions, the idea of a typefaces is one which is pure utility (that is, smacking ink ... Read more
7.6.2024 07:38Font Copyright Patent Trademark<p>Hi Jeff, I am glad you stopped that schedule. I think, it is not advisable to sleep against your circadian clock, and I don't think you can entrain it to the pattern you are suggesting without detrimental effects to your health and memory. Also, more recent research has shown that the variation in different people is actually quite a bit smaller than originally thought - and proposed on the Supermemo website (free running sleep experiments). The problem with the original experiments, suggesting that some people's circadian clock is way longer than 24 hours, was that they allowed the subjects to turn on the light - which resulted in resets and shifts. I really like Wozniak's spaced repetition and learning ideas, but the assumption about the clock variation is probably not current. Take a look at the part about humans in the following wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm It has the references to relevant and interesting research. IMO, Czeisler in particular is very interesting on the subject. Nice to meet you on Twitter.</p>
5.11.2018 11:26Comment on Notes on Sleep by Helmut<p>I just found your article because Earthclass Mail does Suck! They no longer receive calls and they give themselves up to 48 hours to respond to support requests and then they don't even respond within that time. They've changed their platform to make it very user unfriendly. They lost an important piece of mail and won't even reply to my messages, asking about it. Terrible, after many years I'm leaving!</p>
28.9.2018 23:46Comment on Alternatives to Earth Class Mail by John G.<p>In reply to <a href="https://jeffmcneill.com/tonic-water/#comment-10">Gary Booth</a>.</p> <p>Hi Gary, Sorry, I don't know of any Thai sources though there is some research on Chichona at certain universities in Thailand (I don't have any sources, try Google and Google Scholar). For the bark itself I use eBay and Amazon. Let me know if you find another source or do the planting. A guy on Koh Samui contacted me about a years ago and I sent him a sample of the bark I have. Send me an email with your mailing address if you would like a sample as well.</p> <p>All the best.</p>
18.6.2018 02:46Comment on Homemade Tonic Water by Admin<p>Interesting.</p> <p>I am trying to source cichona bark in Thailand, did you manage to find a source? I would be interesting in planting some trees on our farm in Chiang mai so that we can have our own siurce for making tonic water. Let me know if you have any useful information.</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>Gary</p>
17.6.2018 13:40Comment on Homemade Tonic Water by Gary Booth<p>EarthClassMail price gouges its customers. Be aware.</p>
21.12.2017 10:40Comment on Alternatives to Earth Class Mail by Ted<p>In reply to <a href="https://jeffmcneill.com/the-best-mentors/#comment-8">Angelo</a>.</p> <p>My guess is that this is an attempt at link-building rather than actual engagement with the content, since the question you have does not at all address the actual content of the post. I've gone ahead and removed your link, but approved the comment for posterity. If you would read or watch the video or read further on my final comments, this question is already answered. The idea you would "just randomly message someone" is antithetical and addressed explicitly in the video.</p>
3.11.2013 06:52Comment on The Best Mentors by Jeff McNeill<p>Hi Jeff,</p> <p>I really agree that mentors are key to one's success. However, how do you go about finding one? Especially here in Asia, it seems awkward to just randomly message someone you look up to in linkedin. Do you have a special approach to making someone your mentor.</p> <p>Nice blog by the way.</p> <p>-Angelo from SeedAsia</p>
3.11.2013 06:01Comment on The Best Mentors by Angelo<p>Loved your presentation on You Tube, are still in Asia? I would love to get in touch and would like to exchange notes. I make Engineered Wood (boyond a bio composite) by fusing a Sorghum and other Agri Residue with naturally found bio resins in India. I want to impregnate my agri fiber with PHA and PLAs and perhaps other ideas. Thanks and get in touch david at chloroearth dot com</p>
17.10.2010 08:42Comment on Biopolymers, Biocomposites and Bamboo – Podcast by David<p>HI Jeff, wow, not what I expected for autumn there...it looks like, well...Michigan's fall! :-) Beautiful though.</p>
16.10.2010 17:00Comment on Autumn by Lynne<p>The Major System is a handy and flexible way of encoding numbers in sounds that can be memorized in words, and then decoded later to reproduce the original number.</p> <p>I have a 71K plus list of words that have been encoded using this major system. Let me know if you want them in and where to e-mail the list. I can provide it in a CSV or ASCII format.</p>
13.9.2009 14:12Comment on Mnemonic Devices and Learning by Frank Hopkins<p>I'm the developer of the first training tool mentioned by F G Herbert above. Just wanted to point out a correction - that if you are surfing the web without JavaScript (for whatever reason) the Remarkable Marbles trainer will also fall back to a non-JavaScript version.</p> <p>It doesn't have all the features of the JavaScript version (it won't give word definitions or flag potential conflicts between the words you've chosen) but you can still personalize which words you train on. The training screen itself is virtually identical, just a bit slower as it has to reload the whole page each time.</p>
31.8.2009 12:49Comment on Mnemonic Devices and Learning by Adam Rulli-Gibbs<p>To anyone following this topic, I am working on a project which will be a direct application of this area. More information to follow in a few weeks or months.</p> <p>This is a popular article and I hope it has been of use to others. Writing it made many things clear to me.</p>
22.8.2009 06:42Comment on Mnemonic Devices and Learning by jeffmcneill<p>Frank: If you're interested in learning the Major System then there are a few tools out there.</p> <p>If you're running a javascript enabled browser there's an AJAX trainer with a good few bells and whistles at http://www.remarkablemarbles.com/memory/encoding/major-system-trainer</p> <p>If you're running too slow a computer or have disabled javascript for some other reason then there's an older less flexible tool at http://memory.uva.nl/memimprovement/eng/phon_peg.htm</p> <p>There's a handful of others around as well, but I haven't used those. HTH.</p>
16.7.2009 12:45Comment on Mnemonic Devices and Learning by F.G. Herbert<p>Jeff, Have you developed any mnemonic software to speed up the creation process?</p>
23.5.2009 04:58Comment on Mnemonic Devices and Learning by Frank Hopkins<p>Note: for Netbooks, make sure to:</p> <ul> <li>Get an Atom, not Celeron processor.</li> <li>Test the keyboard and the touchpad to ensure that it is usable by your fingers. Not all of these are created equal and when the form factor gets small, there are definite changes to keyboarding.</li> <li>Upgrade from 1gb to 2gb ram (most can do this) of course.</li> <li>Tradeoff in weight, duration and cost between the Li-Po batteries (lighter, shorter duration, more expensive) and regular Lithium batteries.</li> <li>If you get the upgraded video card it will lower battery duration significantly. Unless you gotta interoperate in immersive virtual worlds or play rawking games, the Mobile Intel 945 Express (or better) should be fine.</li> </ul>
23.5.2009 04:57Comment on Smartphones and Chromebooks by jeffmcneill<p>"Why would the future belong only to those aging countries or be made in their image?"</p> <p>Duh! It probably doesn't :) But most humans are very bad at predicting the future, and very good at taking their own wishes for reality. Don't worry, the future will be <em>as it's supposed to</em>.</p>
26.12.2008 16:17Comment on Futurology and Development by Felix Pleșoianu<p>Sort of like walking the walk instead of just talking the talk? Looking forward to part 2!</p>
31.10.2008 21:42Comment on Habitum Alteram Naturam – Part 1 by AnotherMaria