I use Emacs for everything that can be done with it reasonably. I often run in a single Emacs session Gnus, Org agendas, command line actions, IRC, several development projects, etc. The question is how to switch between all those activities efficiently. During the years, I tried several workspace, perspective or screen (whatever they are… Continue reading Emacs workspaces
speechd-el 2.11 released
speechd-el 2.11 release introduces index marking feature, i.e. moving the cursor as the text of a buffer is read. This feature has been planned for more than 10 years but due to various circumstances, its implementation, although not that difficult, has been delayed. Now it is finally implemented although it may need further improvements in… Continue reading speechd-el 2.11 released
Playing with high-resolution audio
Some time ago, I’ve found out that under special circumstances I can hear differences between 320 kbps mp3 and CD audio. Now, I’m curious whether I can hear any difference between CD and high-resolution audio. There is a lot of discussions whether high-resolution audio is a gimmick or a useful thing. Maybe the answer is simple:… Continue reading Playing with high-resolution audio
Rustical Records
It seems another very interesting project grows in Brno — Rustical Records recording studio and label. They help creating amazing recordings, listen yourself: King’N’Doom curtain of the moon FLY… TAK LEŤ!
Back to Vanilla Music
I have found out that I was mistaken, Odyssey Android music player cannot always play the tracks in the right order. Additionally, it has sometimes problems (as many Android music players have) with non-ASCII characters in file tags. So I’m returning back to using Vanilla Music. I abandoned it when it was incapable to play… Continue reading Back to Vanilla Music
Switching from Firefox to Brave
The new Firefox ESR release has hit my desktop this week. Debian stable is stable; except for Firefox. Firefox ESR releases last only for about one year. Debian release cycle is typically about two years so in order to keep up with security fixes, Debian stable has to switch to a new major Firefox version… Continue reading Switching from Firefox to Brave
Natalika
Who remembers the old times when most music albums were not available on streaming services and couldn’t be bought online as downloadable archives? In the pre-online music era, there was a lot of amazing recordings by non-mainstream artists that are no longer available nowadays. I was lucky a couple of times and discovered great old… Continue reading Natalika
User-Centric Payment System for streaming
Deezer’s push for User-Centric Payment System (UCPS) looks like the right step. It has always annoyed me that, because I don’t stream much, my money spent on streaming goes mostly to the popular music that I don’t listen to. I wonder whether the planned Deezer move to UCPS will really happen. In any case, one… Continue reading User-Centric Payment System for streaming
A usable music player for Android
It’s surprisingly difficult to find a music player that works. I have the following minimum requirements on a usable music player for Android: It is free software. It can play music. It can play album tracks in the correct order. It can search by artist and by album. It can recognize music library updates. There… Continue reading A usable music player for Android
Free navigation software
There is quite a lot of free navigation software based on OpenStreetMap, but it’s somewhat difficult to find something that actually works for the given purpose. I feel like I need to document for myself what to use. And why not share the documentation? Hence this blog post. It’s easy on Android – there’s OsmAnd… Continue reading Free navigation software