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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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:...
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 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...
[ The stream will be recorded. You can watch it later. ] At 14:00 Europe/Athens I will hold a live stream about Emacs. Specifically, I will work on my modus-themes package. The idea is to write more tests and refine the relevant...
For this entry in the series, I have picked a beautiful song which evokes that curiosity we have about the otherworldly. The Elves is a song written and composed by the much-beloved Socratis Malamas. My favourite version is performed at...
From the age of myth you arrive as thunder and whispering fountain As the vivifying warmth of a luminous star Intensity you are of a special kind that moves hearts and reshapes the land In the dragon's year grey became blue green turned...
[ The stream will be recorded. You can watch it later. ] Tonight I will work on my denote package. There is a feature branch I implemented this morning and am now ready to continue refining the code. The immediate goals: Update unit...
The other day I had a coaching session with Sacha Chua. Sacha asked me if she could record and publish it, to which I agreed. More here: https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/yayemacs-10-emacs-coaching-with-prot-packaging-emacs-lisp//. Our...
The denote-sequence package is an optional extension to denote that empowers users to write “sequence notes”, else “folgezettel”, in the style of Niklas Luhmann. Sequence notes are created in relation to other notes, as parent, child, or...