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Technology

My Experience With Org-Mode Column View

Isn’t it funny how sometimes you find a piece of software that you look at, think “Ehh, I don’t really like this”, and then it comes back several months later as a core part of your life management? I think it is.


PolyamorOSS - Google Calendar Alternatives

While the overlap from polyamory to FOSS may not be huge, I’m sure at least some of you out there want something that isn’t Google, right? A lot of people every year are hearing about why you probably shouldn’t use most products from big tech companies. While it’s not always feasible to make the jump with, say, social applications (good luck convincing everyone you know to hop ship from Discord to XMPP), this is something that’s perfectly feasible while still maintaining most functionality. If you can get a little cooperation from the people you’re sharing with, you can even maintain full functionality!


Emacs Tutorial - Part 1

My attempt at explaining emacs to someone who barely knows what a computer is.


Building a Mechanical Keyboard

So I made a keyboard

If y’all follow me on the fediverse, you’ll have seen a couple of posts I made about making a split keyboard. It’s been finished, as shown in this image:


emacs

My emacs configuration


fish

My config for the Friendly Interactive SHell


sway

My sway configuration. I don’t use sway as of 2025-04