https://www.arj.no/tags/digital-workflow/ Recent content in Digital Workflow on ARJ (English) https://www.arj.no/images/_F8A4088_doc6pg1cufjdr42ycbfd0e.jpg https://www.arj.no/images/_F8A4088_doc6pg1cufjdr42ycbfd0e.jpg Hugo -- 0.152.2 en-us Alexander Refsum Jensenius. CC-BY-SA 4.0 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/04/23/retrieving-data-from-an-orcid-profile/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/04/23/retrieving-data-from-an-orcid-profile/ Retrieving data from an ORCID profile. After concluding that it is not viable to use institutional person pages to build a "Who's Who" directory for MishMash. https://www.arj.no/2026/04/23/nva-metadata/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/04/23/nva-metadata/ Retrieving data from NVA. I have seen that it is possible to build a complete CV from NVA data, the Norwegian research registry. As part of my quest to collect. https://www.arj.no/2026/04/22/uio-personal-metadata/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/04/22/uio-personal-metadata/ Building a 'Who's Who' directory from institutional data. The Open Graph standard has helped "automagically" collect information about partner events on. https://www.arj.no/2026/03/15/rotate-pdf-properly/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/03/15/rotate-pdf-properly/ Rotate PDF files properly. While preparing for a concert yesterday, I needed to copy a bunch of scores (in PDF format) over to a pad. They were all from. https://www.arj.no/2026/02/12/print-booklets/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/02/12/print-booklets/ Printing booklets from a PDF. A little while ago, I wrote about how to prepare a document for multi-page printing using the terminal. Today, I had to find a. https://www.arj.no/2026/01/14/multi-page-printing/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2026/01/14/multi-page-printing/ Multi-page printing using the terminal. It feels somewhat old-school to write a blog post about printing, but this is mainly a note-to-self and a reminder for. https://www.arj.no/2025/12/19/insta360-to-equirectangular/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2025/12/19/insta360-to-equirectangular/ Convert Insta360 .insp files to equirectangular projection on Ubuntu with FFmpeg. While writing the blog post on AI-realistic photos, I wanted to include one. https://www.arj.no/2024/11/29/exif-renaming/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/11/29/exif-renaming/ Renaming image files with date and time. In this post I write about how it is possible rename all the photos in a folder based on the date and time information. https://www.arj.no/2024/10/19/sms-e-mail/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/10/19/sms-e-mail/ Why I like SMS and e-mail. Yesterday, I wrote about why I don't like MS Teams. My frustration about this Microsoft product (or perhaps better, platform) could. https://www.arj.no/2024/10/18/ms-teams-problems/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/10/18/ms-teams-problems/ There are five reasons I dislike MS Teams: (1) No Linux support, (2) App-centric approach, (3) Cross-institution problems, (4) Insufficient search functionality, (5) Historyless approach https://www.arj.no/2024/07/05/optimizing-jpg-png/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/07/05/optimizing-jpg-png/ Optimizing JPG and PNG files for the web. I often post images on the web but I rarely think about optimizing the files properly before uploading. Here is a. https://www.arj.no/2024/06/13/paradata/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2024/06/13/paradata/ Data, Metadata and Paradata. I have had some interesting discussions about what constitutes metadata these days. What is really the difference between metadata. https://www.arj.no/2023/10/09/converting-ambisonics-files-to-binaural-audio/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/10/09/converting-ambisonics-files-to-binaural-audio/ Converting Ambisonics files to Binaural audio. Ambisonics is a full-sphere surround sound format that captures audio from all directions using spherical. https://www.arj.no/2023/09/26/which-image-format-should-i-use/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/09/26/which-image-format-should-i-use/ Which image format should I use?. Many image file formats exist, but which ones are better for what task? Here is a quick overview in my little series of PhD. https://www.arj.no/2023/04/10/pdf-metadata/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2023/04/10/pdf-metadata/ Editing PDF metadata. Sometimes it is necessary to check, remove or modify the metadata of PDF files. Here is a quick post to show how it can be done in the. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/30/adding-title-author-jupyter-notebook/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/30/adding-title-author-jupyter-notebook/ Adding Title and Author to PDFs exported from Jupyter Notebook. I am doing some end of the year cleaning on my hard drive and just uploaded the Jupyter. