Learning From Anger
There’s plenty to be angry about. As if there isn’t enough with what’s going on recently, there was plenty happening on a personal scale in the last week. This time, I want to talk about being angry.
Another look at my Journal Capture Templates
More than anything else in my Emacs settings, my org-mode capture templates evolve with my understanding of Emacs, as I learn to do more wonderful things I didn’t know existed. Since I’ve been discussing my writing recently, it’s a good time I want to talk about the journal-related those, where all my writings begins.
Of Choosing to Write on the Positive
One of the smart things my aunt told me growing up is to focus on the good. The bad is out there, and there’s plenty of sad to go around. It’s the good we should choose to focus on.
To Modus or Not to Modus?
At some point yesterday I stumbled upon this video from David of System Crafters explaining how to customize the famed Modus themes. I want to use these themes Ebecause they are so detailed and thoughtful, but I disagree with the main idea behind them: the sharply contrasting colors.
Writing on a Daily Basis
I worked out a way to write blog posts almost every day. At this point, I have more posts on the blog each month than I did before. I’m going to share what I do, but know this: it involves a lot of writing.
Grammar check in Emacs
For the longest time, I wanted to have grammar check inside Emacs. I finally figured out how to use Emacs-langtool. It’s pretty easy to set up; It’s just that finding basic instructions is hard to find.
Another Burner Phone
I recently wrote about dating apps and the large quantities of personal data they suck up and send over back to HQ. My new Phone, a Pixel 6, is a horrible Google spy already. I don’t need yet another greedy cooperation selling juicy bits of my private dating preferences to the highest bidder. What to do?
Of SSH, HTTPS, and GitLab
Pushing to GitLab with my SSH key stopped working a couple of months ago. Every now and then I tried to do a bit of troubleshooting but I didn’t manage to solve the problem… until today.
Dating Apps as a Privacy Threat
“…information about your mobile device, such as hardware model, operating system information, IP address, mobile network information, and device identifiers….”
Of Narrowing Subtrees and Focus
On my TODO list yesterday, I had “C-z > narrow subtree.” Translation: Make C-z, which minimizes Emacs (which I only press by mistake and curse when I do), to narrow to the subtree I’m on instead. What is narrow to subtree, and why should you care?