• I finally finished the migration from 'main' to 'master' for the Agora root, belatedly :)
• I had a great day on [[2025-12-13]] with [[KM]] and [[Lady Burup]]. Thank you!
• New Agora signup! Welcome [[@matthieuG]] :)

• A lovely Saturday with [[KM]] and [[Lady Burup]] at home. Relaxing and interesting. With [[KM]] we did a nice walk in Zürich in the cold weather, knowing it will just keep getting colder.
• The week was pretty brutal at work (3x presentations, 2x reviews, plus planning and some ad hoc meetingsd) -- it feels great now that it's in the past though. I feel I 'survived' the last tricky week of the work year; things should quiet down from now on as people start going into holidays mode.

2025-12-07

• Christmas 10k run 2025.
  • Completed!
  • My [[Christmas 10k run playlist]].

2025-12-03

• I should check out [[org-gtd]].
  • From a quick first glance, it looks like a formalised way of doing much of what I'm already doing.
  • So it could be quite useful.
  • I'm wary of two things though:
    • Might be too formalised? Perhaps you can easily customise / extend.
      • The README suggests it written for someone who doesn't want to be bothered with org-mode's complexities. Hmm.
    • I tie heavily into org-roam for project reference material. I wonder how org-gtd works with that aspect of GTD.
  • Definitely worth looking further.

• [[I sometimes feel]]:
  • as if I'm [[struck by lightning]]
  • as if I've caught fire
  • we will go together until the dark of night
  • (do you know what I mean…?)

--

Busy working and happy; I've been told I look tired at times but recently got some good sleep through the holidays and I feel with high energy levels.

2025-11-30

• [[Emacs Carnival: org-babel]]

• [[albricias]]

2025-11-22

[[Digital colonialism]] is the use of digital technology for political, economic, and social domination of another sovereign country or people

– [[Digital Degrowth: Technology in the Age of Survival]]

2025-11-21

• Christmas Pudding 10k.
  • I ran 7k in 43 minutes last night.
  • Playlist
    • Beach House – Myth
    • Proem – She Never Cries
    • Closer Musik – Piraten
    • Vessels – Glass Lake
    • Frog Pocket – Hurrah Sapphire Moon
    • Sieren – Blue Memories
    • The The – This Is the Day
    • Maps – Heya Yaha

• [[journals]] test
  • Now only accepting a hyphen as separator
  • Previous nodes didn't show because I was using an underscore as separator
  • Mystery solved!
• Trying out [[jujutsu]]
  • Seems like the workflow is more harmonious with agents than regular [[git]]
  • Also has a really cool name
• Made a buggy yet functional version of a [[event highlighting]] system for [[tidalcycles]] on [[emacs]]
  • The word functional doing a lot of heavy lifting there
• Also reading some [[kenzaburo oe]]
  • A quote of his taken from [[wikipedia]]¹ has a certain vibe

2025-11-11

• I'm enjoying my new approach to quick access to [[Emacs]] in my work environment.

  • Not quite as intuitive or fun as using [[Guake]], but having GUI Emacs feel like an improvement.
  • I like running the terminal version of Emacs but felt like missing out on a few too many niceties that way.
  • Interesting to observe that other people either take a 'one frame to rule them all' or multiple frames approach.
  • I've currently gone for one frame, using [[Spacemacs]] layouts to switch between different contexts. I'll see how that pans out.
  • [[Updating my approach to window management and Emacs]]

• Hmm, interesting, whatever slowness I was experiencing regarding [[org-agenda]] rebuilding seems to have gone away with the switch back to using the GUI Emacs.

  • Or maybe it's because I'm just running one instance again?
  • Either way, but for that to have gone away.

• Sometimes, because I had separate multiple frames, I'd end up editing the same file in two separate frames and get conflicts around changes to the file.

  • Particular when using org-capture to add to my Tasks.org file, then editing that in another frame.
  • Avoiding this issue is a handy perk of using one frame with layouts - all the buffers are present in all layouts (I assume?), just hidden from view.
  • Noting that probably this conflict would also be avoidable if running different frames from the same server instance of Emacs.

2025-11-10

• I'm kind of declaring org-agenda bankruptcy.
  • (In the sense of kind of starting over - not stopping using it!)
  • Removing scheduled and deadline dates from a whole load of accumulated tasks.
  • From a re-reading of GTD, experimenting with that only things that need to happen on an actual date should be scheduled.
  • This removes a large amount of psychic cruft of tasks that I haven't done for a long time reappearing regularly in my agenda.
  • I was just scattering them, which was kind of fun, but seeing them come back again in their tens is a bit daunting when planning a day out.
  • Of course I need to feel comfortable that I will see them again at some relevant point in the future. To be determined…
  • But for now - just working with NEXT actions on active projects.

