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 entry from my journal. I comment on how I interact with dogs and what I have learnt from them for life in general. I laugh at the thought that my dogs are polyglots. They communicate in the dog language, which consists of a...
The new battery for my solar panels gives me electricity around the clock. I am happy with it. I am also pleased with the planning and hard work I did to (i) have an admittedly imperfect place to stay, (ii) be able to generate income in...
To the brightest dog my attention turns In this reimagining of myth everlasting mystic is I and custodian of tenets eternal Skyward to the summit we go to our righteous dawn where the golden sun prepares another enkindling
The oxford-calendar is a small package that is of interest to students, academics, and staff of the University of Oxford. It augments the M-x calendar buffer with indicators that show the applicable term (Michaelmas, Hilary, Trinity) and...
This is an entry from my journal. It is about keeping a sense of perspective when things are not going our way. Friday, the 9th of January. Noon will soon be upon us. It has been raining heavily since last night. The weather forecast...
This is an excerpt from a private exchange, where my correspondent wants to know a few things about me. It is about how I manage the emotional side of publishing my works and how I deal with people’s opinions. 1. How are you so fearless?...
Today I received the new battery for my hut’s off-grid solar panel setup. I will now be reliably online during my evening/night hours (the timezone is Europe/Athens). I installed the battery by myself by reading the manual and paying...
Substitute provides a set of commands that perform text replacement (i) throughout the buffer, (ii) limited to the current definition (per narrow-to-defun), (iii) from point to the end of the buffer, and (iv) from point to the beginning...
I just added two new themes to my ef-themes package. ef-orange is a light theme with a noticeably tinted background that combines orange, yellow, and green hues. ef-fig is a dark theme with a dark purple background that relies on green,...
The following is an excerpt from a private exchange. The quoted/indented parts belong to my correspondent. I comment on how we can frame our thinking so as not to feel lost in the modern era. Keeping a sense of perspective is important...
This is an entry from my journal. It is a commentary on how people and societies are, as well as some relevant words of introspection. It is minutes past midnight. I woke up to the sound of fireworks and the barking of my dogs. Now I...
I just published the latest stable release of the Modus themes. The change log entry is reproduced further below. For any questions, you are welcome to contact me. I will now work to apply these same changes to emacs.git, so please wait...
While you drown in ancient waters lured by a shadow's promise of comfort remember me Whenever bitter frost shortens your breath and the hierophant's teachings ring hollow remember me Once nobody recalls your brave foray into the...
I just added .epub and .pdf versions of my free book Emacs Lisp Elements. All files are available in the Git repository: https://github.com/protesilaos/emacs-lisp-elements. I produced both of those from the source Org file. Here are the...
The following is an excerpt from a private exchange. I am reproducing it with th permission of my correspondent without disclosing their identity. I am sharing this because it might be useful to others as well. I was wondering what your...