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RSI/Pinky Update

An update on my RSI journey: wider split, full tenting, and giving up Caps Lock for Ctrl. The Glove80 is the likely next keyboard, though the price and return policy give me pause. I’m also using the mouse more in Emacs and rediscovering menus — small heresies that actually help.

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Fairness and content

Dan wrote about sharing a bed. I wrote about coffee. We both ended up talking about fairness. Turns out the secret to polyamory isn’t spreadsheets or Google Calendar (though these can help) — it’s treating people like coffee drinkers: some want pour-over, some want cream and sugar, but at the end we all just want coffee. Or being happy in our relationships. Or both.

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Finished watching: Prix Pantheon S1E5, Episode 5 📺 This show is not super original, but somehow the way it works and develops clicks nicely. It’s been a while since I could just relax and watch TV. Happy I did.

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Emacs Config Gems - Part 5

Time for Emacs Gems part 5… Wordcraft. In a way, what Emacs is all about. I’m going into the built-in dictionary, hippie expand, and ispell.

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Oh yes, I think I’m going to enjoy this game very much.

Auto-generated description: A vintage-style diagram illustrates the steps to operate an espresso machine, including selecting the roast, placing a cup, balancing heat and pressure, and starting and stopping the brewing process.
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This is now fixed: GCC drive error on macOS: This seems to show up with almost every new Emacs package I’ve been trying recently on my Mac. I remember trying to dig into it, and I went in circles trying to install something from Homebrew. Has anyone fixed this? I’m on GNU Emacs plus 30.2.

A terminal window displays repeated error messages indicating a failure to invoke the GCC driver while compiling with native-compiler in Emacs.
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A quick update for my Emacs config Gems series:

I am working on part 5, and I’m trying to finalize a few things first. Currently it’s Ispell (I’ve not been using it to its full capacity) and completion… more details soon.

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Uploaded the blog’s custom.css file to Codeberg over at codeberg.org/jayteear/… (someone already has JTR on Codeberg, and I can’t find any evidence it was me, so can the real JTR please stand up?)

A split-screen webpage layout with a dark theme on the left and a light theme on the right features the title The Art Of Not Asking Why along with various navigation buttons
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I Don't use Soap for all my Dishes

Psst. Rinsing single-purpose kitchen items with hot water instead of using soap all the time is fine.

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Microsoft vent #213: Outlook on Mac has shortcomings compared to the web version. Searching on the web client defaults to “all folders,” and on a Mac to the current folder. Can’t change it either. So you forget. The result is this Outlook gaslighting. I know I wrote that email! I just can’t find it!