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I mean, maybe I'm meant to be the guy who has a bunch of different blogs and nobody wants to follow because he's inconsistent and spread so thin.

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Speaking of making unnecessary trouble for myself, I'm doing this again. I promised myself I wouldn't, but here we are. I am unreliable.

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Emacs Lisp Elements by Prot is going on the reading list, for sure: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/emacs-lisp-elements#Emacs

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I impulse ordered both the FiiO portable cassette and CD players. Now I'll need blank CDs so I can burn them from all the FLAC files I've been buying instead.

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Fedora is installed and seems to be working. I've got my gnupg and ssh stuff transferred, along with my pass db, all from the Mac. There are so many sharp edges when trying to share configs between...

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Is it a bad idea to point Syncthing at an iCloud folder? Seems like a bad idea, but even though I can live without syncing all my configs, I'll need to sync the "data" (e.g. my org/Denote/journal...

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OK, this is fun, but so many of my tapes have missing pressure pads. Time for some felt and superglue.

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My goodness will you just look at this blank cassette label?

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The new cassette player would be more fun if I could find my tapes and tape case. The tapes I've found so far were in a bag that should have been labeled "Rejects". I've turned the house upside down....

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Is there a definitive guide to making copy/paste consistent between Emacs, Terminal, and GUI apps on (Fedora) Linux? Using completely different shortcuts in different apps is crazy making and may put...

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I made a little progress on the Linux front, today. Not much, but progress is progress. I've got a long way to go. https://linux.baty.net/2025/04/linux-journal-monday-april-14-2025/#Linux

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Now I'm wondering if I should install Radicale somewhere or just use Fastmail's calendar.

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I just slammed the ThinkPad closed so hard that I think it's time for a break from the whole Linux thing for a minute.

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Fresh Fedora 41: Use "Software" to install Emacs. I get the Emacs GUI but no /usr/bin/emacs or /usr/bin/emacsclient. Also, it's Emacs v30.x, which is nice.Uninstall Emacs and install via `sudo dnf...

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One nice side effect of my inadvertent rollback to Emacs 29 is that now it finds commands properly (rg, xelatex, dnf, etc). I'll take the win, but I wish I knew why :)#Linux#Emacs

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Fixing cassettes is a simple distraction this morning. #NowPlaying"1984" by Van Halen.#Cassette

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Denote 4.0.0. It's a pretty big one https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-04-15-emacs-denote-4-0-0/#Emacs

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And of course since I split my Emacs config between macOS and Linux, I'll need to upgrade and implement this twice. I knew that was going to be a problem.

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Maybe a Jason Statham movie will help.

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I still have my first computer: the Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer. I spent so many hours typing BASIC line-by-line on that tiny keyboard. Sure wish it would power up.

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