Renaming a Swift project using Xcode and Emacs
You may need to rename a project to better reflect the app’s evolved feature set, e.g., from LiveTranscribeJP to OmniScribe. Here is how to apply this rename...
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2026
Built-in TTS for Japanese on macOS
macOS (Tahoe 26.2 as of writing) has a robust, built-in Text-to-Speech (TTS) system that supports high-quality Japanese voices. You can use this through the ...
Best TTS software for Japanese
As of 2026, the software that provides the most natural Japanese pronunciation depends on whether you value emotional expression or precision in pitch and gr...
Alternating Sets vs. Straight Sets
In sports science, the method of alternating exercises (e.g., Pushups → Squats → Pushups) is called Supersetting or Alternating Sets, while the method of doi...
The Apartment & The Street: Understanding Public vs. Private IP Addresses
The Difference Between Public and Private IP
How to exclude your own IP address from Google Analytics
To exclude your own IP address from Google Analytics, the most reliable methods involve either using the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on or setting up a Data...
Synonym Comparison: かすかに, ほのかに, ほんのりと, and うっすらと
This guide distinguishes four common Japanese adverbs used to describe “faintness” or “slightness.” While they often overlap in English translation, their Ja...
How do ほんのり and ほんのりと differ? The role of Adverb + と
Some words such as ほんのり and うっすら can function as an adverb on their own. However, adding と changes the “texture” of the description.
Domain Suffixes: Differences, SEO Weight, Speed, and More
What’s the difference between domain suffixes such as .com, .io, .site, etc.? Do they affect the search engine appearance or weight, the DNS and other networ...
Evidence-Supported Supplements for Mood and Sleep Quality
Finding the right nutritional support for mental well-being and rest requires navigating a sea of options. This article explores the evidence behind these su...
Crafting a Dynamic Dark Mode for Minimal Mistakes
Setting up a dark mode that feels “just right” involves a delicate balance between respecting system settings and giving the user manual control. For the Min...
Fixing the URL Scheme goldendict://word of GoldenDict-ng on macOS
The link goldendict://word doesn’t work for Goldendict-ng on macOS (Sequoia 15.5). When entered in the browser’s address bar it can open the Goldendict-ng ap...
From Coca-Cola to Erythroxylaceae: A Quick Guide to the Morphology of Scientific Nomenclature
Have you ever wandered why Coca-Cola was named as such, and if the Coca came from cocaine (gasp), the infamous drug? Yes, that is exactly right. The name Coc...
2024
Handling Invalid US-ASCII Character Errors in Jekyll
When working with Jekyll, a static site generator commonly used for blogs and documentation, you may encounter errors related to character encoding, particul...
Eyes on the Solar System
This simulated live view of the solar system allows you to explore the planets, their moons, asteroids, comets and the spacecraft.
Queen Rock Montreal in IMAX
Movie review (no spoilers)
2023
Sharing one keyboard and mouse across multiple devices using Barrier
If you have more than one computers you may want to use just one set of keyboard and mouse for all the computers. I’m not talking about using multiple screen...
2022
Generate and use TexInfo documentation for Git
How to produce texinfo files for Git
Weird behavior of direct links from postimages.org
In this demo:
Non-ascii characters displayed as code points in files
Sometimes when opening files in Emacs you may see them containing non-ascii characters displayed as code points. It’s because the file is displayed in the wr...
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Movie review (no spoilers)
上帝说要有光，于是便有了音乐
关于最近的压力和一个乐队
2020
Duplicati: Failed to Restore files
Reasons and solutions of failing to restore files with Duplicati
How to set up custom domain for Github Pages using minimal-mistakes
First you need to purchase a domain name from a seller. A domain name without the prefix like ivanhjc.net is called the root or apex domain, and a domain lik...
Git “fatal: Could not read from remote repository”
When you work with a remote repository it’s not rare to bump into this error:
Emacs Commands Quick Reference
A collection of most commonly used Emacs commands
2019
HTML models
HTML models that domonstrate hard-to-think layouts & effects.
《海王》：比国王更伟大的是英雄
电影评论
Midnight Express: What is a crime
Movie review
2016
Java: Algorithms
An algorithm is a set of instructions for solving a class of problems by a mechanical process.
2015
Java: Elements of Statements
Literals, identifiers, symbols, values, types
Java: Introduction
Java is a high-level programming language. A high-level programming language is easy to write and read for humans, and it’s portable, which means it can run ...
已经听了不知多少遍了
最开始听到的是Get Lucky，在油管上， 没有MV，只有一张CD封面，夕阳下一个乐队的剪影。开始以为只是又一首热门单曲，就好像 无数其他大热单曲一样，各种浮华炫丽想尽一切吸引你的耳膜和眼球，然而过了那四或五分 钟后什么也没留下。其实初听Get Lucky 后确实什么也没留下，很快就完全不记得曾经听过。
挪威之慢
罗弗敦群岛像一支慵懒的手指伸向挪威海，我们在位于它南部海岸的斯塔姆松村登岸，然后租了一辆老旧的梅赛德斯，沿着群岛上的公路，开过了16座桥。