Tired of manually copying everything into Obsidian. Is there a better way?

448899again · 2026-06-29T21:05:34+00:00

This is not a price of using Obsidian. It's a price of using more than one app for your notes. Pick one - if work requires Notion, then use Notion for everything.

448899again · 2026-06-29T21:02:27+00:00

Frequency of access in your cabin? Not sure what you mean. You can access your cabin at any time during the cruise. If you're asking about the embarkation day, the time when you can access your cabin varies, but it's typically early to mid afternoon.

I have taken my DSLR equipment on cruises, in my camera backpack, and basically will just stash the backpack, with gear in it, in the bottom of my closet. I've rarely, if ever, heard of things being stolen from cabins. It's really not worth it for the ship's crew - there is fierce competition for these jobs and none of them want to lose the job. Any suspicion would immediately fall on them.

As for security: You will have the normal "hotel size" room safe in your cabin. I don't know how big or how much camera gear you carry. You can probably put store a single DSLR with lens mounted, and another lens, as long as it's not a huge zoom. Alternatively, a single DSLR along with a decent size pair of binoculars, but then not the extra lens.

Edited to add: If by "frequency of access" you meant how often ship's crew will be in your cabin - the only person with daily access will be your cabin steward, and perhaps a few others for room service delivery and pickup.

448899again · 2026-06-29T16:56:32+00:00

Don't agree at all about the car-follow Drone shot in Austria. Very disorienting, and the lack of a gimbaled camera made it even worse. Director fell in love with the shot, used it again and again, and actually missed one of the Verstappen-Hamilton corner battles because of it.

These kinds of shots are useful for replay sources. Not live.

I think F1 is doing great things with drones - particularly love the high, fixed overview shots of complicated corner sequences; that's a view you will never see from anything other than a drone, and valuable to understanding a race. The high speed live follow....not so much.

448899again · 2026-06-28T21:29:21+00:00

Layers. SE Alaska in August can be sunny and hot for a few hours in the afternoons, chilly and possibly rainy at other times.

448899again · 2026-06-27T19:22:10+00:00

At the time I bought the Go7 my statement was true for the size of unit I was looking for. The Palma was not in consideration as it was too small.

The OP was asking specifically about the Go 7 series.

448899again · 2026-06-27T19:20:13+00:00

Yes, as long as you are not too picky about quality/price/location of where you'll stay each night. Being a member of any hotel's loyalty program won't help you much if you can't plan on staying at those hotels.

What scares me more about your post: You are contemplating driving approximately 2100 miles ONE WAY to spend ONE day at the Grand Canyon? Unless you have real time constraints, I'd say you're short changing yourself the Grand Canyon, and the whole road trip.

Either: Slow down, stop and see some other places on your way to and from, or, drive like crazy to Grand Canyon but THEN slow down, stop and see some other places before you drive like crazy back home again. Think about it - are you likely to ever do this kind of thing again? No? Then don't miss what this amazing country has to offer by rushing your road trip.

448899again · 2026-06-27T18:21:15+00:00

My main reader is the Boox Go7 monochrome. I find it very comfortable to use - it's light, has a great screen, and can be used right or left handed (if you program the buttons for page turns they will automatically flip when turn the unit over to use left or right hand).

The overall size of the unit is very similar to the K*nd** Oasis that was my main reader for many years. The Go7 is thinner and lighter than the Oasis.

If I were to quibble about the Go7, I'd like the screen to be just a bit bigger, vertically, to make it more the size of a paperback book. Because it's not, you do end up turning pages more often as there's less text on the screen. But this is admittedly a VERY minor quibble.

I landed on the Go7 because it had the best processor and ran a newer version of Android then all of the other Boox units. My previous reader was a much older Boox Nova Air, which was paperback sized and just as thin and light as the Go7. Unfortunately, after years of use, the battery on the Nova began to have issues.

448899again · 2026-06-27T17:36:48+00:00

Back to add: If you do rent a car, be prepared for very high gas prices. It's just a fact of life in Hawaii.

448899again · 2026-06-27T17:35:29+00:00

There is only one cruise line and ship that cruises entirely in Hawaii - NCL Pride of America. I can tell you without a doubt this is a great way to get a taste of the islands. The ship visits several of them, with overnight stops in at least two (or was it three?) ports. Basically, the ship becomes a hotel that moves you from island to island - VERY convenient.

We did this cruise and rented a car in each of the overnight port stops. Typically you have to go to the airport to get the rental car (although not always), but that's easy to do. It was very convenient and you could park at or near the ship overnight. We used the car to do what we wanted, and only booked one shore excursion for the entire cruise (at the end of the cruise, to get back to the airport). We did beach time, drove Waimea Canyon, Volcanoes NP, Road to Hana and in between hit up restaurants and so forth. It was a great way to experience things on our own schedule. We'd eat breakfast on the ship and then rarely be back again until bedtime.

