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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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...
Το θεματικό πάρκο είναι σχεδιασμένο με τέτοιο τρόπο ώστε να δώσει την εντύπωση πως είναι η ενσάρκωση αποκυημάτων της φαντασίας ή πως βρίσκεται σε κενό χρόνο. Οι επισκέπτες προσδοκούν να συναντήσουν τους αγαπημένους τους χαρακτήρες ή να...
In this video, I talk with Amin Bandali about free software, free knowledge, the importance of community and the commons, and life in Canada. Our discussion starts with the topic of EmacsConf, the annual conference about GNU Emacs. Amin...
A theme park is a place designed to engender the impression that it came out of a work of fantasy or that it exists in a time capsule. Visitors expect to meet their favourite characters or witness familiar exhibits take a life of their...
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,...
Fly away now the half moon be your witness and carry boast of the hope you wanted killed
For this article, I have chosen another gem of a song from the voluminous collection of Vasilis Papakonstantinou, titled I need (Έχω ανάγκη): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ki-SCanwoA. This particular version is from the live...
In this short video I report on some of the construction work I keep doing in and around the hut. Today, I spent about four hours to install a second-hand balcony door I acquired. I placed it on a side of the wall that was unfinished and...