birv2

birv2, 5 days ago to emacs

Whoa. I feel like I've just arrived. My blog post on my #emacs learning in public adventures (https://bob-irving.com/117-2/) was reposted by @sachac ! I've been following her weekly emacs updates and found myself there. Like I said, whoa!

It's nice to be part of a pretty technical community that supports stumbling bumbling n00bs like me.

birv2, 5 days ago to random

Looking for recos for Linux screencasting software for uploading to YT. This might be one of the last things I'll actually need Windows for. I currently use ScreenPal (formerly Screencastomatic). It's simple enough for me, but they don't have a linux version.

And I know OBS is awesome and everything, but I like simple a lot better than awesome.

birv2, 5 days ago to logitech

Since I'm always the first to get upset at crappy customer service, I'd like to send a shoutout to #logitech for working with me to enable my MX Keys keyboard so that it works in my dual boot situation. I love the keyboard but basically gave up on it since I couldn't use it to dual boot. It wouldn't detect bluetooth until boot, so I had to use 2 keyboards to navigate the situation. All working now! So thanks to logitech support for sticking with me until the issue was solved.

birv2, 8 days ago to linuxmint

Taking my new (to me) ThinkPad 450 out for its first stroll. Using it while waiting for the car to be serviced. #linuxmint, #firefox, #emacs, all working like a charm. Keyboard and touchpad are almost perfect, battery life is super long. Screen is a little dim but hey. For under $100US I'm not complaining. This is exactly why I got it and set it up with linux, etc. Oh, also doing some journaling with #orgmode and it seems to be syncing to my home computer with #syncthing. Just about perfect!

birv2, 9 days ago to emacs

Installed #syncthing on my 2 linux machines last night. Seems to be working so far, though I haven't yet figured out exactly how it all works -- what syncs with what, how often, etc. But they can see each other and share.

Next is trying to get it going on my Win10 machine. For some reason, that makes me nervous! But if I can get all 3 synced, and #emacs working on all of them, I'll be pretty jazzed.

birv2, 10 days ago to buddhism

‘The sutras say, ‘‘People should realise that the buddha-nature is something they have always had’’.’

Bodhidharma

#buddhism

birv2, 13 days ago to random

Anybody ever get #libreoffice connecting to Google Drive recently? AFAF

birv2, 15 days ago to emacs

I'm finding some really interesting blogs out there, and am reminded of the early days of the internet, when it wasn't all monetized and people just wrote about stuff they were interested in for fun. And I had an RSS feeder and got updates when people posted stuff. Plus blogrolls.

So I'm sure there's a way to do this now in #emacs, right? Can someone point me in the right direction? I've heard about elfeed but don't know anything about it.

Thanks, good people of Mastodon.

birv2, 15 days ago to orgmode

So excited that I was able to write a blog post in #orgmode #emacs and publish it to my #classicpress blog from within orgmode! The new post ain't much to look at, and there's no content to speak of. Just a proof of concept. And it proofed!

Thanks, #org2blog!
https://bob-irving.com/hello-buffer/

birv2, 19 days ago to linuxmint

Also found and downloaded for #linuxmint a bunch of #roguelikes -- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, NetHack, Brogue, and Angband. Woohoo!

birv2, 27 days ago to thinkpad

Looking forward to setting up my used #thinkpad with #linuxmint next week. Looking for recos for easy syncing, mainly for my #emacs and #orgmode stuff. What have you used that you could recommend? I do have GDrive working well on my Windows machines, so could go that route,, though not familiar with how to do that on linux. Thanks!

birv2, 28 days ago to orgmode

I'm a noob to #orgmode and loving it. Just wondering how many other "platforms" accept or translate .org files? Or will I usually have to change formats if using a file elsewhere? #emacs