In case you don’t know, it’s very hot 🔥.
Yesterday, I went to see The Muppets Take Manhattan at the Museum of the Moving Image. The Muppets are ageless and always relatable, as were the people who came to the viewing - all ages, colors, and sizes - just like the muppets themsleves.
As Pete said, “We’re all just people.”
Trying to improve my workflow with Outlook and Emacs… and getting a headache. Nothing. My workplace blocks any third-party syncing options with Outlook, so I’m unable to set up email inside Emacs. Outlook doesn’t even generate links to an email (without API, which I have no access to)
28 Days Later, 2002 - ★★
I wanted to watch this again before its sequel, 28 years later - and then I found out there's also 28 Weeks Later. Seems like I have work to do.
28 Days Later sets us up with our usual blend of zombie apocalypse with its own little twists; there's nothing too original that we haven't seen before, one way or another. What is a bit different is that this movie is not about the zombi.. err, infected, as much as it's about human nature and violence.
Toward the end, there's a bit lord of the Flies kind of thing going on, but with grown men instead of.. You know what? Scratch that, they're nothing more than children with guns. This is also the point where the protagonist goes through some near death experience that tranfsform him into a lean mean killing machine who can take on the soliders and the infected and save his girlfriend who up to that point was a doing fine kicking ass on her own, but you know, her hero is around so now she's poor and helpless and can't do anything. They even got her a dress and all. That's where the movie went from 3 - 3.5 for me to a mere two stars.
Not sure if I want to watch the next one, hopefully it's not the same formula again.
micro.blog is one of the few places I know where not all the blogs are made by web developers or IT folks. Not that I have anything against IT folks (I am one myself) - I just wish more people would feel comfortable having their own website. I feel like it’s almost like having a driving license.
I haven’t used this coffee ☕️ beaker in a while. Very fitting when I’m writing about org-mode experiments.
Adjusting my org-mode workflow
I decided I don’t want to keep my meeting notes in Journelly after all. Meanwhile, trying to figure out a way to convert Outlook emails into org-mode projects.
I was trying to summarize some of the things I like about Orion on macOS, but there’s a lot I’m still learning. All in all, it’s growing on me. Here are some of the highlights:
- Dark mode for individual websites is nice, especially when the rest of the windows are dark
- Compatibility mode is a quick way to lift ad blockers and disable extensions for websites that don’t work with those
- Vertical tabs.
- Links from the page you’re on show under it as sub-tabs.
- You can organize tabs into workspaces for individual projects
- Tabs can also be auto-hidden
- Extensions from Chrome and Firefox allow me extra privacy and tweaking.
Worries
I’m voicing some of my worries about the current situation in the US and Israel. This is a political post, so stay away from it if you don’t want to deal with it.
Been meaning to write some opinions about Orion for macOS, but I’m running out of time. In the meantime, does anyone use Orion on iOS and know how to turn on reader mode there? It’s very handy on Safari.