Wednesday, January 22, 2025

I have to admit, my recent email fiasco has really taken the wind out of my Emacs sails. If I'm using Emacs, I want to use Notmuch. If I'm using Notmuch, I want to use it on both Macs. If I can't do that, I kind of don't want to use Emacs. Those things don't necessarily follow, but that's how I'm feeling.

One of the qualities I like about the way this Tinderbox blog works is its lack of necessary decisions. There's only one kind of post. The only choice is whether or not to display a title. I suppose the option of writing directly in the daily parent note, (which isn't included in the RSS feed), is a decision, but still. Over on baty.net I choose between a main daily note, a sub-note, or a full-on blog post. I find myself often starting in one place, then changing my mind later. This site is easier to deal with that way.

Dave's bramble photo is prettier than mine. I hope his post's title is a Led Zeppelin reference :).

I made some Journaling changes like 3 days ago. A lot has happened since then. The important thing is that I got mad at Emacs again. Not Emacs, specifically, but what Emacs does to my system. So, I fired up Tinderbox and started putting stuff in my LifeBook.tbx document instead of my Daybook.org file. I do this occasionally, and, while I don't regret it, it's not a good idea.

There's simply no chance that I'll pick one and stick with it. I wish that wasn't true.

At this point, with Emacs I'm falling for the sunk cost fallacy. I've got too much invested to change.

It makes me twitchy when I don't use Tinderbox for too long. It's one of the most interesting, powerful, and flexible apps I've ever known. It's a pointy-clicky graphical counterpart to Emacs. It may not be quite as tweakable as Emacs, but it makes up for it with ease of use.

And it makes a great blogging tool. You're soaking in it.