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I'm Sal, and this is my spot. I'm a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, and a job. Isn't that exciting?? I've had several blogs over the years and have enjoyed all of them. With each iteration, I lower my ambitions, take it less seriously, and try to have more fun. This one is another step in all of those directions, and I'm hoping it sticks around the longest. Disclaimer: I tend to write in short timeboxes and following the 70% rule. If a post seems shallow or half-baked ... yep!
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My Thinkpad arrived yesterday. :jazz-hands: I decided to go with Fedora i3 spin for my distro and desktop environment. I was trying to balance nerdiness and usability. Arch was calling me, and I may go there next. But I don’t know how much hacking time I’ll end up having on this thing, so I leaned toward a...
Nice post from Watts Martin today: Org Mode, Marked, and Workflows. I’ve been doing more writing in Org Mode lately, partially just as an experiment, and partially because—as I’ve noted more than once—the strength of Org Mode isn’t the markup part, it’s the mode part: properties and tags and dates and other bits and...
I keep seeing people talk about herdr, so against my better judgment, I searched up tmux vs. herdr. Search hit: Herdr: One terminal to rule them all (herdr.dev) on Hacker News. I wanted to mention that zmx is a beautiful piece of minimal software that basically has gotten rid of my tmux and zellij use. 🤨 Now...
I loved Kev’s latest post, It’s Never Too Late to Learn, for lots of reasons. It turned out that writing and learning are a lot of fun, and I was constantly looking for ways to practice my new found writing skills. I think that’s part of why I still love typing - I just find creating words on a screen a lot of fun....
First: Apple Passwords works really nicely. As it should, of course. I’m required to use Chrome at work, and the Apple Passwords integration is fine, but definitely clunky by comparison. Second: reader mode. And one of the cool things about reader mode, which I only just realized, is that it lets me impose dark mode...
When I recently whined about modal editing feeling clunky, I think I was being impatient, as I’ve been hitting Vim and Neovim pretty hard lately and have not been feeling that way. That’s also because I’m learning some more stuff and getting more efficient. Scenario: I’m dashing out a sentence, I typo something or...
I’ve been wanting a Linux laptop for a while now. I don’t need one, that’s for sure. I have an M2 MacBook Air, which is an objectively great laptop. I have an M2 iPad Pro that can handle some laptop duties and serve as a second display to my Air. I even have my dad’s old 2018-era MacBook Air that I finally got T2...
This just popped into my RSS reader: Alfred 6: Unlimited Possibilities. 🥹 I’m a Legendary Supporter, so I’ll get this upgrade for free, but I’m going to find some way to pay for it anyway. Even if it’s exactly the same as Alfred 5. I don’t care. I flippin’ love Alfred. I’ve been using it for at least a decade. I...
My wife did an Enneagram exercise recently, so I took a look. I’m pretty sure I’m some sort of Type 5. Among the growth recommendations for my type: Notice when you are getting intensely involved in projects that do not necessarily support your self-esteem, confidence, or life situation. It is possible to follow...
The kerfuffle, abbreviated: DHH appears to leaning pretty far to the right when it comes to … oh you know, white supremacy and stuff. Neat. There was a DHH quote on the Neovim website. Some people objected to it, and the lead Neovim maintainer didn’t take it well. I’m now seeing posts like these: tea’s Switching...
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