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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This is an excerpt from my journal in which I comment on how I handle my everyday affairs in my land while respecting the greater magnitudes. The hours are shorter when you have no idle moments. I have not had the chance to write much...
Where aromatic rose and blackthorn shrub spring from shared soil you find what you seek once you realise that the mountain-god heeds my prayer as the echo of my steel I wrote the poem in the context of this journal entry: Doing what I must.
In this ~30-minute video, I talk about the relationship between violence and safe spaces. How violence carves a space out of the wilderness and how it keeps it free from danger. I bring up several examples and also discuss the concept of...
[ The video will be recorded. ] This is a spontaneous live stream. The stream starts in ~20 minutes. I will continue maintaining my packages. My plan is to start with Denote and then move to TMR. Depending on how I do, I will check some...
Mark your calendar for next Thursday. I will do another live stream with Sacha Chua. We will talk about Emacs and I will check on her progress since our last meeting. I am looking forward to it! Note that the event will be recorded.
I will stop using my legal name online. Henceforth I am identifying as “Protesilaos”. The legal name—Protesilaos Stavrou—will remain in place for practical purposes. My surname is “Stavrou” (Stávrou, Σταύρου). It is the genitive case of...
For this entry in the series I have picked a song from the collection of composer and songmaker Manos Loizos. Manos was among the most influential artists of his era. Do not ask me is an old song that remains relevant:...
For this entry in the series, I have picked The world that changes by renowned songmaker Alkinoos Ioannidis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddiCJ76fPbs. What I discern in the songs of Alkinoos is originality as well as variety in the...
This is an excerpt from my journal in which I comment about processes in our world that do not fit into some neat divide between right or wrong. Twenty minutes to midnight. I am back from the nightly hike. As always, I have my four dogs...
[ The stream will be recorded. You can watch it later. ] Today, the 13th of April 2026, at 15:00 Europe/Athens I will do a live stream in which I will develop the new modus-themes-exporter package for Emacs. The idea for this package is...
This is an entry from my journal. Another productive Monday comes to an end. The days are getting warmer. Nights continue to be cold though. I spent most of the morning hours doing manual labour on my land. I prepared some raised garden...
This is an entry from my journal. I describe a small part of life in the mountains as well as my experience at an Easter celebration. On Sundays it is common for people here to prepare souvla (barbecued meat on a long skewer), if the...
This is an entry from my journal. The church bells were ringing in the distance. The first explosions echo in the valley. It is almost Easter in this part of the world. In about ten minutes there will be fireworks. I finished a long...