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Hiding scheduled TODO items in Org-mode

Many of my TODO items in Org-mode include a SCHEDULED property, which lets me ignore them until a specified date in the future. This keeps my Org agenda nice and tidy. Something that always bugged me is that this worked fine in the Agenda, but not the global TODO list. It finally bothered me enough that I went looking for a solution, which I found in like twenty seconds: (setq org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options t) ...

September 8, 2023

SetApp apps I use

SetApp apps I have installed During frequent bouts of Subscription Fatigue, I always glance sideways at SetApp, thinking that I could cancel my subscription. Then I look at the apps I have installed via SetApp (see above) and once again realize that it might be the most useful $10/month subscription I have. So it stays.

September 7, 2023

Film photography as late-stage Burning Man

Original photo: Depositphotos I’ve never been to Burning Man, but for years I really wanted to go. I mean c’mon, a bunch of normies heading out to the beach (at first, but later, the desert) to do drugs, walk around half (or fully) naked, and opt out of society for a while. A place to really hippie it up for a week or so. I think I would have loved it. ...

September 4, 2023

Org-journal stays

I’ll probably continue using Org-journal no matter what

September 3, 2023

At my analog desk

I still call this my “analog” desk. It’s for reading real books and articles. It’s for journaling. It’s for painting and drawing. It’s for sitting and staring out the window, even if the view is only that of a cul-de-sac in a boring middle-class suburb. I sat here for a good portion of two days during a recent power outage. It was refreshing and mentally invigorating. ...

September 1, 2023

Silver is better

Back in photo.net’s and rangefinderforum.com’s prime, there was a gruff, opinionated, brilliant, and helpful forum member and photographer named Al Kaplan. He helped me a great deal after I got my first Leica. When he died in 2010, his family sold mugs and T-shirts to raise money. I’ve kept the mug on my desk ever since. Silver is Better Al Kaplan mug. Leica MP. HP5. ...

August 28, 2023

Baty.net

What’s the deal with Baty.net?

August 28, 2023

Unexpected side effects of throwing away ruined film

Throwing some old film away has made me think about what I actually need to keep

August 27, 2023

The Emergent Task Planner

Let’s try the paper-based Emergent Task Planner again

August 21, 2023

Using both Denote and Org-roam

Using both Denote and Org-roam packages seems crazy, but I’m trying it.

August 20, 2023

A new (old) theme for baty.net

I needed a change, so I brought the Papermod theme back.

August 16, 2023

The Leica Q2 (again)

I got tired of waiting for a Fuji X100V so I skipped it and got another Q2

August 16, 2023

Changing Emacs keybindings is not trivial

Technically, it’s easy. Actually doing it is a nightmare.

July 22, 2023

Whither Daily Notes?

So yeah, I’ve been putting Daily Notes at that other blog.

July 14, 2023

Monday, July 10, 2023

Being nice. The Little Mermaid and my daughter.

July 10, 2023

I just can't get into Obsidian

My thirty-days-of-Obsidian lasted nine days.

July 9, 2023

Saturday, July 08, 2023

Street photography

July 8, 2023

Thursday, July 06, 2023

Threads

July 6, 2023

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

Forcing myself to use Obsidian

July 5, 2023

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Keyboards. No longer using Hugo bundles by default. Handling daily posts.

July 4, 2023
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