BlogFlockWhen you act, strange things happen. Yesterday I wrote Religion and theology in light of the Greek gods and now I have the chance to meet relevant people.
This Sunday I will join a group of Greek polytheists (ethnic Greek religion) from Cyprus in a rite related to Dioskouri at…
I must be in a funk because I plugged the Mac Mini back in and I'm typing on it now. I just didn't feel like thinking about the computer and macOS does a better job of being an appliance when I need one. The Linux machine is…
A friend of mine told me about this CNN article which covers the religious practices of a polytheistic group in Athens. These people say worshiping ancient Greek gods is a route to modern happiness. There are many such groups, including in Cyprus where I live. The news story gives…
The eleventh episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out:
In Episode 11, I chat with flaMEd, the author of flamedfury.com about, among other things, web communities around games and television shows, sharing music interests with a personal website, community in the indie web, and more.
I hope…
As I mentioned in my IndieWeb Book Club post, I first read Fromm’s book more than 20 years ago. I was in my early high school years when I stumbled upon his work and was immediately intrigued by his way of looking at the world. The fact that he…
What follows is a lengthy comment on the unscrupulous interests that benefit from the endless war in Ukraine as well as a critique of certain narratives about masculinity.
Writing for UnHerd, Marta Havryshko comments on Why Ukrainian liberals love conscription.
The process is brutally simple. Draft officers, often…
I don't know why I bother trying other tools. I'm just going to end up back in Emacs, anyway.
I was really looking forward to "The Hawk". I usually get a kick out of Will Ferrell. Not this time, I'm afraid. I don't mind if a show is silly, but it also needs to be funny. This is not funny. The problem is that the actors, especially Ferrell and…
In this ~22-minute video I explain how Emacs performs completion in a buffer. I cover what happens behind the scenes with the variable completion-at-point-functions. Then I also go to the frontends, which affects the modalities of interaction. I cover t built-in Completions buffer, the packages Corfu and Company, and the…
My personal IndieWeb site. I write about and develop software to promote user autonomy. Topics include accessibility, security, privacy, and software freedom.
A collection of random thoughts about tech, life, design and pretty much everything else I find interesting.
Master feed with all updates