Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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I am developing four new themes for my doric-themes package: doric-almond (light) doric-coral (light) doric-magma (dark) doric-walnut (dark) Each of them has its own character, while they all retain the minimalist Doric style. Below are some screenshots. Remember that these themes use few colours, relying on...
This is an excerpt from my journal. A few people have sent me a message asking how I am doing given the crisis in the Middle East. Cyprus is providing strategic depth to the Western forces. The military bases of the United Kingdom in Cyprus are assets of the war effort and, thus, prime targets for an attack. The...
I had a ~2-hour chat with Joshua Blais, a fellow Emacs user, over at the @JoshuaBlais YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBlais. We covered Emacs at length and also talked about general life issues. The first topic we cover is how to place constraints on yourself in order to avoid backsliding into bad...
"Stay indoors" they say and "avoid the windows" Cower, then, in the dark drink poison from your fear as you regret all the times you did not stand up for honour To live in freedom for a day to mix my sweat with this land that I would not trade for an eternity in their comforts
This is an entry from my journal. I describe how boredom works and why it helps to be honest with our feelings. My dogs understand all the verbal and non-verbal cues that signify “I am done with the computer for now”. I had a meeting until 21:00 this night. As soon as I said “goodbye”, the dogs raised their head and...
This is an entry from my journal. The conflagration in the Middle East threatens to pull Cyprus into the conflict. The Republic of Cyprus is not directly involved in the hostilities. Though the island has two “sovereign” military bases of the United Kingdom, at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The bases can be used by the...
In this 30-minute video I show some of the work I am doing at the back side of my land. I need to collect soil for some infrastructure project. To do this, I must first tear down a small side of the mountain. Then I can collect the soil using the shovel and the handcart to move it where it needs to be. This is a...
The war of the United States of America and Israel against Iran is yet another case of power that runs unchecked within its sphere of influence. America has the privilege to operate with impunity in many parts of the world because there is no authority that will impose penalties. What unfolded in Venezuela...
For this entry I have picked a beloved old song from the now-defunct band Ta Xylina Spathia (Τα Ξύλινα Σπαθιά): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aytFh3B_Ex0. Though I prefer this other version, which is performed live by Pavlos Pavlides and the accompanying musicians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zky0jeGhZaM....
This is a portrait of me by Ro, which was done live during our “Prot Asks” meeting: Prot Asks: Ro about programmatic thinking, political discourse, and self-discovery through art. It is available under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Thanks to Ro for sharing this with me and for granting me the permission...
UPDATE 2026-02-23 08:34 +0200: The portrait is available here: https://protesilaos.com/selfies/2026-02-23-prot-portrait-by-ro/. In this ~3-hour video I talk with Ro about a wide variety of topics that cover programming, politics, lifestyle, and art. We start by learning about Ro’s work as a software engineer for...
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