Style & Emacs Config: A Semantic HTML Reckoning

I woke up at 05:40, bothered by the fact that filenames lack a dedicated HTML tag. One thing led to another, and now I’m questioning every heading level on my blog. And now I can finally have breakfast.

This is one of the awesome things about having an espresso machine at home. I love watching the hot coffee “drilling” into the ice 📷. 🧊☕️☀️

A glass of iced coffee or iced latte sits on a metal surface with jars and a bag of Domino sugar in the background.

Emacs Config Gems - Part 2

I continue my Emacs config series by first admitting I lied about Part 1 being an intro: this here is a second intro. I also seem to have some style obsessions. org-edit-special, registers, mark ring, and one or two rabbit holes, because of course 🐰

I Love me Some Em Dashes, and I Don't Care

Em dashes are back in style. Why? Because I said so. I’m fighting back with AP-style spacing and a middle finger to AI detectors. And also, commas can suck it.

Nice sunny day to see a sunflower 📷

Emacs Config Gems - Part 1

Three weeks into my Emacs config project, and I’m still going. This post covers the first four blocks of my .emacs file on macOS — the “boot” sequence before the real stuff. After writing this for almost 2 hours (not including editing), I ended up with more questions than answers. Sounds about right.

Interesting trick, discovered by mistake:

Dragging and dropping a file into Emacs while in a folder with Dired copies it there, just as Finder would. Did you know that? I didn’t!

Hello there red guy. Glad you’re enjoying the weather. Me? Eh. I think it’s back to the AC in a few. Keep it real. 📷

Two Weeks, Two Projects

Two weeks deep into Emacs config and a book idea about blogging. The Emacs tweaks are going great… The book? Not so much.

Been reading: Apple in China by Patrick McGee by Patrick McGee 📚.

Surprisingly informative. In a way, it’s like reading some of the history of Apple and how they became this successful. It’s not too critical of Apple, at least not yet.