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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Of carmine clouds I think while searching for the flowing waters of rejuvenation Like structural colour in the eyes of whom shall not be named indeterminate you are Yet deep down I know there will come a day when you will tell us where...
[ The stream will be recorded. You can watch it later. ] At 21:30 Europe/Athens time I will do a live stream (~30 minutes from this writing). The plan is to continue some of the work I am doing on my denote-sequence package for Emacs.
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 stream will be recorded. You can watch it later. ] I do not have any work this evening, so I will do a live stream. My plan is to do some programming. I have a new idea for the denote-sequence package that I will try to implement....
This is an excerpt from my journal. I describe the prevailing conditions in my mountains and how those relate to matters of complacency, responsibility, foresight, and adaptability. The rainy days continue. Twice I went with the dogs for...
This is an entry from my journal. I describe how I do not lose my patience while working in my land. 22:45 local time. Heavy rainfall, strong winds, and low temperature. This is how the whole day unfolded. The forecast is for more rain...
This is an excerpt from my journal. I describe what I am doing these days and how I feel about the living environment I am a part of. These days I am making raised garden beds for the coming spring. In them I will plant tomatoes,...
This is a holistic introduction to Emacs: how useful it is and how it champions free software. It is a modified version of the talk I did for the “FLOSS @ Oxford” event, organised by people at the University of Oxford. This is the page I...
Earlier today, at 20:00 Europe/Athens time, I provided an introduction to Emacs at the event FLOSS @ Oxford: https://ox.ogeer.org/event/computing-in-freedom-with-gnu-emacs-protesilaos-stavrou. I had written the transcript ahead of time...
This Thursday, the 12th of March, at 20:00 Europe/Athens time I will do a live presentation of Emacs for OxFLOSS (FLOSS @ Oxford). This is an event organised by people at the University of Oxford. My goal is to introduce Emacs to a new...
I am lowering the price of my coaching services to 10 EUR per hour. Effective immediately. This is because of the prevailing economic conditions, which I suspect make it harder for prospective students to justify the old rate of 20 EUR...
I am developing four new themes for my doric-themes package: doric-almond (light) doric-coral (light) doric-magma (dark) doric-walnut (dark) Each of them has its own character, while they all retain the minimalist Doric style. Below are...
This is an excerpt from my journal. A few people have sent me a message asking how I am doing given the crisis in the Middle East. Cyprus is providing strategic depth to the Western forces. The military bases of the United Kingdom in...
I had a ~2-hour chat with Joshua Blais, a fellow Emacs user, over at the @JoshuaBlais YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaBlais. We covered Emacs at length and also talked about general life issues. The first topic we cover...