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/21/libreoffice-draw-scripting/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/21/libreoffice-draw-scripting/ Scripting image exports with LibreOffice Draw. As mentioned yesterday, the source files for the illustrations in my Sound Actions book are available on GitHub. https://www.arj.no/2022/12/09/optimizing-jpeg-files/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/12/09/optimizing-jpeg-files/ Optimizing JPEG files. I have previously written about how to resize all the images in a folder. That script was based on lossy compression of the files. https://www.arj.no/2022/09/18/convert-heic-photos-to.jpg/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/09/18/convert-heic-photos-to.jpg/ Convert HEIC photos to JPEG. A quick note-to-self about how I managed to download a bunch of photos from an iPhone and convert them to.jpg on my laptop running. https://www.arj.no/2022/08/13/odt-to-docx/ Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/08/13/odt-to-docx/ Convert a folder of LibreOffice .ODT files to .DOCX files. I don't spend much time in traditional "word processors", but when I do, it is usually in Learn more. https://www.arj.no/2022/08/09/ffmpeg-fade-in-fade-out/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/08/09/ffmpeg-fade-in-fade-out/ Add fade-in and fade-out programmatically with FFmpeg. There is always a need to add fade-in and fade-out to audio tracks. Here is a way of doing it for a. https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/ffmpeg-highpass/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/07/13/ffmpeg-highpass/ Removing audio hum using a highpass filter in FFmpeg. Today, I recorded Sound Action 194 - Rolling Dice as part of my year-long sound action project. The idea. https://www.arj.no/2022/06/16/export-images-from-a-pdf-file/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/06/16/export-images-from-a-pdf-file/ Export images from a PDF file. I have previously written about how to export each of the pages of a PDF file as an image. That works well for, for example. https://www.arj.no/2022/05/13/em-dash-not-hyphen/ Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/05/13/em-dash-not-hyphen/ Em-dash is not a hyphen. I have been doing quite a lot of manuscript editing recently and realize that many people—including academics—don't. https://www.arj.no/2022/04/13/resizing-image-folder/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/04/13/resizing-image-folder/ Programmatically resizing a folder of images. This is a note to self about how to programmatically resize and crop many images using ImageMagick. It all. https://www.arj.no/2022/02/12/edit-video-rotation-metadata-in-ffmpeg/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/02/12/edit-video-rotation-metadata-in-ffmpeg/ Edit video rotation metadata in FFmpeg. I am recording a lot of short videos these days for my sound actions project. Sometimes the recordings end up being. https://www.arj.no/2022/01/09/frame-differencing-with-ffmpeg/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2022/01/09/frame-differencing-with-ffmpeg/ Frame differencing with FFmpeg. I often want to create motion videos, that is, videos that only show what changed between frames. Such videos are nice to look. https://www.arj.no/2021/12/21/ffmpeg-v360-processing/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/12/21/ffmpeg-v360-processing/ Pre-processing Garmin VIRB 360 recordings with FFmpeg. I have previously written about how it is possible to "flatten" a Ricoh Theta+ recording using FFmpeg. https://www.arj.no/2021/11/10/quotation-marks/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/11/10/quotation-marks/ How to use quotation marks in academic writing. Quotation marks are used for different things in texts. Sometimes they are used to mark actual quotations. https://www.arj.no/2021/10/27/video-rotation/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/10/27/video-rotation/ Rotate video using FFmpeg. Here is another FFmpeg-related blog post, this time to explain how to rotate a video using the command-line tool FFmpeg. There are. https://www.arj.no/2021/10/26/cropvideo/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/10/26/cropvideo/ Crop video files with FFmpeg. I have previously written about how to trim video files with FFmpeg. It is also easy to crop a video file. Here is a short how-to. https://www.arj.no/2021/10/13/converting-a-wav-file-to-avi/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/10/13/converting-a-wav-file-to-avi/ Converting a .WAV file to .AVI. Sometimes, there is a need to convert an audio file into a blank video file with an audio track. This can be useful if you are. https://www.arj.no/2021/08/12/soft-drop-shadows-in-libreoffice-draw/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/08/12/soft-drop-shadows-in-libreoffice-draw/ Soft drop shadows in LibreOffice Draw. My new book will be published Open Access, and I also aim only to use open-source tools as part of the writing process. https://www.arj.no/2021/05/11/ffmpeg-audio-video/ Tue, 11 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/05/11/ffmpeg-audio-video/ Combining audio and video files with FFmpeg. When working with various types of video analysis, I often end up with video files without audio. So I need to add. https://www.arj.no/2021/03/18/splitting-audio-files/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/03/18/splitting-audio-files/ Splitting audio files in the terminal. I have recently played with AudioStellar, a great tool for "sound object"-based exploration and musicking. It reminds