I'm typing this in Emacs using a completely new config and it's so weird. I've been running Emacs v31 everywhere and thought I'd try leaning on more of the built-in completion behavior, and it spiraled out of control.
Good catch. The blast radius is genuinely load-bearing, but let me confirm before guessing.
...or...
Let me verify the fix empirically rather than just assert it.
Reading Claude Code's output is exhausting.
If you think that unsubscribing from a few software services is "fighting fascism" then we're going to lose.
After a couple of lazy months, I finally got back into the darkroom this morning.
I bought the UGREEN NAS as a way to store files and host Plex. That has evolved somewhat. I'm still putting files there, but the number of hosted apps has grown.
All accessible only via my Tailscale network. Sure hope nothing breaks :)
Sorry, I can't right now. I'm too busy vetting every goddamned company even remotely attached to every single piece of software and hardware I use or am thinking of using. Why does everything have to suck, now?
I'm sure everyone will be selling their MacBooks and iPhones and canceling all Apple services now that Ternus is on X. I wanted to post this on Mastodon but I really don't feel like starting a fight I don't have the energy to finish :)
I spent several hours yesterday trying to get Wifi to remain up on the Framework after installing CachyOS. It was not easy. I had to drag Claude Code in to help. I'd have never been able to find and fix it, otherwise.
Busy day ahead, all self-inflicted:
UPDATE: That took WAY longer than expected. The Framework's Wifi would drop every few minutes. Had to send Claude Code in to help. Even that took hours. I think we got it, finally. The trick was to pin the Wifi connection to a specific interface/channel and force it to use v5 first and ignore v6. Something to do with the Orbi mesh, I dunno, it works now.
Hey. It's been a spell since I've posted here. I'm currently infatuated with Pure Blog running at baty.blog, but I wanted to test my Emacs->11ty->VPS deployment on the newly-restored 2015 Thinkpad. If you're reading this, it worked.
I accidentally logged into baty.blog's admin and said, "SQUIRREL!", and spent time taking another look at the site. Who knows, I might start using it again.
I had a todo on my list for canceling my MagicPages subscription, so I went to do that. Seeing the Ghost version of this site running my custom theme gave me second thoughts. Remember how easy posting was with Ghost? Remember the comments, newsletters, and ActivityPub features? I caught myself before becoming too enamored with the idea, and canceled. If you use Ghost, MagicPages is a great service for hosting.
My writing isn't very good. I know that. It's probably because I don't worry much about how good it is. I just write, you know? One thing, though, is that I'm kind of proud that not a single word is generated using an LLM. What would be the point of doing that?
Lawns Are an Ecological Disaster
Americans devote 70 hours, annually, to pushing petrol-powered spinning death blades over aggressively pointless green carpets to meet an embarrassingly destructive beauty standard based on specious homogeneity. We marvel at how verdant we manage to make our overwatered, chemical-soaked, ecologically-sterile backyards.
I hate having a lawn. I hate the waste. And I hate that I live where an HOA demands that I fall in line.
See also:
Alice Cooper (2004):
“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we’re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.”
I've been chatty on Mastodon the past few days. What gives? It's probably so I don't have to start any of the important projects on my plate.
"Linux is better for doing things to a computer than it is for doing things with a computer."
-- Me (2019)
I love Emacs. Even when I hate it. Just saying.
A week ago I started a new habit: Every day I give away, sell, recycle, or trash at least one thing. It doesn't matter how big, how small, or how many, as long as it's /something/.
Focusing on the "every day" part rather than the "how much" part has made all the difference. It's been great.
I've been sort of half-assing my Linux backups for a while now. I finally decided to fix them.
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on Earth which can make them come back again
-- Henri Cartier-Bresson
"I'll be curled up under my bed all day because I got an unexpected and (IMHO) unnecessary Emergency Alert on my phone that one time."
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510 Pyro: The Best First Developer - by Derrick Buckner
One dilution, one bottle. No drama. I’m going to explain why this belongs in a beginner’s arsenal as much as it belongs in mine.
I've always been leery of Pyro developers, but based on this article, I've ordered a bottle from Freestyle Photo
My ~/org/notes folder had nearly 4,000 files in it this morning. It now has 170. I deleted the rest.
I'm about a third through "Devoted", by Dean Koontz and I've been enjoying it. I finally decided to add it to my Hardcover list. When I did, I saw that I'd already read the book in 2020 and gave it 3 stars. It's not uncommon for people to re-read books, but I honestly have no recollection of any of "Devoted". None of it sounds remotely familiar. That's weird, right?
I had to buy a new watch so that I would stop wanting more watches. I know it's counter-intuitive, but hear me out.
You’re Pointing Your Camera the Wrong Way (NYTimes):
“There is no simple way to banish the ennui of our age, but maybe it would help if we stopped looking at our own faces and turned instead to documenting the vanishing natural world in all its manifestations.”
– Margaret Renkl
