urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-index-html 2020-04-01T12:03:58Z urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2020-04-reference-management-with-org-mode-html 2020-04-01T12:03:58Z 2020-04-01T12:03:58Z Lukas Lazarek <p>I manage all of my references using (guess) Org mode. This is a brief summary of what I do and why it works for me.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2020/04/reference-management-with-org-mode.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2019-07-non-linear-notes-with-org-html 2019-07-24T14:48:06Z 2019-07-24T14:48:06Z Lukas Lazarek <p>For all that I rave about org mode, I generally prefer taking notes by hand. Org wins out when my notes are certain kinds of technical or reference notes, including code snippets, links to resources, etc. In those cases, embedded code blocks, inline images, links, and more make org mode a perfect medium. Luckily, a large portion of the notes I take fall into those categories. But for the kind of notes that I take while trying to understand something, or build a high level idea of a lecture or book, handwritten notes are far superior in my opinion. This kind of note taking is also often more rewarding.</p> <p>It would be great if org mode could handle these kinds of notes as well. Why can&rsquo;t it?</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2019/07/non-linear-notes-with-org.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2019-01-fuzzy-searching-notes-with-fzf-html 2019-01-12T15:39:54Z 2019-01-12T15:39:54Z Lukas Lazarek <p>I have a lot of plain text notes, from years of using org mode for nearly everything. Finding specific pieces of information in that sea of information can be difficult; I am unwilling and unable to remember where exactly I wrote something down. Of course, since it&rsquo;s all plain text, grep/ag and friends seem ideally suited to the task &#8211; except that requires remembering exactly how the information was worded. Also too much. What about fuzzy search?</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2019/01/fuzzy-searching-notes-with-fzf.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-12-experimenting-with-testing-syntax-and-composition-html 2018-12-19T18:52:06Z 2018-12-19T18:52:06Z Lukas Lazarek <p><a href="https://docs.racket-lang.org/rackunit/index.html?q%3Drackunit">Rackunit</a> is Racket&rsquo;s unit testing library, and it has a pretty cool set of features. It aims to support testing at every stage of development, from simple inline checks to large, programmatically manipulated test suites. Unfortunately, despite the many features rackunit provides to support this goal, I have many-a-time found myself struggling against rackunit&rsquo;s model for defining new checks. Last weekend, I finally got around to writing a testing library that provides a simpler interface to write flexible, composable test predicates and macros.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/12/experimenting-with-testing-syntax-and-composition.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-11-org-export-processing-html 2018-11-03T18:33:06Z 2018-11-03T18:33:06Z Lukas Lazarek <p>Org&rsquo;s <a href="https://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting.html">export system</a> is a fantastic tool for writing various documents quickly and easily within org mode. The only thing it lacks is simple tools for user-defined content generation during export. It&rsquo;s pretty easy to implement, though.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/11/org-export-processing.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-10-images-in-org-mode-html 2018-10-14T09:39:49Z 2018-10-14T09:39:49Z Lukas Lazarek <p>Org-mode prides itself on being purely plain text. That doesn&rsquo;t mean that it can&rsquo;t do images, though!</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/10/images-in-org-mode.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-09-improving-the-agenda-part-2-custom-views-html 2018-09-06T18:40:28Z 2018-09-06T18:40:28Z Lukas Lazarek <p>This is the second post on configuring the agenda. Find the first post <a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/07/improving-the-agenda.html">here</a>.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/09/improving-the-agenda-part-2-custom-views.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-08-scripting-emacs-html 2018-08-15T08:46:59Z 2018-08-15T08:46:59Z Lukas Lazarek <p>I recently realized how easy it is to make emacs automatically do even more repetitive things I used to do manually.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/08/scripting-emacs.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-08-setting-up-a-home-cloud-server-with-nextcloud-html 2018-08-12T09:32:37Z 2018-08-12T09:32:37Z Lukas Lazarek <p>This weekend, I set up a home server for my parents running Nextcloud so that they can have their own, (almost) free cloud storage. The process was surprisingly simple and fun, though there are a number of steps involved, so I&rsquo;m documenting it here for the sake of reproducibility.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/08/setting-up-a-home-cloud-server-with-nextcloud.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-07-tracking-expenses-with-ledger-html 2018-07-20T11:34:47Z 2018-07-20T11:34:47Z Lukas Lazarek <p>How I track expenses using ledger, even on my phone.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/07/tracking-expenses-with-ledger.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-07-improving-the-agenda-html 2018-07-09T01:27:27Z 2018-07-09T01:27:27Z Lukas Lazarek <p>Org mode&rsquo;s agenda is a fantastic interface for viewing and managing tasks. However, its default display settings get cluttered with large numbers of tasks, making it difficult to see what really needs to be done. Here are some of the ways I make the agenda crystal clear.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/07/improving-the-agenda.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-07-modal-editing-in-emacs-html 2018-07-09T00:02:02Z 2018-07-09T00:02:02Z Lukas Lazarek <p>Modal editing in emacs is easy, and can be much better than vim.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/07/modal-editing-in-emacs.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-07-organization-with-org-mode-html 2018-07-02T09:37:07Z 2018-07-02T09:37:07Z Lukas Lazarek <p>I organize myself and my work using emacs&rsquo; org mode. It has served me extremely well over the past few years and has helped me better organize both my working and personal life. In this post, I describe how I use org mode for everything from long-term projects to appointments and ideas.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/07/organization-with-org-mode.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a> urn:https-llazarek-github-io:-2018-05-language-oriented-programming-ptext-html 2018-05-22T17:06:27Z 2018-05-22T17:06:27Z Lukas Lazarek <p>Language-oriented programming in action with racket.</p><a href="https://llazarek.github.io/2018/05/language-oriented-programming-ptext.html"><em>More&hellip;</em></a>