birv2

birv2, 1 month ago to thinkpad

Looking forward to setting up my used #thinkpad with #linuxmint next week. Looking for recos for easy syncing, mainly for my #emacs and #orgmode stuff. What have you used that you could recommend? I do have GDrive working well on my Windows machines, so could go that route,, though not familiar with how to do that on linux. Thanks!

birv2, 1 month ago to linuxmint

Today's head-scratcher in #linuxmint and #emacs. Hope someone can help me understand this. I've got both W10 and LM installed on my machine. While in LM, using dired in emacs, I can navigate through all of my linux directories. However, the file manager in LM shows a Windows directory, and I can see and access a lot of my W10 files (though not my Documents folder). Why is that? And how can I access all my Windows documents in LM? TIA!

birv2, 1 month ago to emacs

Falling further down the #emacs RH adventures.... just discovered #orgmode and that might be the clincher for me. My writing is very much outline-driven, and I've always wanted an outliner with movable sections (had something in the early PC days that did that). When you combine all of the other functionality, #emacs gets more and more attractive. Key binding memorization is overwhelming but just saw some good advice: use M-x and functions at first. So we continue.

birv2, 1 year ago to php

Thinking of reanimating my personal "blog", but as a #digitalgarden. I've got the domain and am using #wordpress for my business website. But is there anything that's more lightweight that anyone can recommend? I've looked at #obsidianpublish but don't really want to spend that much for hosting. TIA! #obsidian

birv2, 1 month ago to linuxmint

Looking for some solid recos for how to use #gparted on #linuxmint on a dual boot machine (Win and LM). I want to expand the linux space but really don't want to screw up the drive(s). Can anyone steer me towards some clear instructions -- video or whatever. I've googled but don't want to just try anything. TIA.

birv2, 1 month ago to linuxmint

Also found and downloaded for #linuxmint a bunch of #roguelikes -- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, NetHack, Brogue, and Angband. Woohoo!

birv2, 1 year ago to random

I almost backslid today from #obsidian. Saw an article touting emacs and thought it sounded really cool! Started to read about it and remembered that I've committed to obsidian for a year.

Whew.

birv2, 1 month ago to emacs

Hey #emacs #orgmode people. I’ve heard that some people use just one orgmode file for all their writing. Can someone point me to a resource on doing this and maybe weigh in on advisability?

birv2, 29 days ago to emacs

I'm finding some really interesting blogs out there, and am reminded of the early days of the internet, when it wasn't all monetized and people just wrote about stuff they were interested in for fun. And I had an RSS feeder and got updates when people posted stuff. Plus blogrolls.

So I'm sure there's a way to do this now in #emacs, right? Can someone point me in the right direction? I've heard about elfeed but don't know anything about it.

Thanks, good people of Mastodon.

birv2, 1 month ago to linuxmint

Calling on #linuxmint #linux people who can help with dual boot situation and OneDrive syncing on Windows. Trying from LM to access my Windows documents folder. I can see the folder, called OneDrive in the terminal, but it's colored in red. Which I assume means I can't get to it. And when I try to cd to that directory, I get an error saying that it doesn't exist. I know that is the path as it appears in Windows. I'm getting closer! Thanks for any suggestions.

birv2, 1 month ago to emacs

Question for some #emacs #orgmode friends: what's the best way to import a long markdown file INTO an already existing org file and have it look like the rest of the org file? Background is that I'm working on building out One Big Org File and want to import my running daily notes from Obsidian into the org file. I've found ways to convert markdown to org, but don't know how to actually place it in the org file. Thanks!

birv2, 22 days ago to linuxmint

Taking my new (to me) ThinkPad 450 out for its first stroll. Using it while waiting for the car to be serviced. #linuxmint, #firefox, #emacs, all working like a charm. Keyboard and touchpad are almost perfect, battery life is super long. Screen is a little dim but hey. For under $100US I'm not complaining. This is exactly why I got it and set it up with linux, etc. Oh, also doing some journaling with #orgmode and it seems to be syncing to my home computer with #syncthing. Just about perfect!

birv2, 19 days ago to logitech

Since I'm always the first to get upset at crappy customer service, I'd like to send a shoutout to #logitech for working with me to enable my MX Keys keyboard so that it works in my dual boot situation. I love the keyboard but basically gave up on it since I couldn't use it to dual boot. It wouldn't detect bluetooth until boot, so I had to use 2 keyboards to navigate the situation. All working now! So thanks to logitech support for sticking with me until the issue was solved.

birv2, 6 months ago to random

I just posted on X:

My days on this platform are numbered. Kind of sad because I've made a lot of friends over the last 13 years I've been here. But Musk's attack on the ADL is a bridge too far. See ya over on Mastodon! My deets are in my profile. #buhbye #seeyouonthedon

birv2, 10 months ago to random

Just getting on the bus, but wondering what #gratefuldead album you would say is their best? If I could only get one on vinyl, what would you recommend? I've only got their first.

birv2, 1 month ago to emacs

Thanks to all the #emacs people who responded! Today is wsl day. Yesterday was Linux mint in a vm. Tomorrow is native Windows. Just doing some light coding and banging out text. If emacs is reasonably zippy I’ll go with Windows since it’s just less friction. Nothing against Linux but one thing at a time. Plus printing just works on Windows

birv2, 27 days ago to random

Anybody ever get #libreoffice connecting to Google Drive recently? AFAF

birv2, 1 month ago to linuxmint

Got #obsidian set up and synced using Obsidian Sync on my #linuxmint install. That's a big yay.

Now we'll start the #orgmode vs #obsidian tussle. May the better solution win.

Got to say that finding a good syncing solution for orgmode is critical. And github isn't it. Suggestions welcome.

birv2, 1 month ago to random

#nextcloud recommendations? Pros and cons vs Google Drive?

birv2, 19 days ago to emacs

Whoa. I feel like I've just arrived. My blog post on my #emacs learning in public adventures (https://bob-irving.com/117-2/) was reposted by @sachac ! I've been following her weekly emacs updates and found myself there. Like I said, whoa!

It's nice to be part of a pretty technical community that supports stumbling bumbling n00bs like me.

birv2, 1 year ago to random

Purchased my first pad of graph paper for making my very first dungeon. Immensely excited! Got so many ideas from the DMG which I received yesterday.

You know you're a nerd when you're intently comparing pads of graph paper at Staples.
#dnd

birv2, 1 month ago to orgmode

I'm a noob to #orgmode and loving it. Just wondering how many other "platforms" accept or translate .org files? Or will I usually have to change formats if using a file elsewhere? #emacs

birv2, 1 year ago to random

Anyone know why I can’t view pdf’s in mobile #obsidian ? Using Obsidian Sync. I can see them in folder view in mobile and desktop win11.

birv2, 29 days ago to orgmode

So excited that I was able to write a blog post in #orgmode #emacs and publish it to my #classicpress blog from within orgmode! The new post ain't much to look at, and there's no content to speak of. Just a proof of concept. And it proofed!

Thanks, #org2blog!
https://bob-irving.com/hello-buffer/

birv2, 23 days ago to emacs

Installed #syncthing on my 2 linux machines last night. Seems to be working so far, though I haven't yet figured out exactly how it all works -- what syncs with what, how often, etc. But they can see each other and share.

Next is trying to get it going on my Win10 machine. For some reason, that makes me nervous! But if I can get all 3 synced, and #emacs working on all of them, I'll be pretty jazzed.