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Blog Posts

  1. Migrating to Linux: Getting Emacs Installed

    Walking through building Emacs on Linux and then adding OS specific conditionals to improve my general experience.

  2. Migrating to Linux: On Guiding Principles and Keyboard Bindings

    Working through my guiding principles on migrating to Linux; then addressing a key consideration: Caps Lock should act as Control.

  3. Re: A thought on AI and creativity

    Thinking about the skills I’ve developed and continue to enhance in contrast with outcome obsession.

  4. Jettisoning the Publication Schedule

    Affirming that I am not beholden to a blog posting schedule; and that others also recognize the joy of writing when the spirit moves them.

  5. Hello from Linux

    A quick post laying the ground work for a “From MacOS to Linux” blog post series.

  6. Slowness: To Idle Against this Age

    An ambling through memories of a slower time and mindset; all triggered by a fellow blogger.

  7. Automating Adding Books to My Org-Mode Document

    This post describes an #Emacs workflow I designed and developed around scanning books into my book-tracking #OrgMode document. It has, what I consider, a not-oftend-detailed use of org-capture.

  8. Researching My Planned Personal Move from Macos to Linux

    Taking inventory of machines in my possession and then thinking through a personal move from #Macos to #Linux.

  9. Fixing a mu4e and Proton Bridge Foible

    Resolving a “[mu4e] Update process returned with non-zero exit code” error.

  10. Personal Limitations and Self-Exploration

    Re-surfacing a draft blog post, sparked by a departed online friend. (Hint: the last sentence is “More as I know it.”)