A new Emacs annoyance: org-capture: Capture abort: Invalid function: org-element-with-disabled-cache when I try to use org-capture. Fails the first time, works the second. Where did it come from and how do I get rid of it…?
Harp is org-mode medical app for Android
There’s the app for health-related records Irreal mentioned the other day, Harp. It’s an org-mode-centered app for Android (soon to be iOS though), which looks pretty basic at this point. You can create several profiles (for different people), and each one has a medical journal and documentation attached, along with some graphs as you accumulate data.
It’s a good idea to have an org-mode-based health app, with all the information you need available to you quickly, protected behind encryption. The issue specific to me is that even though I have a personal Android phone, it’s my iPhone that has my medical apps (part of the Epic suite), as this is the phone I usually carry around with me. These apps already have all my health records, doctors, appointment etc.
I’ve been playing with it a bit, and I think it’s mostly the idea of having my health records saved in org mode that makes sense, especially with the denote file convention system. My Android is also where I have signal, which I can use to share medical records with people close to me, so there’s that. It’s not ideal to carry around two phones, but I think I want to experiment for a bit.
A proper weekend & birthday plans
What does it mean to dedicate time to personal events and people, especially when working to no end? Here’s my answer.
Non-helpful UI by Microsoft strikes again.
I know everyone likes to hate the new design of an app when it first launches. My problem here: this is a Windows logo, not RDP. It’s confusing. People are searching for a remote desktop, not to install Windows on their Macs.
I think I found what crashed my Emacs on macOS
My Emacs crashed on my Mac, and after attempting different things, I believe I found the reason: large images in org files - dimension, not file size.
I’ve been reading The Cunning Man by William Robertson Davies. Interesting it doesn’t show on Micro.blog so I added it…
I Saw the TV Glow, 2024 - ★★★★
I can already tell it's one of those movies I need to watch more than once. I don't think I can give it an honest review, not just yet, because there's still so much I'm digesting - and I love it when movies do that to me, when they make me think about identity and question reality as I know it.
The movie should be called The Pink Opaque (not really a spoiler) as the common thread that connects the main characters and identities. What is the Pink Opaque? I'd say you need to watch to understand, but it's more likely you'd finish watching the movie asking this question. I feel this question is part of the point, at least for me.
What I've learned is that for transpeople, gender identity is gender and identity. It's not just about gender, but also about their identity as a person. As a being. And questioning it can happen when you're a kid, when you reach puberty, or when you're a 40 year old working for some local arcade and have a family, or... it can never happen. Maybe everything will always just fit out of sync or a bit odd. For some, the disturbance in their identity might mean their life as they know it is unbearable, while to others, it's "fine, everything is fine," at least for while, and yet, for others, it's just a minor annoyance. From that perspective, in a sense, we are all trans beings - somewhere on the spectrum between two absolutes that were never meant to be absolutes. The binary of gender is illusion. And while I'm personally comfortable with my gender (or I think I do? Hmm), it doesn't mean I don't question my identity, and part of my identity is my gender, which means I'm not comfortable with my gender...?
That's the sort of whirlpool of though I'm in right now, and that's just one layer of this movie, which is why I should watch it again at some point. Good stuff.
Yeah… I don’t think I’m going anywhere.
Not much to say today, so I went to my old blog to grab an old post and bring it here. The merge I’m talking about is still, in many ways, incomplete, and that desire to write documents has not diminished.
Going out quickly before the snow buries us here in NYC. How much does a shoe cobbler charge to fix a heel of a flat shoe where you live?