2025-11-09

• I'm rekindling my relationship with Getting Things Done at the moment. Listening to Making It All Work.
  • Life is quite full on recently. I find GTD beneficial to getting some sense of control and perspective.
  • At the same time, I find the idea of 'personal productivity' kind of problematic. As a goal in itself, at least. It has neoliberal tones.
  • From that perspective, I like the notion of Four Thousand Weeks.
  • Maybe there's a happy medium.

2025-11-01

• The [[Emacs Carnival]] for November is on the topic of [[org-babel]].
  • I have some good stuff to talk about there.
  • I'll get started on the post earlier this time…

2025-10-31

• I managed to cobble together a post for the October [[Emacs carnival]]: [[Emacs Carnival: Praise the patchers]].

2025-10-30

• I foolishly ran pkg update in [[termux]]. Emacs went from 29 to 30. Now Doom won't start.
  • Will a doom sync fix it? Stay tuned…
  • Well what do you know, it seems fine so far!

• [[journals]] fix warrants celebratory noding
• Listening to [[the story of civilization]] by [[will durant]] via huge playlist
  • Learning history in that way feels very interesting
    • A compromise between encyclopedic knowledge and a more narrative style
  • It's also strange given the ways that I currently consume history are sort of wiki-based
  • Very huge undertaking to get through all of that
  • [[go]] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLax23j-7EInW5aUHMjTqQ3uzs5rE0WP64
• Still learning some [[tidalcycles]]
  • Trying to implement some event highlighting on [[emacs]]
    • Inspired by the [[neovim]] highlighting package
  • [[toplap]] manifesto in the docs has a great line¹

2025-10-29

• [[Emacs blog carnival: Maintenance]]

• Yesterday I implemented 'star nodes' and fixed a bunch of stuff in the Agora with Gemini and it felt great :)
  • I was able to do this in parallel while I kept working (day job related) into the end of night; I enjoy this pairing.
  • I use two different computers in two different desks and I walk to and fro, which helps a lot.
• Today it's day 1/2 of my team's global virtual summit (exploiting daylight savings [[chaos week]]); this brings an end to summit season, which has been intense!
• Plan to see [[KM]] after work :)

• I'm back to noding on this computer; and now I think about it, it's kind of curious I don't do it this often given that on workdays this is the computer I spent the most time on, by far!
  • By this I mean [[Guanyin]], one of my laptops, provided by [[Google]].

• [[KM]] :)
• Planning a trip to Italy!
• Also trying to advance today:
  • [[work]]
  • [[social.coop]]
  • [[agora]] development questions, like: how exactly to prioritize all the features and bug fixes I have backlogged with the ground level/key refactor between [[agora server]] and [[agora bridge]].
• Doing [[tab cleanup]] here in [[tara]] (my personal development computer) after a while, I thought (and posted) about [[gamification]].
• [[Macedonio Fernández]]

2025-10-26

• [[The electronic left]]
  • I enjoy this, as a term. Has a pleasingly 90s feel to it.
• Bookmarks
  • Technodiversity, permacomputing and anticapitalism | Critical Switch
    • [[Permacomputing]], [[Anti-capitalism]]

• [[79]]:
  • I was unsure what number I had associated [[Sadhana]] with, but today I saw it in the whiteboard.
  • It was the first prime that seemed "available" on a certain date :) And I think it still is; next up [[83]] is currently yours truly (as I was born on that year), then we only have [[89]], [[91]] and [[97]] left before the hundreds.
  • Before it, I thought [[37]] could be it as I currently associate it with [[Yoga]] which is also a [[spiritual practice]].
• I worked until late and enjoyed it.
• Attended an [[AI summit]] Tue-Thu and I enjoyed it quite a bit! Today I was a bit low energy as I slept only five hours (exceptional occasion) but overall the week was great so far. Actually looking forward to working tomorrow.
• [[KM]]
• [[Macedonio Fernández]]

• Learned about [[strudel]]
  • A very interesting music coding browser enviroment
  • Based on [[tidalcycles]] which itself is based on [[supercollider]]
    • Yet another reason to learn haskell for the greater good?
  • I like how visual it is! Seems perfect for [[algoraves]] and such
  • [[go]] https://strudel.cc/

• [[Moloch's bargain]]

• I'm back!
  • (says the guy who's back all the time...)
• My [[todo]] list for this 'long weekend':
  • Book hotel in [[Turkey]].
  • Order [[tea]].
  • Read [[El museo de la novela de la eterna]]
• [[97]]

• Most of what I write in the Agora nowadays seems to be [[poems]] :)
• Aside from that I've been mostly focusing on [[Agora development]] when I dedicate time to the #Agora directly.
• I have been enjoying the addition of AI to the developer's toolset, have been going through bug fixes and old wishlist items with much more speed. I am thankful for the opportunity.
• In other news I am happy with [[Lady Burup]] and [[KM]] and life in general!
• I have also been dedicating a large amount of time to work and trying to enjoy it, to more success than before.

