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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Despite all happenstance I keep finding the sequence of events that brings me to you
There are a lot of developments happening in denote and the various other extensions for it that I maintain. I will share more details in the release notes, hopefully before the end of this month. Just to give you a forewarning about a...
The inner critic is that voice of ours that reminds us of the standards we set for ourselves. Those may be of our own making or forced upon us by the role we assume in society. Whatever their origin, standards serve a normative function:...
My hesitation sacrifice to the altars of Kronos
The following is an excerpt from a private exchange. I am sharing it with permission without disclosing the identity of my correspondent. […] is sparta and the mythology around their toughness/discipline/focus on “real things” an...
In this video I talk with Julien Malka who is a PhD student on supply chain security. I have known Julien through Emacs, so we start our discussion with some comments on how Julien uses Emacs for note-taking and as a general purpose...
The following is an excerpt from a private exchange. I am sharing it with the express permission of my correspondent, without disclosing their identity. The quoted/indented parts belong to my correspondent. It just randomly occured to me...
A status update on what happened last week when one of my puppies, Oreeon, got bitten by a venomous snake. I had to take him to the veterinary clinic where he had to spend the night. The morning after, I called the doctor to check on my...
UPDATE 2025-09-16 09:17 +0300: There now is a dedicated “selfies” section on my website: https://protesilaos.com/selfies. A while back I noticed that I did not have a single selfie in my phone’s camera roll:...
Once despair takes hold and all you do is cry find me at the conjunction of hope and indifference
In this video I talk to port19 about repetitive strain injury related to computer usage. I am introduced to the experience port19 went through, with pain in the hands and fingers. I ask about the computing setup that first contributed to...
Hiking alongside you I wonder how come you eluded my dreams for so long
This is an excerpt from my journal. It is past midnight now. I got home from a long walk in the mountains. I do hike every evening or night with my dogs. When there is a full moon I also go for another round afterwards to enjoy the...
This package lets you preview a font inside of Emacs. It does so in three ways: Prompt for a font on the system and display it in a buffer. List all known fonts in a buffer, with a short preview for each. Provide a major mode to preview...
In this video, I talk to Greg about a number of topics ranging from the technical work one does in Emacs to outdoors activities in Pennsylvania. Our discussion starts with the topic of Emacs, where I learn that Greg has been working...