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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[ Also read the poem I wrote based on the closing words of this video: When you are in the wilds. ] In this 1-hour video I show one of my usual hikes with my four dogs. I first talk about the surgery Atlas had and then start commenting...
In this entry, I interpret one of my favourite songs from the works of songmaker Thanasis Papakonstantinou. Andromeda is a joy to listen to even if you do not pay attention to the lyrics or, indeed, understand a word of Greek:...
Invisible and unreachable as the uppermost juniper leaves against the evening sky On streets of cobblestone I greet your likeness hoping that my initiative inspires your courage To transcend the barrier of induced helplessness in search...
This is a small Emacs package that automatically highlights the current line after certain functions are invoked. It can also highlight a line or region on demand. The idea is to make it easier to find where the point is, what was...
Substitute is a set of commands that perform text replacement (i) throughout the buffer, (ii) limited to the current definition (per narrow-to-defun), (iii) from point to the end of the buffer, and (iv) from point to the beginning of the...
[ This is of interest to users who want to create a new theme on top of Modus (for private purposes or as a package). ] The current development target of the Modus themes includes the function modus-themes-generate-palette. I have...
Heed the whispering trees foretell your awakening and dither no longer Take the medallion to the arid borderlands where Eagle Rock embraces those who dare to live decisively
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,...
The denote-merge package is an optional extension to denote. I am providing it in response to requests for functionality that streamlines the work of merging contents from one file into another. Thanks to Sia Piperea for reminding me...
I am developing two new themes for my minimalistic doric-themes package for Emacs. These combine marine hues with some warmer accents, cast on a fairly prominent backdrop. doric-siren is a light theme, while doric-mermaid is dark. Below...
I have a new tenting setup for my split mechanical keyboard that works with magnetism. Behold: Thanks to Arialdo Martini, a fellow keyboard and Emacs enthusiast, for gifting me these stands. You can read more on Reddit:...
At the temple of the goddess while desert wind burns through your skin become the mirror that reflects light towards the heavens where the twin sisters claim their dominion And remain steadfast in the knowledge that shifting sands...
One day the flock was out in the mountains. All the sheep were happy to eat fresh grass from the sunny slopes. “Such a lovely day to be a sheep!” they said and danced along. Suddenly, a white wolf came out of the nearby forest. Nobody...
This is taken from my journal. I write to understand my ideas better. It is the verbal equivalent of drawing a chart to visualise some data. Ideas that stay in my head remain disjointed until they wither away. When I set out to express...
It is Alexander's sister who emerges from the seabed to warn wanton sailors that exotic landscapes shall not free them from the ocean's spell I wrote this as a conclusion to the essay Writing to refine my ideas and discover new ones...