Protesilaos
Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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The ef-themes are a collection of light and dark themes for GNU Emacs that provide colourful (“pretty”) yet legible options for users who want something with a bit more flair than the modus-themes (also designed by me). Package name (GNU...
I write regularly. This helps me clear my thoughts. I understand myself better. Each time I expound on a given theme, I deepen all the mental paths that lead to it. This is exactly how it works in the physical world around us: the more...
TMR provides facilities for setting timers using a convenient notation. Lots of commands are available to operate on timers, while there also exists a tabulated view to display all timers in a nice grid. Package name (GNU ELPA): tmr...
This is an entry from my journal. It is about how I am inspired to always put my best self forward. Minutes past nine. I just returned home from my final walk of the day. The temperature is hovering around 0 ℃. There is some snow at the...
This is an excerpt from my journal. I comment on how exposure to nature helps me understand my place in the world. Winter is the most quiet time of the year here in my mountains. The ever-busy swallows left us a few months ago. I enjoy...
In this ~15-minute video I demonstrate a package of mine called tmr (pronounced as an acronym or as “timer”). It uses a simple notation to set the duration of a timer at the minibuffer prompt. Once the timer elapses, Emacs shows a...
This package renders an indicator with an email count of the notmuch index on the Emacs mode line. The underlying mechanism is that of notmuch-count(1), which is used to find the number of items that match the given search terms. In...
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics. If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour,...
This is an entry from my journal. I comment on how I interact with dogs and what I have learnt from them for life in general. I laugh at the thought that my dogs are polyglots. They communicate in the dog language, which consists of a...
The new battery for my solar panels gives me electricity around the clock. I am happy with it. I am also pleased with the planning and hard work I did to (i) have an admittedly imperfect place to stay, (ii) be able to generate income in...
To the brightest dog my attention turns In this reimagining of myth everlasting mystic is I and custodian of tenets eternal Skyward to the summit we go to our righteous dawn where the golden sun prepares another enkindling
The oxford-calendar is a small package that is of interest to students, academics, and staff of the University of Oxford. It augments the M-x calendar buffer with indicators that show the applicable term (Michaelmas, Hilary, Trinity) and...
This is an entry from my journal. It is about keeping a sense of perspective when things are not going our way. Friday, the 9th of January. Noon will soon be upon us. It has been raining heavily since last night. The weather forecast...
Today I received the new battery for my hut’s off-grid solar panel setup. I will now be reliably online during my evening/night hours (the timezone is Europe/Athens). I installed the battery by myself by reading the manual and paying...
This is an excerpt from a private exchange, where my correspondent wants to know a few things about me. It is about how I manage the emotional side of publishing my works and how I deal with people’s opinions. 1. How are you so fearless?...