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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Since version 4.0.0 of my modus-themes, users can override the palette of one or all the themes. They can change the applicable colours and how those are mapped to semantic elements. For example, “heading level 1” will apply to Org, Markdown, Info, and anything else that defines a relevant face. In principle, Modus...
This is an entry from my journal. It is early Autumn now. Average day temperatures in Cyprus still hover above 25 degrees Celsius. The mountains are always cooler, especially at night. Even during the peak Summer days, one needs extra clothing post midnight. More so during the colder months. The drought continues...
The ef-themes are a collection of light and dark themes for GNU Emacs that provide colourful (“pretty”) yet legible options for users who want something with a bit more flair than the modus-themes (also designed by me). Package name (GNU ELPA): ef-themes Official manual: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/ef-themes...
As I wrote in a recent entry, the forthcoming version 4.1.0 of Denote will provide the option to define custom identifier schemes. Here I explain one of the examples I have included in the manual, specifically, the idea of recording the day of the week as part of the date+time stamp. Monday is A, Tuesday is B, and...
In this video I talk to Ekaitz Zárraga, a free software engineer and contributor to the Guix project, among others. I start by asking a few basic questions about the background of Ekaitz and the way to becomig a Guix contributor. We then talk in-depth about the work the Guix project does to ensure that software is...
UPDATE 2025-09-25 13:51 +0300: The original used “words..in bottles” and I have now changed it to “letters…in bottles”. Continue to put letters in bottles and toss them to the waves until years later on second read you realise your messages were being sent
I get asked the titular question every time I pass with my dogs through the streets of the nearby village. Ever since I started walking the puppies, I try to frequent the built up areas to expose the young ones to people, noises, smells, and visuals that are not familiar to them. Dogs need to be socialised to...
Here waits I at the point we meet except like poppies in Autumn I am out of place again
In this 27-minute video, I elaborate on the most important quality of the philosopher: patience. I use the example of walking as one of the best ways each of us can practice the skill of being patient. Walking is nice because it is a commitment we cannot renege on midway: we simply have to finish it properly. It...
Despite all happenstance I keep finding the sequence of events that brings me to you
There are a lot of developments happening in denote and the various other extensions for it that I maintain. I will share more details in the release notes, hopefully before the end of this month. Just to give you a forewarning about a potentially massive boost for advanced users or developers: the ability to...
The inner critic is that voice of ours that reminds us of the standards we set for ourselves. Those may be of our own making or forced upon us by the role we assume in society. Whatever their origin, standards serve a normative function: to judge what we have against what we ought to have. Having such a critic is a...
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