It's unfortunate that US citizens have to wait so long in the day before the fireworks begin. And it's all because we have to wait until it gets dark, which happens at 9:00pm or later. So here's a proposal to fix that:
https://ludditegeek.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-change-to-independence-day.html?m=1
Yet another benefit of getting laid off is that you don't need to write a clever letter of resignation...
https://ludditegeek.blogspot.com/2025/05/no-letter-of-resignation-required.html
The unproductive search for another productivity tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRpHIa-2XCE
QOwnNotes huh?
I completed Day 18 and Day 19 of #100DaysOfCode, even while tweaking my #Emacs init file.
I figured out the reason there's no matching quote mode. Unlike with parenthesis (and bracket and brace), source code doesn't use a different character for open quote and close quote. Thus, matching quotes would require a different approach.
blink-matching-parens is an awesome Emacs minor mode. But why can't I find something like that for matching quotes? Where are you blink-matching-quotes? #emacs
Finally I upgraded to Emacs 30.1. While that fixed the issue, I then got distracted by configuring a brand new init file and eliminating incompatible modes. (Who really needs visual-basic-mode, anyway?) Anyway, I completed Day 11 of #100DaysOfCode!
My #100DaysOfCode sprint turned into a crawl yesterday and today. The python-mode in my Emacs 25.2 couldn't indent match-case blocks properly, and no remedy worked. And yes, I did remember to remove all the python.+.el? files from my computer.
Today I decided to see if #Vivaldi has a command line switch that would open a folder of bookmarks. But all I had to do was press F2, enter the first few letters of the Speed Dial nickname and click it. F2 is the default key for Quick Commands:
https://vivaldi.com/blog/quick-commands-guide/
Luddite Geek resides in Northeastern USA with just one cat and a wife. He received his B.S.E.E. from a well-known technical university and has worked in the electrical industry since 1982. He specializes in Automation of CAD and Data Analysis. He does not have a Twitter account. His Myers-Briggs personality type is INTP.