Listening to Bob Marley on vinyl.
There’s something about dropping the needle and flipping the LP when the side is over. You own the medium. Nobody knows you are listening . It’s analog. You’re playing a collection of songs from one artist (maybe not all great) in the order chosen by the artist
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This is an excerpt from an entry I wrote for a family newsletter this week. On the way back from Boston, we visited the...I had not tried shell inside #emacs for a while. File name completion works now. Time for another look.
You should always second guess yourself if you have to do something outside emacs.
All’s quiet on the western front.
A man of many stratagems
I Finished reading: The Odyssey by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) 📚 This translation listens very well in modern eng...I don't /have/ to organize my gear anymore
After 18 years of obsessively maintaining my backpacking “kit” I’m allowing some entropy to creep in. ...Odysseus and Emacs
I’ve started a listen-through of Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey on Audible. The introduction alon...Emacs Carnival, December 2025 - "The People of Emacs"
Emacs Carnival, December 2025 - “The People of Emacs” This is a writing prompt for Emacs Carnival for Decemb...It's Fall. Time to clean up my emacs clutter.
Emacs Workflow Maintenance (or Abandonment) Amid Chaos The moral of the story: don’t declare emacs bankruptcy in t...The path to a world without hold music.
I recently faced frustration while trying to get clarity on my insurance coverage. I discovered a solution that spares m...Happy 4192 day.
September 11, 1985 at Rivverfront stadium in Cincinnati.
Finished reading: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 📚
Worth reading. Not light . Will make you re-think many things about how you view the world, people, etc.
I finished my 18 year 2190 mile project of hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Is it finally time to get rid of my RS232 crossover connector?
Google's AI/Storage bait and switch. What could go wrong?
** The problem I fell for the bait. In I clicked on the “free” “Try Gemini in Gmail” option. Goo...If you like Hollywood action movies, I recommend “F1”. Constant action. Enough of a plot. Some parts really play well on “the big screen”.
Day 30: solitude. A beautiful morning alone atop Mt Everett in Massachusetts.
Day 29: winding. More than enough rope to hang a bear bag.
Day 29: winding. This singer sewing machine aboard the “Fram” in Oslo reminds me of a very similar model my grandmother had. There was lots of winding and unwinding of spools of thread.
Day 28: ephemeral. This post will last until mic ro.blog goes away.
Day 27: collective: Peace is a collective effort.
Day 26: bridge. Building a bridge at Caroline furnace with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. Cedar logs smell very nice when cut.
Day 25: decay. Forum Romanum. Nihil in aeturnum manet.
Day 24: bloom. One of the prettiest flower arrangements we’ve gotten in a while.
Day 23: fracture. A model of the Norwegian polar exploration ship “Fram” amid much fractured ice.
