| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Oct 22 |
Drawing trees |
drawing |
| Oct 20 |
2025-10-20 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Oct 15 |
Connecting ideas |
writing |
| Oct 13 |
2025-10-13 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Oct 8 |
Added multiple timezone support to casual-timezone-planner |
emacs |
| Oct 6 |
2025-10-06 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Oct 2 |
September 2025: school, playdates, coding, drawing |
monthly, review |
| Oct 1 |
Doodling icons in a grid |
drawing, emacs |
| Sep 30 |
Org Mode: calculating table sums using tag hierarchies |
org, elisp |
| Sep 29 |
2025-09-29 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Sep 24 |
Org Mode: a LaTeX letter that includes PDFs and hyperlinked page numbers |
org |
| Sep 23 |
Visual vocabulary practice - ABCs |
drawing |
| Sep 23 |
EmacsConf infrastructure upgrades |
emacsconf |
| Sep 22 |
Emacs: Cycle through different paragraph formats: all on one line, wrapped, max one sentence per line, one sentence per line |
emacs |
| Sep 22 |
2025-09-22 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Sep 21 |
Adding Org Mode link awesomeness elsewhere: my-org-insert-link-dwim |
emacs, org |
| Sep 18 |
Obscure Emacs package appreciation: backup-walker |
emacs |
| Sep 17 |
Getting a Google Docs draft ready for Mailchimp via Emacs and Org Mode |
emacs, org |
| Sep 15 |
2025-09-15 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Sep 14 |
Anchoring my thoughts with a sketch |
drawing, writing, blogging |
| Sep 13 |
Emacs and dom.el: quick notes on parsing HTML and turning DOMs back into HTML |
elisp |
| Sep 12 |
Coming back to my own time |
life, parenting, time |
| Sep 8 |
What do I want from gardening? |
gardening |
| Sep 8 |
Writing into the quiet |
blogging |
| Sep 8 |
2025-09-08 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Sep 5 |
Considering these monthly emoji summaries |
writing, visualization |
| Sep 5 |
Monthly review: August 2025 |
monthly, review |
| Sep 4 |
Considering the format of daily sketches |
drawing |
| Sep 1 |
2025-09-01 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Aug 31 |
Colours |
drawing |
| Aug 31 |
Nginx maps: How I redirect sketch IDs to blog posts or sketches |
geek, tech |
| Aug 31 |
Emacs elevator pitch: tinkerers unite |
emacs, community |
| Aug 25 |
2025-08-25 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Aug 22 |
Notes: Pottery wheel afternoon summer camp |
parenting |
| Aug 18 |
2025-08-18 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Aug 12 |
2025-08-11 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Aug 10 |
Turning 42; life as a 41-year-old |
yearly, review |
| Aug 4 |
2025-08-04 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Aug 3 |
Monthly review: July 2025 |
monthly, review |
| Jul 28 |
2025-07-28 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jul 26 |
My Emacs writing experience |
writing, emacs, org |
| Jul 23 |
Finding the shape of my thoughts |
emacs, org, writing |
| Jul 22 |
Using web searches and bookmarks to quickly link placeholders in Org Mode |
org, emacs |
| Jul 21 |
Finding my blog posts with consult-omni |
emacs |
| Jul 21 |
2025-07-21 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jul 14 |
2025-07-14 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jul 11 |
Emacs: Open URLs or search the web, plus browse-url-handlers |
emacs, org |
| Jul 7 |
2025-07-07 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jul 3 |
June 2025: playdates, splash pads, sewing, Stardew |
monthly, review |
| Jun 30 |
2025-06-30 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jun 23 |
2025-06-23 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jun 21 |
The wobble is not the obstacle, it's the way |
life, parenting |
| Jun 21 |
Thinking about time travel with the Emacs text editor, Org Mode, and backups |
emacs, org |
| Jun 20 |
Transforming HTML clipboard contents with Emacs to smooth out Mailchimp annoyances: dates, images, comments, colours |
emacs |
| Jun 18 |
Run source blocks in an Org Mode subtree by custom ID |
emacs, org |
