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Aug 18, 2025

Emacs as your video-trimming tool
Marcin ‘mbork’ Borkowski has a nice post showing us how he trims video clips from our beloved editor. Trimming clips is something I do from time to time, specially when posting a screencast of sorts. Since I don't need much, I typically resort to QuickTime Player's trimming functionality that ships with macOS. While it does the job, ever since I added a...
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🚴 ⏱️00:43:35 🛣️17km 🗻148m 🪫157w ❤️‍🔥147bpm 🍔390kcal Stunning evening ride on the Calvi to Bocca Serria coastal route for Rouvy's Coastal Corsica Challenge. Feel legs regaining condition.
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The most annoying thing about this stupid bloody sprain is no running for 6-8 weeks. I *just* starting to enjoy it again. FML.
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Never expected to be spending my first day off in the hospital thanks to me slipping over last night and landing very awkwardly on my ankle. Luckily just a bad …
One thing I’m realizing as I transition to vegan foods is the need to cook more often. 🥗 Most restaurants don’t have a lot of vegan options (even here in NYC, it’s kind of an “add-on” section on the menu, and dedicated vegan restaurants close down all the time), and vegan groceries are usually super-duper processed. Looks like I’ll need to get over my fear of food processors and blenders. But at the same time, a mental note for myself that everything takes time, and I won’t...
⚖️ 82.7kg Week two on Mounjaro produced a steadier 0.8kg drop. A little harder this week with more time in the office, an overnight stay, and a trip to Tottenham but I've tried to make good food choices throughout. Metric | 04 Aug | 11 Aug | 18 Aug | Outcome ----------------------------------------------- Weight | 87.2kg | 83.5kg | 82.7kg | -3.7kg ✅ Body Fat | 30.9% | 26.5% | 26.0% | -4.9% ✅ Muscle | 23.8% | 29.1% | 29.5%...