RSI and Emacs: When Your Pinky Says Enough is Enough
I’ve been doing even more Emacs writing lately, and my pinky is paying the price. After years of using Caps Lock as Control, I’m finally feeling the strain. Here’s what happened, what I’m doing about it, and what new ergonomic keyboards I’m considering.
They seem to have integrated co-pilot into Word, and this is one place I appreciate having AI. I hate Word. I don’t want to think in Word. I want to just say, “here is my org mode file, you go ahead and turn this into a Word doc.” Hit enter. Minimize. Leave me alone. Done.
Emacs pinky is becoming a thing for me recently.
I’ve been a happy user of CAPS as control, but recently my pinky started rebelling. My keyboard is non-standard. Time to think of other solutions :(
Back to Solarized
After years of drifting between Emacs themes, I came back to Solarized on Linux. It turns out Prot himself built on Schoonover’s work, which made the return feel less like nostalgia and more like a full circle. Now I’m using bbatsov’s port and working on giving my blog the dark theme it’s been missing.
Emacs Config Gems - Part 4
Fourth part of the Emacs config series. This time, file operations: using the system trash instead of permanent deletes, moving backup and auto-save files to a dedicated folder, setting idle-based auto-save, and using auto-revert to keep buffers in sync across machines via Syncthing.
This guy was chilling at the farmer’s market today. 📷
My New Montior is Pushing me to Start Fresh on Kubuntu (Again)
You’d think my Emacs exploration is enough for me to dig into, but my new monitor led me down a rabbit hole of display calibration — from BetterDisplay on the Mac to HiDPI, Retina, TrueTone, and brightness syncing. On the Linux side, X11 on Kubuntu 24.04 feels limited, so a fresh install with Wayland on Kubuntu 26.04 LTS is calling my name.
H3 HTML Tags are Right for Blog Posts
A few days after my semantic HTML reckoning, I followed through on the heading hierarchy on my blog. Turns out, I was wrong to say I was wrong. h1 for the site, h2 for posts, h3 for sub-headings.
Here is a niche tip: if you’re tired of correcting the word “Emacs” whenever you dictate on your iPhone, Add Emacs to your contact list.
Emacs Config Gems - Part 3
Part 3: MELPA’s origins, Apple Lisa’s menu bar, and a 1981 RMS paper. The footnotes are dangerously long. Send help… Look, I learned my lesson. This is over 2500 words. It took me almost a week, and I still didn’t cover everything I wanted, and I’m ready for another round.