me. https://www.arj.no/2021/03/01/flatten-file-names/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/03/01/flatten-file-names/ Flatten file names in the terminal. I am often dealing with folders with lots of files with weird file names. Spaces, capital letters, and so on, often cause. https://www.arj.no/2021/01/24/container-conversion/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/01/24/container-conversion/ Convert between video containers with FFmpeg. In my ever-growing collection of smart FFmpeg tricks, here is a way of converting from one container format to. https://www.arj.no/2021/01/02/create-timelapse-video-from-images-with-ffmpeg/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2021/01/02/create-timelapse-video-from-images-with-ffmpeg/ Create timelapse video from images with FFmpeg. I take a lot of timelapse shots with a GoPro camera. Usually, I do this with the camera's photo setting instead. https://www.arj.no/2020/11/06/ffmpeg-tblend/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/11/06/ffmpeg-tblend/ Visual effect of the different tblend functions in FFmpeg. FFmpeg is a fantastic resource for doing all sorts of video manipulations from the terminal. https://www.arj.no/2020/08/24/pdf-optimization/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/08/24/pdf-optimization/ Improving the PDF files in the NIME archive. This blog post summarizes my experimentation with improving the quality of the PDF files in the proceedings of the. https://www.arj.no/2020/08/23/compress-pdfs/ Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/08/23/compress-pdfs/ Shell script for compressing PDF files on Ubuntu. I have previously written about a shell script) for compressing PDF files in Ubuntu. Here are some variants. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/20/pixel-array-images-of-long-videos-in-ffmpeg/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/20/pixel-array-images-of-long-videos-in-ffmpeg/ Pixel array images of long videos in FFmpeg. Continuing my explorations of FFmpeg for video visualization, today I came across this very nice blog post on. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/19/mpeg-2-to-mpeg-4/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/19/mpeg-2-to-mpeg-4/ Convert MPEG-2 files to MPEG-4. This is a note to self, and could potentially also be useful to others in need of converting "old-school" MPEG-2 files into. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/15/360-flattening/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/15/360-flattening/ Flattening Ricoh Theta 360-degree videos using FFmpeg. I am continuing my explorations of the great terminal-based video tool FFmpeg. Now I wanted to see if I. https://www.arj.no/2020/03/01/keyframe-displays-ffmpeg/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/03/01/keyframe-displays-ffmpeg/ Creating different types of keyframe displays with FFmpeg. In some recent posts I have explored the creation of motiongrams and average images, multi-exposure. https://www.arj.no/2020/02/21/keyframe-displays/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2020/02/21/keyframe-displays/ Creating multi-exposure keyframe image displays with FFmpeg and ImageMagick. While I was testing visualization of some videos from the AIST database earlier. https://www.arj.no/2019/11/29/pdf-to-images/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/11/29/pdf-to-images/ Creating individual image files from presentation slides. How do you create full-screen images from each of the slides of a Google Docs presentation without. https://www.arj.no/2019/11/03/converting-mxf-files-to-mp4-with-ffmpeg/ Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/11/03/converting-mxf-files-to-mp4-with-ffmpeg/ Converting MXF files to MP4 with FFmpeg. We have a bunch of Canon XF105 at RITMO, a camera that records MXF files. This is not a particularly useful file. https://www.arj.no/2019/10/07/writing-tools/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/10/07/writing-tools/ What tools do I use for writing?. Earlier today I was asked about what tools I use when writing. This is not something I have written about here on the blog. https://www.arj.no/2019/09/28/ubuntu-hp-pavilion/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/09/28/ubuntu-hp-pavilion/ Installing Ubuntu on a HP Pavilion laptop. So I decided to install Ubuntu on my daughter's new laptop, more specifically an HP Pavilion. The choice of this. https://www.arj.no/2019/09/28/linux-for-kids/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/09/28/linux-for-kids/ Which Linux version to choose for a 9-year old?. My 9-year old daughter is getting her first laptop. But which OS should she get started with? I have been. https://www.arj.no/2019/05/19/rotate-lots-of-image-on-ubuntu/ Sun, 19 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2019/05/19/rotate-lots-of-image-on-ubuntu/ Rotate lots of image on Ubuntu. I often find myself with a bunch of images that are not properly rotated. Many cameras write the rotation information to the. https://www.arj.no/2018/11/25/sort-images/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/11/25/sort-images/ Sort images based on direction (portrait/landscape). I have lots and lots of photos on my computer (and servers!). Sometimes I have a pile of photos of which I. https://www.arj.no/2018/05/18/trimvideo/ Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2018/05/18/trimvideo/ Trim video files using FFmpeg. This is a note to self, and hopefully others, about how to easily and quickly trim videos without recompressing the file. I. https://www.arj.no/2017/02/19/surviving-with-only-android-for-a-week/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/02/19/surviving-with-only-android-for-a-week/ Surviving with only Android for a week?. Is it possible to "survive" with only using Android-based devices for a whole week? I have been using a Sony Xperia. https://www.arj.no/2017/01/03/move-windows-ubuntu/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/01/03/move-windows-ubuntu/ Move windows between screens on Ubuntu. As part of the fun of reinstalling an OS, you need to set up all the small things again (and you also get rid of all. https://www.arj.no/2017/01/03/nautilus-bookmarks/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2017/01/03/nautilus-bookmarks/ Remove standard bookmarks in Nautilus. Yet another note to self on how to fix things in Ubuntu after a fresh install, found at askubuntu, this time to remove. https://www.arj.no/2016/12/27/pdf-split/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/12/27/pdf-split/ Split PDF files easily using Ubuntu scripts. One of the fun parts of reinstalling an OS (yes, I think it is fun!), is to discover new software and new ways of. https://www.arj.no/2016/12/27/starting-afresh/ Tue, 27 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/12/27/starting-afresh/ Starting afresh. After four years as Head of Department (of Musicology at UiO), I am going back to my regular associate professor position in January. It has. https://www.arj.no/2016/06/29/compressing-pdfs/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/06/29/compressing-pdfs/ Shell script for compressing PDF files on Ubuntu. Back on OS X one of my favourite small programs was called PDFCompress, which compressed a large PDF file. https://www.arj.no/2016/04/08/from-keynote-to-impress/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2016/04/08/from-keynote-to-impress/ Finally moving from Apple's Keynote to LibreOffice Impress. Apple's Keynote has been my preferred presentation tool for about a decade. For a long time it felt. https://www.arj.no/2015/08/03/add-date-to-files-in-ubuntu/ Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2015/08/03/add-date-to-files-in-ubuntu/ Add date to files in Ubuntu. Even though I have been running Ubuntu as my main OS for more than a year now, I am still trying to figure out a good workflow. https://www.arj.no/2015/04/12/simple-video-editing-in-ubuntu/ Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2015/04/12/simple-video-editing-in-ubuntu/ Simple video editing in Ubuntu. I have been using Ubuntu as my main OS for the past year, but have often relied on my old MacBook for doing various things that. https://www.arj.no/2013/02/03/erc-stg-latex/ Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/02/03/erc-stg-latex/ Unofficial ERC Starting Grant LaTeX template. After I mentioned that I used LaTeX for an ERC Starting Grant application in a previous blog post, I have gotten. https://www.arj.no/2013/01/08/batch-convert-rtf-files-to-txt/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2013/01/08/batch-convert-rtf-files-to-txt/ Batch convert RTF files to TXT. Last year I decided to use plain text files (TXT) as the main file type for all my computer text input. There are several. https://www.arj.no/2012/12/18/multicontrol-v-0-6-2/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/12/18/multicontrol-v-0-6-2/ MultiControl v.0.6.2. MultiControl is by far the most popular software application I have created, as can be seen in the web traffic here on my site, and also. https://www.arj.no/2012/06/05/new-application-new-text-file/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/06/05/new-application-new-text-file/ New application: New text file. This is quite certainly the least advanced computer software I have made publicly available (see here for others), but it may. https://www.arj.no/2012/02/07/latex-fonts/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/02/07/latex-fonts/ LaTeX fonts in OS X. When creating figures for papers written in LaTeX, I have found it aesthetically unpleasing to have different fonts in the figures than in. https://www.arj.no/2012/02/02/recovery-time/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2012/02/02/recovery-time/ Recovery time after e-mail and phone calls. I have for some time tried to put my phone in silent mode and turn off my e-mail program before lunch. I am most. https://www.arj.no/2011/12/08/testing-dynamic-bibtex-plugins/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/12/08/testing-dynamic-bibtex-plugins/ Testing dynamic bibtex plugins. Keeping publication lists up to date is a constant problem. One thing is to just manage to keep track of things myself, another. https://www.arj.no/2011/11/29/stretchtext/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/11/29/stretchtext/ Application writing as example of stretchtext. I have been working on an ERC Starting Grant application over the last months. Besides the usual Learn more. https://www.arj.no/2011/11/28/eml-files/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/11/28/eml-files/ EML files. In OS X Lion, Apple has decided to drop support for exporting RTFD (i.e. RTF files with pictures embedded) from Mail. So if you want to export an. https://www.arj.no/2011/11/02/compact-bibliography-list-in-latex/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/11/02/compact-bibliography-list-in-latex/ Compact bibliography list in LaTeX. I have already written about how to compact lists earlier today. Now is the time to compact the bibliography… This is how. https://www.arj.no/2011/11/02/compact-lists-in-latex/ Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/11/02/compact-lists-in-latex/ Compact lists in LaTeX. I have for a long time been struggling with making lists more compact in LaTeX. While the standard lists often look good, as seen in. https://www.arj.no/2011/07/20/adding-date-to-files-in-folder/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/07/20/adding-date-to-files-in-folder/ Adding date to files in folder. I haven't really played much with Automator earlier on, but have found it to be very useful for doing small things that you. https://www.arj.no/2011/07/14/bibdesk-template-for-dblp/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/07/14/bibdesk-template-for-dblp/ Bibdesk template for DBLP. To get the NIME 2011 conference indexed in DBLP, it is necessary to provide them with a bibliography file formatted according to. https://www.arj.no/2011/06/30/using-multimarkdown/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/06/30/using-multimarkdown/ Using MultiMarkDown. I tend to move between different computers/devices and OSes all the time, and have started to become very tired of storing text data in. https://www.arj.no/2011/06/29/os-x-usb-install/ Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/06/29/os-x-usb-install/ OS X USB install. Here is how to create a USB drive for installing OS X.6 from a DMG file: Open Disk Utility Select your USB drive Select the "Restore" pane. https://www.arj.no/2011/05/22/reducing-pdf-file-size/ Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/05/22/reducing-pdf-file-size/ Reducing PDF file size. I am working on finalizing an electronic version of a large PDF file (600 page NIME proceedings), and have had some problems optimizing. https://www.arj.no/2011/05/10/automatically-create-folder-with-date/ Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/05/10/automatically-create-folder-with-date/ Automatically create folder with date. To organize files I have for a while been creating folder names that start with today's date. I typically create a. https://www.arj.no/2011/05/04/remove-chapter-and-part-text-from-latex-documents/ Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/05/04/remove-chapter-and-part-text-from-latex-documents/ Remove chapter and part text from LaTeX documents. When using the \part and \chapter tags in LaTeX you will typically end up with parts and chapters that say. https://www.arj.no/2011/04/18/use-preview-instead-of-adobe-reader-in-texmate/ Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/04/18/use-preview-instead-of-adobe-reader-in-texmate/ Use Preview instead of Adobe Reader in Texmate. I just installed Adobe Reader on my new computer, only to discover that it hijacked the PDF preview window in. https://www.arj.no/2011/03/25/avoid-subscript-in-matlab-titles/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2011/03/25/avoid-subscript-in-matlab-titles/ Avoid subscript in Matlab titles. I am working on some plots in Matlab, where I am using the filename as the title of the plot. In many of the files I am using. https://www.arj.no/2010/11/04/invert-screen-os-x/ Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/11/04/invert-screen-os-x/ Invert screen OS X. I thought I had written about this trick on my blog before, but couldn't find it. So I try again: How to invert the screen (systemwide) in. https://www.arj.no/2010/10/01/latex-formatting-issues/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/10/01/latex-formatting-issues/ LaTeX formatting issues. I am about to submit an article for review, and had to format in a special way. Here is a quick summary of what I did: No paragraph. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/25/how-to-type-degree-symbol-os-x/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/25/how-to-type-degree-symbol-os-x/ How to type degree symbol (OS X). I was looking for solutions on how to type the degree symbol (like in 0°) on OS X, but could only find solutions for English. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/18/writing-complex-documents/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/18/writing-complex-documents/ Writing complex documents. I have been using LaTeX for most of my more advanced writing needs for so many years, that I tend to forget that there are so few. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/09/pdf-merge-in-preview/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/09/pdf-merge-in-preview/ PDF merge in preview. After I began using PDFCompress for minimizing PDF files, the only reason I have had for using the full Adobe Acrobat has been to combine. