A blog about everything, by Jack Baty

Test of Git sync in Blot

I’ve changed the sync method in Blot from Dropbox to Git, since I want to avoid having to install Dropbox on the new Mini. If you see this, it worked.

However…

I’ve decided to use Dropbox for sync. One of Blot’s compelling features is that when syncing via Dropbox, all I need to do is create or edit a file and hit Save” and it’s out there. No git add . or committing necessary. I like that lack of friction, even if sometimes it means I’m publishing half-formed things.

So I installed Maestral and hooked Blot back up with my Dropbox account. Maestral is fast and lightweight so I don’t feel too gross having it installed.

A (small) improvement to photo display on Glass.photo

Post moved to https://baty.net/2024/03/a-small-improvement-to-photo-display-on-glass-photo

From MacBook Pro to Mac Mini

Post moved to https://baty.net/2024/03/from-macbook-pro-to-mac-mini

Friday, March 08, 2024

I really don’t want to talk about tools anymore, but that’s all I know how to talk about. Should I tell you how I’ve been forcing myself to use Obsidian again? I can’t seem to stop trying.

And why am I creating a journal post in Blot? I’m not even supposed to be here. I mean, I’m pretty content with using Kirby, but some days I get especially twitchy about having my content in Kirby’s own text format rather than normal” yaml front matter like everything else. Also, I had to upgrade Kirby this morning and I didn’t feel like remembering how to do that.

Creating a WARC Web Archive using wget

Post moved to https://baty.net/2024/03/creating-a-warc-web-archive-using-wget

No longer keeping my notes in a Git repo

For many years I’ve put every new folder full of anything into a new Git repo. I never questioned it, I just did it because that’s what you do.

I’m thinking about no longer doing this. This morning I was daydreaming while waiting for a folder to finish rsyncing to a server and I was mesmerized by page after page of lines like .git/objects/fb/70e546350cc4106caf1225706b44c85087ed27” scrolling by. I checked a few of my projects and was surprised by how much space all those .git/ directories use.

Do I even need them? I’m thinking no. I can’t remember the last time I went back and looked at earlier commits or needed to diff anything that wasn’t actual code. My ~/org files don’t need precise version control, they just need good backups. Static websites probably need Git because it’s nice for tracking template/CSS changes. Also, I’ll need it if I ever decide to use Github Pages for hosting, etc.

So I’m considering going through my project folders and removing .git/ directories unless I actually need Git.

Software that sparks joy

Post moved to https://baty.net/2024/02/software-that-sparks-joy

Sometimes I just want to write stuff in Emacs

Blot is great. One reason I keep it around is because sometimes I just want to write stuff in Emacs. I have a lisp function which makes it super easy to create a new post. Then I get to type in Markdown-mode in Emacs and it’s so great.

Just dusting off the blog

Sorry for the noise. I’m just testing an update to the Emacs function for creating new posts here. I’ve gone from creating the full tree and setting draft: yes to creating them in ./Drafts with draft: no. This way I don’t end up with a bunch of .html preview files that I always forget about. This way I don’t have to deal with those files, but I do have to manually move the final post into the /posts directory each time. We’ll see which method I prefer.

Friday, January 26, 2024

It’s kind of neat writing wherever I feel like it and having it all thrown into a single RSS feed. The reason I’m at baty.blog this morning is to exercise the weather additions to the lisp function and shell scripts that create new daily posts here. It worked!