jtr

jtr, 9 days ago to emacs

I've updated my Microsoft Edge notes after working with it for a couple of weeks. If you use Office 365 for work like I do, here's a tip: Maximize (but don't go full screen!) when working with Edge. Read more in the full article linked above.

For Emacs org-mode users, two tips in two new notes: linking to other org-mode headers and plain lists to checklists in org-mode.

https://taonaw.com/2024/05/22/ive-updated-my.html

#emacs #orgmode #edge #office365

jtr, 25 days ago to photoshop

Photoshop has excellent selection tools that leave Gimp in the dust for me. I wonder what other free photoshop-replacements are out there (foss even better)?

Specifically needed for selecting objects, like trees and pets and people, and put into other photos.

#photoshop #photography #graphicdesign #foss

jtr, 1 month ago to emacs

Scratching my head at an Emacs issue: Elfeed-org doesn’t seem to load my feeds. I’m not sure why, everything looks OK. I have my feeds.org and I have the path defined in rmh-elfeed-org-files and it does show the value it’s supposed to have.

Does anyone have a working config I can look at?

#emacs #elfeed #rss

jtr, 1 month ago to random

Love me some hot sauce 🔥

jtr, 1 month ago to random

You know what. This is not a bad way to ask for tips. I’m enjoying this.

jtr, 1 month ago to random

Commander Keen is on Steam, and I didn’t know?! Hold my beer! Backlog shmaglog, this is one classic sonofamitch that needs replaying.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/9180/Commander_Keen/

jtr, 1 month ago to edge

Getting used to Edge again means trying to duplicate some of the productivity tricks Arc gave me.
Having a collection of work-related tabs in one accent color is nice, and being able to customize their icons and rename them is also important. Here’s what I have so far. https://gitlab.com/taonaw/taonah/-/blob/master/public/20240416T085958--customizing-edge__microsoft.org?ref_type=heads&blame=1

#edge #microsoft #workflow #technicalwriting

jtr, 1 month ago to random

Apple Watch newbie question: Do I have to press the side button twice before I pay to go into transit, or is there an option without it? On the iPhone, you can

jtr, 1 month ago to random

Just discovered my old college stopped offering the technical writing program. I understand where they’re coming from (it was always a hard program to market), but at the same time, it sucks. There’s too little understanding of technical writing, especially during the age of AI.

jtr, 1 month ago to random

I might have a flashy MacBook Pro for work and a Desktop with Windows installed to play the latest and greatest. But Linux feels like home. It’s the one place where I feel I can really do whatever I want, however I want. Everything else is an extended loan.

Morning thoughts over coffee

jtr, 1 month ago to random

An older photo from the archive of a… Hyacinth? Did I get that right? Right here at a nearby park

April Photo 📷 Challenge 2: Flowers

jtr, 2 months ago to emacs

As this is yet another Emacs org-mode update, and several people comments on those, I created Emacs org-mode category on my blog with its own dedicated RSS feed:
https://taonaw.com/categories/emacs-org-mode/feed.xml

This post should be on it as a test.
Emacs org-mode category: https://taonaw.com/2024/03/29/ive-been-following.html

#emacs #orgmode

jtr, 2 months ago to emacs

I've just updated my emacs configuration to include an important fix for org-refile.

In case you've adopted Vertico and Orderless (like I did) and org-refile stopped working for you, and you don't know why... this is for you.

This is also in Vertico's documentation. https://github.com/minad/vertico?tab=readme-ov-file#org-refile

(credit in finding this issue goes to Prot)

#emacs #orgmode

jtr, 2 months ago to emacs

Updating my Emacs settings file. As this is now in an org file, it’s so easy to write comments there. It helps since comments on the blog get lost over time. If you’re an Emacs nutcase, let me know what you think 😬

https://gitlab.com/taonaw/taonah/-/blob/master/public/emacs_settings.org

#emacs

jtr, 3 months ago to CSS

Cleaned up my CSS a bit and added more comments to illustrate what I’ve done with TinyTheme. Feel free to borrow ideas! This is an ongoing fun:

https://taonaw.com/2024/02/24/cleaned-up-my.html

#css #blogging #design

jtr, 3 months ago to Battlemaps

Snow at the shore

#beach #Snow #photography #sea

jtr, 3 months ago to emacs

I just watched Prot’s excellent video about abrrevs, and I feel my “Emacs IQ” has expanded a bit.

Here are the notes from my settings:

https://taonaw.com/2024/02/10/emacs-abbrevs-hacks.html

#emacs #prot

jtr, 3 months ago to random

It's time for a ask-a-human question:

I like me some metal drawers I saw, but I want one of them with a lock. No alternatives of this side with a lock can be found.

Who can install a lock for me? Where do I find them? What would be the average cost of that? Also, anyone with experience?

Thanks!

#askahuman
don't #letmegooglethat please, #googlesucks

jtr, 3 months ago to random

No, it’s not like Slack. Or Teams. And please don’t tell me it’s like IRC.

Discord makes me feel old in a way I don’t like. Most of the people I share common interests with use it all day every day, but to me, it’s just a lot of chaotic noise. I can’t make sense of it.

jtr, 3 months ago to emacs

A couple of Emacs notes for options:

In preparation for adjusting my Emacs' settings, I added a couple of quick elisp functions I mashed together.

The below is taking directly from my emacs-settings.org file, with these explanations.

For now, they are all commented out. I'm saving them as notes and plan to use them soon:

https://taonaw.com/2024/02/07/a-couple-of.html

#emacs

jtr, 4 months ago to random

Good morning

jtr, 4 months ago to Sleeping

Sometimes I can’t sleep. Or rather, I can’t go back to sleep. This has been a constant theme in my life for a couple of years, and this morning, I realized it’s a problem I need to address.

Some of my rants covering what I've done instead of sleeping earlier in the morning:

https://taonaw.com/2024/01/23/sometimes-i-cant.html

#sleep #insomnia #health

jtr, 4 months ago to random

I’m the proud owner of several cute owl logos for my site and wiki, thanks to Andy. The question now is, can I display one image for the microblog timeline (my current one), but a different one as my blog’s logo? @help https://andycarolan.com

jtr, 4 months ago to stocks

Morning thought: can we make stock selling illegal for certain public companies that have their customers' lives at stake, like, say, Boeing?

Think of it: the average Joe down the street from you who has stocks in the company has more deciding power regarding the airplane that’s going to fly you to your vacation next month than the engineers who built it.

#stocks #Boeing #Boeing737Max #capitalism

jtr, 4 months ago to emacs

Less org-mode, more Outlook? Why!?

I still love org-mode, and I still use it every day. I just realized there's one more area it doesn't work well for me.

#emacs #orgmode #outlook

https://taonaw.com/2024/01/03/less-orgmode-more.html