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/05/applications/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/05/applications/ Many applications that do few things or a few applications doing everything?. To follow up on my previous post about the differences between browser plugins. https://www.arj.no/2010/08/04/blog-editing/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/08/04/blog-editing/ What to choose: Browser plugin, web interface, desktop application?. Nowadays I have a hard time deciding on what type of application to use. Only a few years. https://www.arj.no/2010/06/20/pdf-please/ Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/06/20/pdf-please/ PDF please. I receive a lot of e-mails from students, and even though I always tell them to send me PDF files, they almost always send me the source files for. https://www.arj.no/2010/06/16/eduroam-2/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/06/16/eduroam-2/ Eduroam in Australia. I have written about Eduroam before, and will probably do it again. Just to recap: eduroam is the secure, world-wide roaming access. https://www.arj.no/2010/06/04/boot-problems-ubuntu-10-04/ Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/06/04/boot-problems-ubuntu-10-04/ Boot problems Ubuntu 10.04. Just as I started to believe that Ubuntu had matured to become a super-stable and grandma-friendly OS, I got an unexpected black. https://www.arj.no/2010/05/31/excel2latex/ Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/05/31/excel2latex/ Excel / CSV to LaTeX table converter. I was looking for a way to convert a spreadsheet to LaTeX code today. Googling for a solution several links to various. https://www.arj.no/2010/02/23/ds_store/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/02/23/ds_store/ Prevent .ds_store file creation on network volumes. I have been annoyed by the fact that OS X leaves .ds\store files in folders that you open. This is ok on. https://www.arj.no/2010/02/16/omnigraffle-tab/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/02/16/omnigraffle-tab/ Tabs in OmniGraffle. OmniGraffle is one of my favourite programs, mainly because it can generate professional looking graphics very easily. However, one thing. https://www.arj.no/2010/01/04/citeulike2bibdesk/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/01/04/citeulike2bibdesk/ Sync references from CiteULike to BibDesk. I have been using citeulike a little on and off for the last couple of years, but that may very well change after I. https://www.arj.no/2010/01/03/endnote-to-bibtex/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/01/03/endnote-to-bibtex/ Convert EndNote database to BibTeX. Once in a while I need to convert an EndNote library to a BibTeX library. For some reason this is much more difficult than. https://www.arj.no/2010/01/03/endnote2bibtex/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2010/01/03/endnote2bibtex/ Convert from Endnote to BibTeX (again). {.summary} Once in a while I need to convert an EndNote library to a BibTeX library. For some reason this is much more. https://www.arj.no/2009/12/21/negative-colours/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/12/21/negative-colours/ Negative colours in OS X. My blog has been down for a few days, so I have a few entries that have piled up in the drafts folder of my ScribeFire, while waiting. https://www.arj.no/2009/10/23/linux-mint-and-hp-laserjet-p1005/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/10/23/linux-mint-and-hp-laserjet-p1005/ Linux mint and HP LaserJet P1005. Linux Mint has become my favourite Linux distribution as of lately. It is built on Ubuntu but with the added benefit of. https://www.arj.no/2009/08/13/updated-software-2/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/08/13/updated-software-2/ Updated software. I have been teaching at the International Summer School in Systematic, Comparative and Cognitive Musicology 2009 in Jyväskylä, Finland the. https://www.arj.no/2009/07/31/videonotetaker/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/07/31/videonotetaker/ Videonotetaker. Videonotetaker is a small java/quicktime-based application for writing text-based annotations of a video file. It is very simple, and I can't. https://www.arj.no/2009/06/05/multiple-usb-webcams-working-at-the-same-time/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/06/05/multiple-usb-webcams-working-at-the-same-time/ Multiple USB webcams working at the same time. After working happily with FW-products for many years, the recent trend of disappearing FW-ports have made me. https://www.arj.no/2009/04/27/updated-software/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/04/27/updated-software/ Updated software. I was at the Musical Body conference at University of London last week and presented my work on visualisation of music-related movements. For. https://www.arj.no/2009/02/16/asus-eee-tricks/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/02/16/asus-eee-tricks/ Asus eee tricks. When I got my Asus eee a few months ago I tested the built-in OS for about an hour and then decided to install Ubuntu eee (later renamed to. https://www.arj.no/2009/01/30/skype-gives-access-to-wireless-networks/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/01/30/skype-gives-access-to-wireless-networks/ Skype gives access to wireless networks. The latest beta version of Skype (for OS X only, apparently) offers something called "Skype Access", which makes it. https://www.arj.no/2009/01/12/triple-boot-on-macbook/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2009/01/12/triple-boot-on-macbook/ Triple boot on MacBook. I am back at work after a long vacation, and one of the