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jtr, to emacs
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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

sachac,
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jtr, to photoshop
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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.

jtr, to emacs
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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?

howard,
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@jtr Here's my configuration for for
https://howardabrams.com/hamacs/ha-feed-reader.html#org77720a9

My feeds are located later in that file under the section with the tag :elfeed:

https://github.com/howardabrams/hamacs/blob/main/ha-feed-reader.org#L93

jtr, to random
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Love me some hot sauce 🔥

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

joel,
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@jtr lol you like to be mistreated

jtr,
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@joel gives me a reason to keep being grumpy :D

jtr, to random
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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/

ctietze,
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@jtr I get PTSD thinking of Commander Keen. I wasn't good at it as a kid, I still suck as an adult :)

jtr, to edge
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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

mykhaylo,
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@jtr why edge over arc?

jtr,
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@mykhaylo I get this tickle that they're not going to be around for much longer.

Because it's hard to export bookmarks out (because of the unique way arc deals with those) I need to kind of start fresh, so I need more time.

Also, arc is the "official" one for work, and since I do a lot of writing for work, might as well see it there.

jtr, to random
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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

martinpeck,
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@jtr Go into the Watch app (on iPhone) and looks for "Wallet & Apple Pay" and then look for the Express Travel Card

jtr,
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@martinpeck @farcaller well well, look at that.

Mastodon support is better than Apple support 👍🏻

jtr, to random
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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.

adamsdesk,
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@jtr That's really too bad as I feel technical writing is very important more than ever.

jtr, to random
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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, to random
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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

adamsdesk,
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@jtr Wow that is a beautiful flower and photo.

jtr, to emacs
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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

sachac,
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@jtr https://taonaw.com/2024/03/29/ive-been-following.html does not appear to be included in https://taonaw.com/categories/emacs-org-mode/feed.xml , but I'm sure you'll get that sorted out at some point!

jtr, to emacs
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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)

ctietze,
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@jtr do you remember what kind of problem/error/failure you got? I recall some string-p stuff in the minibuffer somewhere

jtr, to emacs
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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

jtr, to CSS
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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

mykhaylo,
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@jtr the date is barely readable

mykhaylo,
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