Josh Rollins @jrss@mastodon.technology

for all of those asking me about it, this is a loooong post (and I still held back much of the details).. @ashfurrow (I think you were curious...?)

You'd think a standing desk is not a big deal. I know I did. As it turns out though, it's actually a huge positive change.

here's my story: https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200622/

#standing #ergonomic #Productivity #desk #desktop #writing #emacs

I know my partner will stab me if I rant too long about #linux #emacs or #bash but at least I can rush out of my room excitedly and tell him "the css display in line thing doesn't work because the element is on a different div!" and he totally gets me. Geeks rule.

Working on my CSS to fix my horrible phone-screen scale template. It's a head scratcher and takes time, but I hope more people will be able to read the blog without running away screaming.

#hugo #staticwebsite

@ashfurrow curious, especially because you got the Ergo recently: are you one of those standing desk users? I've had mind for 2 weeks, and man, it is awesome.

...test test

Elfeed + MPV + YouTube = a match meant to be made.

A new blog post: How Emacs and its awesome Elfeed keeps me updated without all the adds and junk.

https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200611/

#emacs #elfeed #YOUTUBE #RSS #Productivity

I'm don't have years of experience with Emacs or programing. So where I manage to learn how to change color or tweak a font to my liking, it's a big deal. Here's how I changed my org-mode colors to work better for me:

https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200528/

#emacs #orgmode

I'm don't have years of experience with Emacs or programing. So where I manage to learn how to change color or tweak a font to my liking, it's a big deal. Here's how I changed my org-mode colors to work better for me:

https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200528/

#emacs #orgmode #theme

among other things, COVID pushed me back to running Linux guest on a Windows guest. Turns out it has some extra benefits. Here's the post:

https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200522/

#linux #windows #vm

among other things, COVID pushed me back to running Linux guest on a Windows host. Turns out it has some extra benefits. Here's the post:
https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200522/

#linux #windows #vm

#orgmode problem:

This has been an issue since I started using org, pretty much:

When working in org, usually with refile, sometimes headers "disapear" and only
the arrow (which is my version of org elipses) show. I can fix this by killing the line (C-k) from before the arrow and yanking again. When I do t hat it pastes with the missing headings folded as they should have.

Anyone experienced this? What's the issue?

Still posting, but barely go on Twitter, need to figure this auto feed thing.

Mounting SMBs on linux: https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200518/

#linux #smb #computers #technology #Windows

re-discovering elfeed in #emacs and starting to really like it. Anyone's getting rss feeds from here? Mastodon? Can share how it works for them?

I must have learned more in the last 2 days ("vacation") then I have in the last month at work. Can't even start writing it all. But I guess I can show you some of it on my blog...

Mounting SMB on Linux:

https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/20200518/

Comments welcome :-)

#linux #smb #windows #writing

I'm trying to start emacs with eww-open-file. To do that, I type $emacs -q -f eww-opne-file [path].

However, this opens up the file browser, not the file I want specifically. why?

(-q because I have initial buffer disabled)

#emacs

RT @signalapp@twitter.com

Giphy was just acquired by Facebook, but GIF searches in Signal have been protected by a privacy-preserving proxy from the very beginning. The Giphy SDK isn't included in the app at all. You can read more about our approach to handling animated GIFs here:

https://signal.org/blog/signal-and-giphy-update/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1261364662840385536

Dear Apple,

Urging medical students to update to Catalina and remove JAMF profiles from their 5-year old MBA that can barely handle the HIPAA-required anti virus program, affectively ruining our remote-support software (32 bits...) To help them, is *NOT* a good idea. Ok?? Thank you.

#apple #support