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My journey into using Hledger with Emacs to track my share investments continues. Last Time I looked at a way to track shares using a plain text file. Since then I have made some tweaks to my workflow as I gain more experience: naming conventions that support multiple stock brokers booking brokerage fees in a better way to support the Australian tax system. Naming convention Over the past month I…
Following up from my previous article on using Emacs to maintain a plain-text ledger for use with plain text accounting software: I reconfigured my Doom Emacs to use the pre-packaged Ledger mode, and I can confirm that it is much nicer to use than the hledger mode I was using before. This could be because I hadn’t set up the hledger-mode configuration properly, but with ledger-mode I find…
For a while I have been concerned that I haven’t really been on top of my finances as well as I should be, and I decided to bite the bullet and do something about it. I’ve been looking to get much better visibility into my share portfolio, and make sure I track it properly so that if I sell any shares I can easily calculate captital gains and such at tax time. I am also keen to get a…
Recently I was wondering whether I should move on from Doom Emacs/Evil Mode and try a less opinionated setup based on more traditional key mappings. I was looking around for some sort of “starter kit” that provides some basic features that I have grown accustomed to using Doom Emacs. Some of the options I looked at were: Xah Lee’s Sample Init File from his online tutorial. This…
I have been so impressed with my ZSA Voyager keyboard that I decided to buy a second one that I could leave set up at work. That meant I needed to think about what configuration to order. Switches On my previous Voyager, I ordered it with the Choc Red 50g linear switches, which felt very smooth, but possibly a little on the heavy side for me. So, I decided to try swapping them out with some…
Last time I talked about a science-related electronic dictionary that I bought in Japan. When I was there, I did a bit more research and discovered that I had rushed in too quickly and that there were other models that include more business and literature-related content that could be useful when studying Japanese. So, I purchased a second dictionary, the Casio XD-Z20000. So, how much of an…
When I was working in Japan, I took the opportunity to buy a Japanese Electronic dictionary (電子辞書, or denshi jisho). I went to the BIC Camera store in Akihabara, and bought a Casio EX-word dataplus 10 model XD-G9850 denshi jisho, which includes specialised dictionaries for Maths and Science. Why Use a Dedicated Dictionary? Why use a dedicated japanese dictionary instead of an app on a smart phone?…
When I was in primary school, I learned the recorder. The teacher librarian taught us, even though she did not have any musical training herself. We were then told that we would be performing at the Sydney Opera House together with a number of other schools. It was very exciting, and our little group worked hard to try and play together as an ensemble. As we got closer to the time, a specialist…
With my interest in languages, one YouTuber I like to follow is the “Rob Words” channel. He has posted a number of videos treating alternative ways of writing the English language. He talked about how runes might be better suited for writing modern English than the Latin alphabet we use today, and cited examples where J.R.R. Tolkein used the runic alphabet in his books to represent…
Earlier I talked about using Org Mode to produce lesson worksheets for my students. This year I am thinking about using powerpoint-style presentation slides instead of worksheets to encourage students to write more in their books. This naturally led me to look into how to do this with Org Mode. A Simple Lesson Making presentations in \(\LaTeX\) is normally done using the beamer package. It turns…