• Go go
  • Go beyond
  • Everybody gone to the other shore
• Go free
  • Go kindly
  • If you have to #go, [[go kindly]]!

• Life is beautiful.
  • I am sorry for the oppressed at the same time I cherish highly my level of privilege and enjoyment; this much is true. What I do for them is probably inefficient and insufficient; I will try to do better.

As I write this on [[2025-09-27]] I am surrounded by happiness in the company of [[Lady Burup]] and [[KM]]. I am deeply thankful for what I get to live.

After work I usually code until late, with two AIs in two computers in two different desks, and play around the house with ~5 other computers and conscious beings.

• Had a beautiful weekend with [[KM]]!
• Went to [[PDL]]'s and [[Sabi]]'s birthday by the lake yesterday.
• [[Flancia meet]] with [[bouncepaw]]
  • [[John Wilkins]] sounds like [[John Forkings]] in Russian.
  • [[The Door Game]].

2025-09-16

• [[Notes on how I use org-mode for work and life]]

• [[KM]] :)
• Then work, which was fine.
• Then [[Fellowship of the Link]].
  • With [[Shawn Murphy]]!

• Been doing a lot of AI-assisted coding at work and after work and it's been great!
  • Even current-day AI adds a lot of value for coders. Like: a lot.

• Noding from work :)
• I spent the last few days:
  • With my mum, enjoying her last days in Zürich this year.
  • With [[KM]], in [[Copenhagen]] for the first time -- it was great!
  • Working, mostly catching up with procedural things but also doing some AI stuff.
  • Playing (after work), mostly coding the Agora with AI. It's a wonderful experience!

• Read about [[catharsis]]
  • Seems like there's literature suggesting catharsis as a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy
  • It makes sense within the context of online games
    • The timing of this uptick in literature is suspect however
    • It coincides with broader trends of violent game scapegoating
      • Contrasts with recent data
  • The original definition from the [[poetics]] is also fuzzy
    • [[gadamer]] has a nice summary¹ cited here
    • The only mention of catharsis in [[impro]] is within the status chapter²
      • It refers to the experience of the audience watching a tragedy
      • Seems more in line with the original definition than the broader venting one

• Oh wow.
• What's been happening.
• It's quite something.

I love you, my friend! You reader. I know you will be here eventually, and I thank you for your attention and for the way you are.

• Read [[azathoth]] by [[lovecraft]]
  • A very short and evocative prose poem
  • Supposed to be a fragment of a longer unfinished work
  • [[go]] https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/az.aspx
• Messing around more with [[gemini cli]]
  • Agents like it and [[aider]] are very interesting
    • Haven't tried [[codex]] and [[claude code]] due to region block
  • Feels like at the limit they can solve for most particulars in a brute way of sorts
  • You end up with unwieldly unreadable functions if not careful
  • Maybe the human input mostly requires considerations of design and architecture
    • Perhaps a useful free read in that vein would be something like this
• Also getting into [[the bazaar]]
  • Kinda like [[tft]]
  • Stuck on a theory reading loop as opposed to playing
    • Also do that with chess a lot!

• Had a great weekend with my mum and [[KM]] :)
• Missing [[Lady Burup]]! We will reunite tonight.
• Feeling quite productive at work, partly because of using AI and partly because of having handed off enough "legacy" state/projects to be able to focus on new things.

• I'm back!
  • Says the guy who's back all the time :)
  • I went to anagora.org/journals again today and it made me so happy, I love seeing the writing of others here in the Agora!
• Hmm, nvim is broken in [[guanyin]] somehow...
  • [[Sidequest]]?
    • I asked chatgpt 5 to try something new and it troubleshooted the issue for me and told me to add something to my init.lua but it hasn't worked so far.
    • Done :)
• So anyway...?
  • [[KM]] :)
  • [[EC]] :)
  • [[Burup]]:
    • mi [[Lady Burup]]!
    • clean the toilet
  • [[Agora]]:
    • thought about journals (see above)
    • thought of themes, see [[creme brulee]] and [[creme brulette]]
    • coding
    • autopull full text search and see what happens? (tm) -- found an interesting empty node that had text mentions but no noding, and the Agora was much more interesting after expanding it
  • [[Flancia]]:
    • [[The revolution for the benefit of sentient beings]]