a) I like having things in a text file that I can open with a flick of the keyboard on the same system I’m working on anyway
b) Making my own plot, I have full control of the formatting, plus I can do things like fit trends over given periods, mark out particular dates, or otherwise customise
c) I dread the day when some overeager Google popup tells me that “It looks like you’re trying to control your weight! Would you like me to show you some weight-loss products?”
(At least one of these items not intended seriously).
Oh, I absolutely believe that Google will tell you about weight-loss products if they detect you tracking a number that looks reasonable for a human weight in pounds, and that they have an algorithm capable of doing that. It’s the overeager popup with the near-quote of Clippy (the original Microsoft version, not our friendly local Clippy who, while he might want to turn you into your component atoms for reuse, is at least not unbearably upbeat about it) that’s unrealistic.
“Flick of the fingers on the keyboard”, then: From writing here it is Windows-Tab, Windows-1, C-x b, w-e-i-Tab, Enter. If the file wasn’t already open in emacs, replace C-x b with C-x C-f.
If you put the data into a Google Doc, you can get a plot that updates whenever you update the log. That’s what I’ve been doing.
Convenient, but
a) I like having things in a text file that I can open with a flick of the keyboard on the same system I’m working on anyway b) Making my own plot, I have full control of the formatting, plus I can do things like fit trends over given periods, mark out particular dates, or otherwise customise c) I dread the day when some overeager Google popup tells me that “It looks like you’re trying to control your weight! Would you like me to show you some weight-loss products?”
(At least one of these items not intended seriously).
You mean (a), right? ’caus “flick of the keyboard” is kind of funny, but setting that up for a particular text file sounds awfully… unworkable.
(point (c) is not nearly as unrealistic as it might seem at first—they’re pretty much already there to some extent)
Oh, I absolutely believe that Google will tell you about weight-loss products if they detect you tracking a number that looks reasonable for a human weight in pounds, and that they have an algorithm capable of doing that. It’s the overeager popup with the near-quote of Clippy (the original Microsoft version, not our friendly local Clippy who, while he might want to turn you into your component atoms for reuse, is at least not unbearably upbeat about it) that’s unrealistic.
“Flick of the fingers on the keyboard”, then: From writing here it is Windows-Tab, Windows-1, C-x b, w-e-i-Tab, Enter. If the file wasn’t already open in emacs, replace C-x b with C-x C-f.
Ah, yes, the mighty emacs.
I should get around to installing and using that someday. >.<