first things I started doing this year was to reinstall several of my. https://www.arj.no/2008/09/30/verb-labels/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/09/30/verb-labels/ Verb labels. I hadn't thought about the lack of verb labels in Windows as opposed to OS X before I read this blog entry. The point made is that adding some. https://www.arj.no/2008/09/04/freesmug/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/09/04/freesmug/ FreeSMUG. It has probably been around for a while, but I just discovered FreeSMUG (FreeSoftware Mac User Group). The idea os to select and bundle various free. https://www.arj.no/2008/08/04/formatting-wd-1tb-drive/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/08/04/formatting-wd-1tb-drive/ Formatting WD 1TB drive. I bought a 1TB Western Digital hard drive the other day, and it came preformatted with FAT32. Since I will only be using this on OS X. https://www.arj.no/2008/07/18/google-scholar-imports-in-bibdesk/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/07/18/google-scholar-imports-in-bibdesk/ Google Scholar import in Bibdesk. Yesterday I wrote about the possibility to import references from Google scholar into a reference program. Today I found a. https://www.arj.no/2008/07/17/exporting-references-from-google-scholar/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/07/17/exporting-references-from-google-scholar/ Exporting references from Google Scholar. I have written about the (hidden) possibility of exporting references from Google Scholar before, but since several. https://www.arj.no/2008/07/16/the-challenge-of-creating-booklets/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/07/16/the-challenge-of-creating-booklets/ The challenge of creating booklets. I have been trying to create a booklet out of a standing A4 paper (the booklet size should be 105 x 297 mm), but this has. https://www.arj.no/2008/06/16/managing-e-mail/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/06/16/managing-e-mail/ Managing e-mail. While in Genova for the last couple weeks, I only had limited time to read and write e-mails, and now that I am back in my office I am slowly. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/15/gumstix-and-pda/ Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/15/gumstix-and-pda/ Gumstix and PDa. Another post from the Mobile Music Workshop in Vienna. Yesterday I saw a demo on the Audioscape project by Mike Wozniewski (McGill). He was. https://www.arj.no/2008/05/09/new-features-in-preview/ Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/05/09/new-features-in-preview/ New features in Preview. I have been using Leopard for a while, but hadn't discovered some of the new features yet: Image adjustments Create alpha channels in. https://www.arj.no/2008/04/08/writing-in-neooffice-dreaming-of-latex/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/04/08/writing-in-neooffice-dreaming-of-latex/ Writing in NeoOffice, dreaming of LaTeX. I am working on a paper for a journal that only accepts RTF documents, and to avoid the possible problems resulting. https://www.arj.no/2008/01/07/time-machine/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2008/01/07/time-machine/ Time Machine. I had my first go at restoring a file using Time Machine today. Looking for a Keynote presentation, I realised that I had kept only the PDF of. https://www.arj.no/2007/12/17/challenges-with-dissertation-printing/ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/12/17/challenges-with-dissertation-printing/ Challenges with dissertation printing. Time has come for preparing my dissertation for official printing. Luckily, I had done most of the formatting when. https://www.arj.no/2007/08/26/muting-a-mac-on-startup/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/08/26/muting-a-mac-on-startup/ Muting a Mac on startup. One solution to avoiding that chime on booting your mac is to hold down the F3 key at startup. A more permanent solution is offered. https://www.arj.no/2007/04/21/file-search-in-bibdesk/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/04/21/file-search-in-bibdesk/ File search in Bibdesk. Bibdesk is just getting better! In version 1.3.4 they have included searching inside linked PDF files in the library. It is not as. https://www.arj.no/2007/04/03/oxford-dictionary-in-textmate/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/04/03/oxford-dictionary-in-textmate/ Oxford Dictionary in TextMate. After working with TextMate for a couple of weeks, I have decided to stay there and leave TexShop behind for my LaTeX editing. https://www.arj.no/2007/03/29/drag-and-drop-pictures-in-textmate/ Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/03/29/drag-and-drop-pictures-in-textmate/ Drag and drop pictures in TextMate. After being convinced by Tim, I have started using TextMate for text editing things. Right now I am mostly interested in. https://www.arj.no/2007/03/15/mac-os-x-startup-keys/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/03/15/mac-os-x-startup-keys/ Mac OS X Startup Keys. I tried to update to 10.4.9 yesterday, but got an error message, and when booting everything hangs. I haven't found a good solution yet. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/22/msp-tilde-in-latex/ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/22/msp-tilde-in-latex/ MSP tilde in LaTeX. I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out how to create a nice tilde (\) for writing the name of Max/MSP externals in LaTeX (e.g. