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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beframe enables a frame-oriented Emacs workflow where each frame has access only to the list of buffers visited therein. In the interest of brevity, we call buffers that belong to frames “beframed”. Package name (GNU ELPA): beframe...
For this interpretation I have picked one of the many brilliant hits from the collection of the Pyx Lax band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhVp03i1fjI. The rhythm is upbeat, the words are thought-provoking, and the vibes are strong....
For this interpretation I have picked a well-known song performed by Christos Thivaios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WupPl4kX1_s. I am not another consists of the lyrics of Manos Eleftheriou, a major figure in the scene, and the...
For this interpretation I have picked an emotional song from the legendary Haris Alexiou: https://wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=MZQfbcWDP2g. Full moon, like many of Haris’ own writings provides insight into the emotional world of a woman. Below...
Lead me to the spring whose waters inspire dreams that outlive the mornings
This is an entry from my journal in which I comment at length on how the desire for control can be useful and harmful. Another rainy day. The clouds have been low in the valley. I can barely see the opposite side, even though it is about...
This is an entry from my journal. I comment on how the Internet can have a negative effect on one’s outlook when not used in moderation. The other day I was reading through my RSS feeds to catch up on the news. I noticed an article with...
The ef-themes are a collection of light and dark themes for GNU Emacs that provide colourful (“pretty”) yet legible options for users who want something with a bit more flair than the modus-themes (also designed by me). Package name (GNU...
I write regularly. This helps me clear my thoughts. I understand myself better. Each time I expound on a given theme, I deepen all the mental paths that lead to it. This is exactly how it works in the physical world around us: the more...
TMR provides facilities for setting timers using a convenient notation. Lots of commands are available to operate on timers, while there also exists a tabulated view to display all timers in a nice grid. Package name (GNU ELPA): tmr...
This is an entry from my journal. It is about how I am inspired to always put my best self forward. Minutes past nine. I just returned home from my final walk of the day. The temperature is hovering around 0 ℃. There is some snow at the...
This is an excerpt from my journal. I comment on how exposure to nature helps me understand my place in the world. Winter is the most quiet time of the year here in my mountains. The ever-busy swallows left us a few months ago. I enjoy...
In this ~15-minute video I demonstrate a package of mine called tmr (pronounced as an acronym or as “timer”). It uses a simple notation to set the duration of a timer at the minibuffer prompt. Once the timer elapses, Emacs shows a...
This package renders an indicator with an email count of the notmuch index on the Emacs mode line. The underlying mechanism is that of notmuch-count(1), which is used to find the number of items that match the given search terms. In...
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,...