Still working with Claude on my Emacs settings as a reference. Need to start a new session, so asked it to write a summary with instructions on how I like it to help me. It wrote this:
I know it’s complementing me on purpose, but that emphasized why? That’s why my blog is called this way 😉
Say you go jump to a header in org-mode somewhere with C-c C-o. Did you know that you can go back with C-c &? And that it has history, so you can keep going back??
Years of isearch-backwards… wasted. Mind blown. 🤯
A Quick org-mode Internal Links Reference
Started reorganizing my Emacs config, and along the way, I finally learned how to use plain links and radio links. Here’s my quick-reference cheat sheet for the different link types I already have in my new config.
Thought my Emacs init file needs a bit of cleaning - it contains configs from maybe 5 and 6 years ago. It’s a nostalgic learning experience. More fun than I thought. More to come soon 🤓
Every time I go get coffee around West Village, I feel like I’m in a different city. The contrast between our quiet neighborhood with the trees and birds in upper Manhattan and this is striking and fun. 📷
auth and curl
I couldn’t log into IndieWeb. Turned out the problem was me insisting on www.taonaw.com instead of taonaw.com. I know, duh, right? The redirect my browser handles silently every day made me forget that www is actually not a real thing. Claude showed me how to see it with curl, a tool I’d always noticed but never touched. Now I have.
Is there a rule somewhere that says that if half your workday is spent in meetings, you can’t be expected to produce a whole day’s work? Just makes sense, right?
I’d go further and say, you can’t even do half a day of work after that. Meetings mean:
- Can’t take a break (You have to mute yourself taking a piss, jeez)
- Have to keep notes and track what is being said (unlike emails which you can come back to)
- Have to follow up later on new issues that are becoming emails…
Yes, they’re needed. But oh boy. Now, if I could get a cent from anyone who agrees with me… 😆
Two quick apps I’m trying to write about, but I keep getting pulled away:
Crucial Tracks: You saw me testing here on the blog. Found out about this thanks to Lou Plummer. It’s a slow-paced social network/microblogging network where you can write about your favorite songs.
The service offers a quick prompt for the day (“what song makes you think of your best friend?” or “a song you used to listen to growing up?” etc.) combined with a quick search that finds the song with the artwork of the album. This is federated and free, which means it plays nice with the IndieWeb (that’s us, if you read this on your RSS feed) and offers a bunch of other options for embedding and playing directly from streaming services.
I already have it integrated with Micro.blog using Micropub, which they also support now.
Moments: Think of Glass, but a free and less “meant for serious photographers” kind of platform. Not that you can’t be a serious photographer on it, but it just welcomes everyone. The idea is to blog through your photos and tell a story.
I mentioned it briefly, and sadly didn’t get the chance to get around to it (photos require more editing and playing around with than a quick post about a song), but it looks polished, and the guy behind it, Peter, reaches out to new folks to help them out at these early stages. Didn’t reach out to Peter yet to ask about IndieWeb support, but I will try to.
Is it Friday yet?
Has anyone figured out how to sign into Indieweb with microblog, via IndieAuth? When I use my website URL, I get forwarded to micro.blog’s platform, with a message that “I’m already signed in as JTR.” What am I supposed to put in there?
Appreciate if anyone has it written down somewhere.