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/21/multiple-bibliographies-in-latex/ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/21/multiple-bibliographies-in-latex/ Multiple bibliographies in LaTeX. I have been wondering how to make a separate bibliography of my own publications as an appendix in my dissertation. Vincent. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/16/mind-maps/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/16/mind-maps/ Mind maps. After reading Ola's blog entry about content management, I decided to give MindManager a try. Except for the price tag (luckily they have Learn more. https://www.arj.no/2007/02/12/how-to-prevent-long-url-wrapping-in-most-email-apps/ Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/02/12/how-to-prevent-long-url-wrapping-in-most-email-apps/ How to prevent long URL wrapping in most email apps. I learn new things every day. Gisela just sent me a hint about putting those super-long URLs between. https://www.arj.no/2007/01/11/smart-programs/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2007/01/11/smart-programs/ Smart programs. I had a discussion about which software tools I use for my research, so here is a list of the most important (in no particular order): Firefox. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/29/latex-table-of-contents-tricks/ Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/29/latex-table-of-contents-tricks/ LaTeX: Table of Contents tricks. As my dissertation draft grows bigger (and messier...), I see that I need to restrict the depth of the Table of Contents. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/20/linear-presentations/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/20/linear-presentations/ Linear presentations. I have been thinking about what I wrote about improvisation a couple of weeks ago. While preparing for a presentation last week, I was. https://www.arj.no/2006/12/05/citeulike-and-bibdesk/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/12/05/citeulike-and-bibdesk/ CiteULike and BibDesk. I have started testing CiteULike for creating an online bibliography, and came across this blog post on using CiteULike and BibDesk. I. https://www.arj.no/2006/11/08/set-headphone-volume-level-on-intel-macs/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/11/08/set-headphone-volume-level-on-intel-macs/ Set headphone volume level on Intel Macs. Macworld: Mac OS X Hints: Set headphone volume level on Intel Macs If you’ve got a new Intel-powered Mac, here’s a. https://www.arj.no/2006/11/01/making-conference-posters/ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/11/01/making-conference-posters/ Making conference posters. InDesign used to be my program of choice for design issues, but since it is super-slow on my MacIntel I have been looking for. https://www.arj.no/2006/10/17/compare-or-merge-two-folders-contents/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/10/17/compare-or-merge-two-folders-contents/ Compare or merge two folders' contents. I had some SVN problems, and figured it would probably be faster to do a full new checkout rather than trying to figure. https://www.arj.no/2006/06/26/occam-osc-midi-converter/ Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/06/26/occam-osc-midi-converter/ Occam - OSC-MIDI converter. Occam takes OSC messages and converts them to MIDI. It exports a MIDI source to CoreMIDI which can be used in any Mac OS X. https://www.arj.no/2006/05/17/pdf-reading/ Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/05/17/pdf-reading/ PDF reading. Marc Hedlund at O'Reilly summarizes the good things about PDF books: \- They are searchable. They are portable. They can often be bought and. https://www.arj.no/2006/04/25/wired-1109-powerpoint-is-evil/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/04/25/wired-1109-powerpoint-is-evil/ Wired 11.09: PowerPoint Is Evil. Edward Tufte has an interesting Wired article entitled PowerPoint Is Evil. The main point is that PowerPoint forces people to. https://www.arj.no/2006/04/25/word-attachments/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/04/25/word-attachments/ Word Attachments. I have received a number of Word attachments recently. Nowadays, I only touch MS Word when I am forced to by other people, as I rely on. https://www.arj.no/2006/02/10/metadata-hootenanny/ Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/02/10/metadata-hootenanny/ Metadata Hootenanny. Metadata Hootenanny is a tool for easy adding metadata (annotations and chapters) to QuickTime files. It also has a nice timeline. https://www.arj.no/2006/01/15/converting-mpeg-2-mod-files/ Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2006/01/15/converting-mpeg-2-mod-files/ Converting MPEG-2 .MOD files. I have been struggling with figuring out the easiest way of converting MPEG-2 .MOD files coming out of a JVC Everio HD camera to. https://www.arj.no/2005/12/14/mp4-to-wmv-convert-mpeg-4-to-windows-media-video/ Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.arj.no/2005/12/14/mp4-to-wmv-convert-mpeg-4-to-windows-media-video/ MP4 to WMV. I have been struggling with creating video files that are easily playable on both OS X and Windows. Of course it is possible to make an avi with.