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After spending way too much time in the 100℉ heat…

This post by @mellymeldubs on Bluesky about favorite and least favorite file formats is fun. (via “If HEIC has no haters I’m dead.” – Unsung)

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Favorite: .org

Least favorite: .heic

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I've been cleaning up my Emacs config over the past couple of days.

Capture templates are now consistent and sane. My inbox is explicit and forces review. Org-agenda files are calculated based on timestamps via org-mem. Claude added an org-node-dblocks function (mimicking denote) so I can embed org-node queries into…

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There's a photo in my library from years ago showing my computer running AIM. A wave of nostalgia washed over me, as expected.

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