| Jun 18 |
Using Org Mode, Emacs Lisp, and TRAMP to parse meetup calendar entries and generate a crontab |
org, emacs |
| Jun 16 |
2025-06-16 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jun 9 |
Making and re-making: fabric is tuition |
sewing, parenting, life |
| Jun 9 |
2025-06-09 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jun 2 |
2025-06-02 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jun 1 |
Monthly review: May 2025 |
monthly, review |
| May 31 |
Working on the plumbing in a small web community |
community, connecting, emacs, blogging |
| May 26 |
2025-05-26 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| May 23 |
Things I want to learn from Stardew Valley |
life, play, parenting |
| May 22 |
Having fun with words |
parenting, play |
| May 22 |
Creating sustainable futures in unsustainable times: Bicycles, justice, and resistance - Sabat Ismail, Cyprine Odada, Deepti Adlakha, Rachel Wang |
sketchnotes, biking, life |
| May 19 |
2025-05-19 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| May 12 |
Week ending May 9, 2025: E-mail newsletter, gardening |
review, weekly |
| May 12 |
2025-05-12 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| May 5 |
2025-05-05 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| May 3 |
Week ending May 2, 2025: Bike brigade, independence, pottery, visualization |
review, weekly |
| May 1 |
Mentoring |
teaching |
| May 1 |
April 2025: Minecraft, playdates, Bike Brigade |
monthly, review |
| May 1 |
Week ending April 25, 2025: playgrounds |
review, weekly |
| Apr 30 |
Looking at my time data from 2012 to 2025 |
quantified, time, life |
| Apr 28 |
2025-04-28 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Apr 21 |
2025-04-21 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Apr 19 |
Week ending April 18, 2025: gardening outside |
review, weekly |
| Apr 17 |
IndieWeb April 2025: Renewal |
parenting |
| Apr 16 |
Playfulness |
parenting, play |
| Apr 14 |
2025-04-14 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Apr 12 |
Week ending April 11, 2025: sidenotes, on this day, life |
review, weekly |
| Apr 11 |
A typical weekday |
life, parenting, time |
| Apr 10 |
My words will become her inner voice |
parenting |
| Apr 8 |
Cases of mangoes, coolers of freezies |
parenting, life |
| Apr 7 |
2025-04-07 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Apr 5 |
Week ending April 4, 2025: blog tweaks |
review, weekly |
| Apr 3 |
Adding subheadings and sketches to my blog page navigation |
11ty, blogging |
| Apr 3 |
Using Emacs Lisp to batch-demote HTML headings for my static site |
blogging, 11ty, emacs |
| Apr 1 |
Monthly review: March 2025: going on field trips; shifting from fretting to learning |
monthly, review |
| Mar 31 |
2025-03-31 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Mar 30 |
Moving 18 years of comments out of Disqus and into my 11ty static site |
11ty, blogging |
| Mar 29 |
Week ending March 28, 2025: mastodon.el tweaks, search, workflows |
review, weekly |
| Mar 29 |
Org Mode: Cutting the current list item (including nested lists) with a speed command |
emacs, org |
| Mar 27 |
Tweaking my 11ty blog to link to the Mastodon post defined in an Org Mode property |
11ty, mastodon, org |
| Mar 26 |
Feline feelings |
drawing, cat |
| Mar 26 |
mastodon.el: Copy toot content as Org Mode |
mastodon, org, emacs |
| Mar 26 |
mastodon.el: Collect handles in clipboard (Emacs kill ring) |
mastodon, emacs |
| Mar 24 |
2025-03-24 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Mar 23 |
mastodon.el: Copy toot URL after posting; also, copying just this post with 11ty |
mastodon, emacs, 11ty |
| Mar 23 |
On this day |
11ty, js |
| Mar 22 |
Stick figure out feelings |
drawing |
| Mar 22 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 21, 2025 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 21 |
Visual book notes: ADHD is Awesome - Penn and Kim Holderness (2024) |
visual-book-notes |
| Mar 20 |
Old-school blogger |
blogging, writing |
| Mar 19 |
Playing with chunk size when writing |
blogging, writing |
| Mar 19 |
