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klimeryk commented on Sketchy Calendar   inkandswitch.com/ink/note... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
tecleandor · 7 months ago
If it could be run via cli I would do something similar to what Remarcal does (but more flexible, not being closed):

  - Check if there are changes on the live calendar (preferably with the ETag header)
  - If there are changes, download an updated iCal file
  - Launch the calendar generator using the updated iCal file to update the PDF
  - Sync the PDF to the eInk reader of choice

klimeryk · 7 months ago
Nice, TIL! I knew ReMarkable stored the written notes in a special file, but it sounded a bit hacky, so I did not want to touch that. Good to see someone managed to make it work! I'll have to look into it, thanks!

Edit: tracking here: https://github.com/klimeryk/recalendar.js/issues/23#issuecom...

klimeryk commented on Sketchy Calendar   inkandswitch.com/ink/note... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
tecleandor · 7 months ago
Have you though about adding synchronization from iCal calendars?

I was trying to find (or create) a tool to substitute Remarcal, that I'm using now with my Remarkable. It's working so-so lately, and it only works with a Remarkable (and I was thinking to switch to a Supernote I have around .

klimeryk · 7 months ago
ReCalendar supports loading any ICS file - but since you ultimately generate a PDF for the whole year, it will just load the events present at that moment in the calendar (see https://github.com/klimeryk/recalendar.js/issues/11#issuecom...). So it's good for quickly loading all the holidays in a given country or if you have some long-term recurring events. But it's not feasible to keep on syncing the calendar every day.
klimeryk commented on Sketchy Calendar   inkandswitch.com/ink/note... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
klimeryk · 7 months ago
Self-plug: I created https://recalendar.me/ (open-source and always free) to solve this from a different perspective. It allows creating highly customized PDF calendars for e-ink tablets like ReMarkable. This gives you the "sketchy" part, making it more natural to input, doodle, make notes. But extensively utilize PDF links to make it easy to navigate the calendar. Plus other features, like pre-filling anniversaries/birthdays, custom templates per day, week, month, etc. to make it yours, fitting your particular needs. For example, I added an extra page after each Thursday, cause I always had some notes after therapy session then.

Unfortunately, something that's fundamentally hard to do with this approach is having a dynamic sync with an online calendar. That's because ultimately it's a PDF, with some device-specific layer with writing on top of it.

But in some ways, it could be seen as feature - I find it useful to copy "manually" the events to my ReCalendar. That automatically makes me reflect on them or just help me remember they're happening!

Of course, YMMV, good to have different options!

klimeryk commented on How my 14 year-old Instagram handle @javier was stolen   twitter.com/javier/status... · Posted by u/fluxic
klimeryk · a year ago
You can change the domain to xcancel.com in the link to view it in an interface that is not so hostile: https://xcancel.com/javier/status/1850950335625388186 But in this particular case, the author also published this on their blog: https://javier.computer/instagram (from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41981289).
klimeryk commented on Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator   emoji.build/deal-with-it-... · Posted by u/klimeryk
p0w3n3d · a year ago
Nice, this reminds me that I made myself some time ago an avatar for a forum, and it has these crazy eyes standing still. Unless a few minutes passed, when they rolled. Only one person noticed it.
klimeryk · a year ago
Love that! Not many folks will notice, but those that do, it will make their day (or make their skin crawl). Speaking of which, there's two or three Easter Eggs in this app as well :)
klimeryk commented on Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator   emoji.build/deal-with-it-... · Posted by u/klimeryk
b212 · a year ago
Great job, thanks for sharing.

Just noticed what company you did leave and I have even more respect for you.

Someone get this guy a job please.

klimeryk · a year ago
Hah, appreciate it! It's been indeed quite a ride (and it seems the CEO is not stopping). Glad for the offer, it was the very last nudge I needed.
klimeryk commented on Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator   emoji.build/deal-with-it-... · Posted by u/klimeryk
rralian · a year ago
Nice work klimeryk!
klimeryk · a year ago
Thanks, Bob! \o/
klimeryk commented on Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator   emoji.build/deal-with-it-... · Posted by u/klimeryk
jitl · a year ago
I got an error after clicking the "Deal with it" button.

    Graph successfully started running.

    Uncaught (in promise) Error: Unsupported MIME type: application/xml
        at Et.a (gif.worker-WYu6DU4i.js:23:56331)
        at Et.zt (gif.worker-WYu6DU4i.js:23:78271)
This might be caused by my workplace enforcing the Okta chrome plugin :(

klimeryk · a year ago
Sorry about that - it's a regression I caused last night, see https://github.com/klimeryk/dealwithit/issues/38. It should be fixed since this morning UTC.

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