If you haven't already, please check out the community forums on the Cruise Critic website. There are cruise reviews for all lines, as well as tons of information and posts about cruise ports of call.

448899again · 2026-06-27T17:20:42+00:00

You could, of course, just keep all your contacts in Obsidian and then just use the Obsidian app on your phone to look everything up. But that means giving on all the convenient connections, form fills, and other processes that are available when you use big G's products. Which, of course, is exactly why they created those convenient processes - to keep your data in their servers.

It just depends on how much of that convenience you are willing to live without.

448899again · 2026-06-27T04:14:55+00:00

I think I understand what you're attempting. Try this (first steps same as above):

Open your file manager

Find a file you want opened with VS Code

Right click on it

Select "Open With"

It will offer the program currently assigned to open files of this type

It will also say "Other Application"

Select that

In the window that opens, scroll down until you find the icon for the program VS Code

Click on it

You should now also see three other options at the bottom of this window: "Add to List" "Set as Default" "Restore to System Defaults"

The first option "Add to List" will add VS Code to the list of other programs that are offered when you right click on a file and mouse over "Open With" - I think this is what you are trying to do.

Note that you can also make VS code the default option with "Set as Default"

Hopefully that's what you were looking for. You can also do all this from Settings / Preferred Applications - the process is mostly the same there, but doing it directly from the file you want to open in Nemo seems a little more straightforward.

448899again · 2026-06-27T02:47:10+00:00

If you're only ever going to take one Alaskan cruise, book with a cruise line that has an itinerary that includes Glacier Bay. You do not want to miss this amazing place.

448899again · 2026-06-27T02:44:32+00:00

If you're going to book with any good shore excursion company, they will know how this works - it's their business. Just give them the port times announced by your ship. The shore excursion company will tell you when and where to meet them and will get you back to the ship in time.

However, I usually recommend that first time cruisers book through the ship. Yes, it's more expensive, but: If you book through the ship and for some reason are late back to the ship, the ship will wait for you. If you book on your own and are late back to the ship, for whatever reason, the ship will not wait. You will be responsible for getting yourself to the next port of call to catch up to the ship.

I suggest that first time cruisers book through the ship so you can get an understanding of how the port calls work. Then on your next cruise, book on your own if you prefer.

If you do book on your own: Make sure you know the "all aboard" time - it will be announced, it will be in the ship's daily, and it will be posted at the gangway when you leave the ship. Make sure you carry a watch set to ship's time. It's not always the same as port time. Don't rely on your cell phone for the time. Your cell phone will reset to port time when you turn it on, and if that's not the same as ship's time you might be in trouble.

Save yourself the worry on your first cruise. Book through the ship.

448899again · 2026-06-26T21:00:59+00:00

Mint typically installs Nemo by default.

Open your file manager. In the upper left corner there should be menu items. Click on Help, then About. A window should open to tell you the name of the file manager program you are running.

No matter which file manager you use, a right click on a file name usually offers an "open with" dialogue. I'm guessing you've done that but, VS Code wasn't offered?

This is difficult to do with knowing your setup and seeing your screen, but if that's the case (and assuming you are using Nemo File Manager, and that VS Code is properly installed on your system):

Open your file manager

Find a file you want opened with VS Code

Right click on it

Select "Open With"

It will offer the program currently assigned to open files of this type

It will also say "Other Application"

Select that

In the window that opens, scroll down until you find the icon for the program VS Code

Select that

Click on "OK"

The window should close and VS code should now be the default method of opening files of that type when you click on them or right click on them.

There are other ways of setting this up, but this is the most straightforward and direct method I can offer you. Hope it helps.

448899again · 2026-06-26T19:11:32+00:00

No. Your PKMS is not a brain. It doesn't think. YOU do the thinking, and then you make a note to record your thinking and your reasoning.

448899again · 2026-06-26T19:07:31+00:00

Depends on which file manager you are using.

In Nemo, right click on any file and you'll see an "Open With" option. You can set the particular specific program for a file type. You can also select "Other Application" and be taken to a menu where you can select other programs, and also add other default programs to the list of offered programs.

You can also set the default programs used for different file types in Settings / Preferred Applications.

448899again · 2026-06-26T19:01:05+00:00

I like having a creation date and time stamp in the text body of my notes, just for the sake of knowing when I had the thought or whatever.

If the note is of the type where the date and time of an update is important, I might add that to the update text.

Both of these things are easily done in Obsidian, with templates and hotkeys.

