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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This is about a new package of mine: institution-calendar. It is not going to be available on GNU ELPA. Users will have to install it from source (code for this is further below). The reason is that the predecossor to this package, oxford-calendar, was not accepted:...
This is an entry from my journal. I comment on how I do not try to control people’s impression of me. Yesterday morning two labourers came to work at the neighbouring vineyard. Their task was to prune the grapevines. I had to bring the puppies indoors because they are still too eager to defend their territory. The...
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics. If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour, check my ef-themes package. For something in-between, which I would consider...
In this near-3-hour video I talk to Eric Frederickson about a broad range of issues that can be summed up under the theme of “cosmic consistency”. We start with a discussion about Eric’s endeavours with software development. I ask about Eric’s experience with free software and open source contributions, which makes...
In this near-3-hour video I talk to Eric Frederickson about a broad range of issues that can be summed up under the theme of “cosmic consistency”. We start with a discussion about Eric’s endeavours with software development. I ask about Eric’s experience with free software and open source contributions, which makes...
I just saw your selfie after you cut your own hair[1]. Even though I live in the city and have a barber, cutting my own hair has been always in the back of my mind, something I am “pining for” (lack of a better phrase). Do you have any tips for cutting your own hair? Would you consider writing a blog post on this? I...
I have added two new themes to my minimalist doric-themes package. The collection is growing to cover styles that range from austere to playful. doric-jade is a light theme with an emphais on green. doric-copper is a dark theme with mostly orange accents and hints of patina. Both themes retain the Doric quality of...
beframe enables a frame-oriented Emacs workflow where each frame has access only to the list of buffers visited therein. In the interest of brevity, we call buffers that belong to frames “beframed”. Package name (GNU ELPA): beframe Official manual: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/beframe Change log:...
For this entry in the series I pick a banger of a hit from the Blé (Μπλε) band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx33Ef57iJc. This is the best version of the song I have found online. The audio quality is top notch and the performance is passionate. Below are the original lyrics in Greek, my faithful translation, and...
For this interpretation I have picked one of the many brilliant hits from the collection of the Pyx Lax band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhVp03i1fjI. The rhythm is upbeat, the words are thought-provoking, and the vibes are strong. Below are the lyrics, my translation of them, and further comments on what all...
For this interpretation I have picked a well-known song performed by Christos Thivaios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WupPl4kX1_s. I am not another consists of the lyrics of Manos Eleftheriou, a major figure in the scene, and the composition of Thanos Mikroutsikos, another highly influential person in contemporary...
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