Reading more blogs; Emacs Lisp: Listing blogs based on an OPML file |
emacs, blogging |
| Mar 17 |
Org Mode: Merge top-level items in an item list |
org |
| Mar 17 |
2025-03-17 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Mar 14 |
Remove open Org Mode clock entries |
emacs, org |
| Mar 10 |
2025-03-10 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Mar 6 |
Getting an Org link URL from a string; debugging regex groups |
elisp, org |
| Mar 5 |
Reflecting on my conscientiousness (or whatever the opposite is) |
reflection, life |
| Mar 3 |
2025-03-03 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Mar 2 |
Monthly review: February 2025 |
monthly, review |
| Feb 28 |
Two weeks with the iPad Air (+ SuperNote A5X and Lenovo P52) |
geek, tech, ipad |
| Feb 28 |
Letting A+ play with generative artificial intelligence for fiction, and a primer |
ai |
| Feb 25 |
Working with smaller chunks of thoughts; adding anchors to paragraphs in Org Mode HTML export |
org, js |
| Feb 24 |
2025-02-24 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Feb 21 |
Playing with sketching again |
art, drawing |
| Feb 20 |
Productive procrastination and parenting |
productivity, parenting |
| Feb 20 |
Using systemd to switch nginx configurations based on number of CPUs |
geek |
| Feb 17 |
2025-02-17 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Feb 15 |
AGO field trip #2: Moments in Modernism, landscapes |
art, painting |
| Feb 10 |
2025-02-10 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Feb 7 |
Sketching practice: Beaver, goose, squirrel, sparrow, flower, sheepdog and sheep |
drawing, art |
| Feb 5 |
Looking at landscapes; art and iteration |
art, supernote, learning, education |
| Feb 4 |
Lispy Gopher Show 2025-02-05: programming languages, history, blogging, and communities with screwtape, Ramin Honary, and me |
community |
| Feb 3 |
2025-02-03 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jan 30 |
Through blogging, we discover our thoughts and other people |
connecting, blogging, writing |
| Jan 30 |
Playing Minecraft parkour together |
minecraft |
| Jan 28 |
Improving subed-vtt parsing; using dedicated windows in Emacs; training my intuition |
emacs, subed |
| Jan 27 |
2025-01-27 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jan 23 |
Scaling a BigBlueButton server down to a 1 GB node between uses |
geek, tech, emacsconf, emacs |
| Jan 22 |
Controlling my Android phone by voice |
speech, android, speechtotext |
| Jan 21 |
Hyperlinking SVGs |
drawing, supernote, emacs |
| Jan 20 |
Revisiting wearable computing |
geek |
| Jan 20 |
2025-01-20 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jan 18 |
Organizing my sketches |
drawing, supernote |
| Jan 16 |
Minecraft tree orbs, tree farm upgrade |
minecraft |
| Jan 16 |
Changing planet.emacslife.com |
emacs |
| Jan 15 |
Learning more about looking ahead together |
parenting, planning |
| Jan 13 |
2025-01-13 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jan 12 |
Treemap visualization of an Org Mode file |
org, visualization |
| Jan 11 |
Automatically correcting phrasing and misrecognized words in speech-to-text captions by using a script |
speechtotext, subed, emacs |
| Jan 10 |
Org Babel, Mermaid JS, and fixing "Failed to launch the browser process" on Ubuntu 24 |
emacs, org |
| Jan 10 |
Monthly review: December 2024 |
monthly, review |
| Jan 9 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 8, 2025 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 9 |
#YayEmacs 9: Trimming/adding silences to get to a target; subed-record-sum-time |
audio, subed, yay-emacs, emacs, video |
| Jan 6 |
2025-01-06 Emacs news |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Jan 6 |
Yay Emacs 8: which-key-replacement-alist |
yay-emacs, emacs |
| Jan 5 |
A brief foray into Underdog, a realistic Minecraft modpack; returning to Total Animation |
minecraft |
| Jan 2 |
Using image-dired to browse the latest screenshots from multiple directories |
emacs, image, org, link |
| Jan 1 |
Cuberventures: Early game Create Mod |
minecraft |
| Jan 1 |
Editing videos with Emacs and subed-record.el |
emacs, subed, video |
