The Emacs RSS Reader I Wanted
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I heard about what people were doing with Claude last week and decided to dabble with it in a domain I’m unfamiliar with. Within about 40 minutes, between dinner and driving kids to things, I had a working RSS reader powered by Emacs. I can’t write elisp but Claude can. It’s not perfect and I’ve
Weaponizing Freedom to Shrink Moral Concern
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This month’s book club we’re looking at the meanings of words through the eyes of Carol Off. She specifically looks at 5 words she feels have been hijacked and weaponized so that their use demonizes all sides of an argument. Language is important, Off cites Victor Klemperer’s look at how the Third Reich subtly changed
January 2026 Reading Recap
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Non-Fiction Careless People Want to understand just how bad the Facebook brass is at management, then read this book. From Sheryl Sandberg asking employees to sleep in her bed with her, then getting bitchy when they refuse the offer, to the same Sandberg talking publicly about zero tolerance for sexual harassment at work while ignoring
Zen Brower’s new Window Sync feature is terrible
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The latest version of Zen Browser added a new feature that keeps all instances of the browser in sync. That means when you open up two different windows each tab will stay in sync, so it’s really hard to have different content in two different windows. Yes it’s on by default, and no they won’t
Auto Hide Obsidian Sidebars
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The minimalist mindset has you remove all distractions from your environment so you can stay focused on the task at hand. I use headphones to block out the kids in the house when I’m working, and endeavour to stick with the tools I have instead of trying to find something new. Into this mindset comes
Facebook is Run by Entitled Idiots
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My first interactions with Facebook were wonderful, I used it to find a high school friend only to find out they lived an hour away and had got back together with their high school sweetheart who was also a friend. I connected with them and we had dinner where they got to meet my wife.
Nora Loreto’s Advice to Fight Power in a Digital Age
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We read this for January 2026 book club. Join us for weekly content on books. While Nora Loreto’s book is specifically focused on feminism in Canada, the principles of activism in Take Back the Fight apply broadly to all activism in today’s digital world. Both feminism and freedom (see next months book At a Loss
Why Your Productivity Systems Collapse
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Sure the Internet is amazing. You can start today with a tool like Obsidian then head to r/ObsidianMD or YouTube and find many creators willing to show you their note system, including myself. Unfortunately this also brings along complexity to the beginner who doesn’t need the solutions being pedalled as they start their note journey.
How to Open Obsidian Links in Org Mode
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I use Org Mode to manage my tasks but Obsidian to manage my research notes and writing. That often means I have an Obsidian link embedded in a .org file and I need to open it. Out of the box Org Mode has no idea what a link beginning with obsidian: means but with the
Can Scott Galloway Teach You To Be a Man
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Many words have been written about the male loneliness epidemic, as well as the rise of the manosphere with its myriad toxic personalities who pedal fixes for the lack of manly men, which often involves putting down women and lean into misogyny if they don’t outright support misogyny. Into this world Scott Galloway steps with
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