At some point, for some reason, Zen changed the New Tab behavior when opening new tabs:
NEW TABS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, instead we are opting for opening the URL bar and then pressing enter to open a new tab (‘zen.urlbar.replace-newtab’ to false in about:config to revert)
https://zen-browser.app/release-notes/#1.7.5b Features section.
I don’t approve, so I found the setting to revert it using about:config…
zen.urlbar.replace-newtab = falseMuch better.
An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.
They make some fair points, but to me they are mostly, uh, beside the point. I’ve tried switching to Linux with a dozen or so different distributions. I didn’t enjoy any of them. I enjoyed just about everything about Omarchy right out of the box, which is the point. If it weren’t for this cobbled together configuration with its questionable security and fragile bash scripts, I wouldn’t be using Linux.
I impulse ordered the new Pebble smartwatch as soon as it was announced. At the time, I was looking for excuses to stop wearing my Apple Watch, and this seemed as good as any.
The watch arrived yesterday. It’s very white :). There was no setup to speak of other than downloading the app so I can pick from thousands of faces. That should keep me busy for a while. I love e-paper screens.
I haven’t spent much time playing with everything, but I feel like we’ll get along fine. My only complaint is that there’s no way to rotate the display so that (as a lefty) I can comfortably use the watch on my right wrist.
The only thing I’ve done is to add a Timer app and assigned it to a long press of the middle button. Time, weather, notifications, and timers are my primary uses for a smartwatch, so I’m covered.
The past month has been a whirlwind of new tech stuff for me. I bought 2 new computers to run Linux, so I’ve been learning to adapt my workflow to an entirely new environment. This means that just about everything in my computing life has changed.
I have a new NAS, and moved everything from the Mac Mini server to the NAS. This meant learning more Docker and understanding how to do things on the UGREEN OS.
I’ve been playing with a few new TUI apps for things like Taskwarrior and Mutt and LazyGit. So basically I’ve been fighting text files for a month and I’m bored with it.
It feels like I’ve hit a wall with all this. I need a break, which might be why I’m typing this here in WordPress using my browser instead of a Markdown file in Emacs for Hugo.
Also, my paper notebooks are getting some use. Maybe I should go for a walk.
TL;DR I’ll probably bail on it soon.
I quite like how the theme looks and works. I like being able to just drag in images and have everything done for me. I like built-in analytics and comments. I like that there’s a massive ecosystem. I like that I can switch themes with ease when I get bored. I like that when I spot a typo I can fix it right in place.
I don’t like Gutenberg. I don’t like how janky the control panel feels. I don’t like every plugin trying to upsell me constantly. I hate the “Site Editor”. Have I mentioned that I don’t like Gutenberg? I don’t like that my stuff is all out there and buried in a database.
The pros always outweigh the cons…for a few weeks at most. Then, the cons really start to eat at me. That’s what’s happening now. I copied many of the posts from the past couple of weeks here and added them to the Hugo blog at baty.net.
So, I may go back there, and leave this one idling for when I get the itch to write somewhere new.
Using Winer's WordLand to post to WordPress encourages me to make shorter, even title-less, posts. While there are no character limits, the initial size of the form sort of adds an affordance of brevity. I don't mind this.
TL;DR It’s a love/hate thing, with love in the lead.
Here are a few thoughts on how things are going so far.
(more…)Org Social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode file over HTTP.
You can create posts, interact with groups, make replies, mention other users, create polls, or personalize your profile. All this without registration, without databases… Just you and your Org Mode file.
It’s a ton of fun for us emacs nerds. Follow mine here:
I made it official, I'll be blogging exclusively here at baty.blog for a while. Sometimes, by "a while", I end up meaning "two days", but it is what it is. It feels really good for those two days, at least. I'm having fun. I like the theme enough. I don't mind dumping short and long posts at random here. You all may have a different opinion, but it's my blog, right? 😅
This is a test post to see how well Dave Winer's new WordLand works in Zen (Firefox). I had issues in Safari. So far, it seems fine.
Since I'm using Linux, I no longer have access to MarsEdit for posting to WordPress, and I still like avoiding Gutenberg for simple posts like this.