Weeknotes - Yet another Vacation Edition
I wrote my last entry in the weeknotes series at the end of my last vacation, and now I am already back in my next vacation. No, I don't have vacation all the time, but it seems that is the only time I am in the mood to write - for the blog at the least.
I do write/journal though every day, nothing of that is though going onto the blog to begin with.
But what I have I been up to. I daresay nothing special.
Some concerts with the Big Band every now and then, lots of teaching, started to get more familiar with the bash, general tinkering with my Emacs config, and more recently: with my Sway WM config.
If the above means anything to you, you might as well stop reading now and come back and some point.
And yes, for reasons I already wrote about, I have changed the domain of this blog, and will in the process change various social media handles and while I'm at it, also delete some of those.
Social
I do not feel very social to be honest and for the greater part continue to neglect (read: ignore or generally don't GAS) about the majority of social accounts that I have left. Recently (or whatever counts as recently in my timeline) I have deleted my Facebook account after years of being reminded of its existence only on my birthday and naturally haven't noticed it. Should I even bother to log-in then Instagram will be next and then Twitter. Not using either anyway.
The only place you might find me is on Mastodon for the time being, but I will change my user handle at some point to be in-line with this domain.
Sway WM
Over time I have realized that I would like to have my setup as simple as possible, definitely prefer a text-based interface and really don't like window decorations - like, at all.
This is my first exposure to a tiled window-manage and I really like this and can't see myself going back to a "normal" window manager. I can, and need in fact, configure all things about about my setup and make it inherently just the way I like it. In the process I learn a lot of new skills about the commandline and how to configure my system.
Figure 1: A screenshot of my current setup
It's like my Emacs config, perfect.
And while I had been at it I have configured all my applications and the window-manager with the Dracula-theme, and hence have a consistent interface over all the applications that I'm using on a daily basis.
Emacs
Through the use of said window-manager I have developed the habit of opening things in emacs not in a new window, but in a new frame, which somehow makes quite a few things a lot nicer. I can have my Agenda open in one frame and use another as my active working area and don't have to worry about accidentally re-using that window. Somehow this workflow suits me better.
Upcoming Concerts
Even though I'm now on vacation from teaching there are some concerts coming in the next few weeks.
- 29.10 OASBB feat. Kasmir in Tampere
- 19.11 TMQ feat. Mikko Leppilampi @Rio/Oulu
- 3/4.12 OASBB feat. Kasmir in Espoo + Jyväskylä
So, I think this might be it for the time being. The next post will be up at some point.