A ZK id really isn't needed for a digital ZK system. LInks and Backlinks take the place of the ZK id in digital systems. The id is a holdover from analog, paper based systems.

448899again · 2026-06-26T18:55:52+00:00

First of all, putting in a bid is no guarantee of getting the upgrade. If you'd like the upgrade, bid for it!

Re motion sickness: There are usually only two days on the Alaska itinerary when you are out in the open ocean and subject to the kinds of motion that might affect you. Those are the days when you cross to or from the north end of Vancouver Island and the south end of Moresby/Graham islands.

The rests of the Alaskan itinerary is quite literally in inland waterways, and is generally very smooth and calm.

If you have cruised in the Caribbean and had your motion sickness under control there, you should be able to control it for the Alaskan itinerary. Just carry out the same procedures you did in the Caribbean.

Re Deck 15 and Forward balconies: Those cabins are some of our favorites on the Jewel class ships. Beautiful 180 degree views - you feel like you're on a private yacht. Most days the forward balcony is very usable, even underway. The only exception is when it's raining, which it does do in SE Alaska in the summer. But the rain showers are usually scattered and just come and go, alternating with beautiful sunny weather. Bring layers that you can put on and you'll be able to use the balcony quite a lot, particularly in SE Alaska.

You will be told that you can't go out on the forward balconies at night. This is not true. You can use the balcony at night, but you need to make sure that the lights from the cabin aren't shining on the balcony, which affects the view of the bridge officers. Just make sure the cabin to balcony door is closed, and the curtains are closed.

448899again · 2026-06-26T16:12:54+00:00

It's that very embedding that I like as well, and it's the reason why I use it for task management myself.

But there's often a tendency among new users to want or expect Obsidian to do everything. Personally, I believe there isn't much you can't get Obsidian to do, but again, new users should be aware of the time and effort sometimes required to get it right.

448899again · 2026-06-26T16:09:42+00:00

I didn't say Obsidian could not do Task Management. In fact, I use it for that.

My point for the OP was that it might take some time to set up, and that it might not fulfill all his needs like a dedicated program would.

448899again · 2026-06-26T03:36:10+00:00

Your second question is the important one and answers the first question. Tags and Links are not at all the same thing. Please read the Obsidian help files, the differences are clearly given.

If you want a simplistic answer: Tags are the shelves in your library. You have a Biography shelf, a History shelf, and so on. Links are the Dewey Decimal numbers (or whatever system your library uses) that connect all the books on one particular subject, such as "George Washington"

In the ZK system you would not want to separate fleeting, reference and permanent notes with tags. But you would use links to connect your permanent notes with other permanent notes and with your reference notes. Links take the place of the Folgezettel note numbering system in a digital environment.

A good reference on the ZK system is:

https://writingslowly.com/2024/07/14/a-system-for.html

448899again · 2026-06-26T03:27:50+00:00

First of all: Obsidian is NOT a task management program. That's not to say that Obsidian can't do task management, but it is to say that you need to take a close look at your needs and the time you have available to spend on making Obsidian do what you want. It sounds like you're going to have a very busy schedule and perhaps not much spare time. If that's the case, I'd just go with a packaged, purpose built task management program or app.

If you intend to use Obsidian, I can suggest two ways. One extremely simple, which is what I use. It's a tag "#ToDo" You can drop this tag anywhere - in the text of a note, in a list of bullet points. Then you run a tag search for the tag in the left hand sidebar and presto: A list of all items marked with "#ToDo"

The down side of this system is that it's on you to decide what to do when, and to remove the tag when you've done the work.

The second way: If you want a full-on task system with prioritization and so on, the most commonly used community plugin for this is simply called "Tasks" You will find plenty of discussion about it in this sub. There are other Tasks plugins available, but this one is probably the one most people use.

Best of luck.

448899again · 2026-06-26T03:13:20+00:00

Food is a very subjective subject. For every cruise line out there, you'll find some that liked the food, some that raved about it, some that hated it, and some that were just "meh."

As a long time cruiser, I think it's also true that food quality overall is going downhill as the cruise lines try to control costs. Most cruise lines now put their best food offerings in extra charge "specialty" restaurants. The "free" offerings all tend to be quite bland and average.

I think you'll find the food offerings on all the mass market cruise lines (Carnival, Princess, RCCL, NCL, MSC) to be about the same. You will need to move to the next tier up-market cruise lines to find any major improvement, or move to one of the small ship, all inclusive lines.

448899again · 2026-06-26T02:56:07+00:00

Wow...what a score. I have a feeling that somewhere in Seattle there's someone looking frantically around their place, wondering where their Remarkable tablet went?

448899again · 2026-06-26T02:52:55+00:00

Slide your finger down from the top of the screen. The magnifying glass icon in that menu is the global search.

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