Baty.net as Emacs

Emacs Themed Blog

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 06:54:27 -0500

Well whaddaya know? An emacs-themed Hugo theme.

Pure Blog

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:21:17 -0500

Remember when I said I wouldn’t change blogging platforms? It’s still (mostly) true. So far.

Sunday, February 08, 2026

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

I tend to write a few types of posts: daily journals, longer posts, short notes, and photo posts. No blogging tool I’ve used has done each of these well. The closest I have so far is daily.baty.net. This is a journal post using Pure Blog.

This blog will probably be about blogging with Pure Blog most of the time, since it’s why I made it. Maybe don’t subscribe to RSS just yet :)

Testing content migration from Hugo, just in case

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:04:00 +0000

Just to be clear, I don’t have serious plans to migrate my main Baty.net (Hugo) blog to Pure Blog. That doesn’t mean I won’t explore the “But what if I converted baty.net to Pure Blog?” scenario.

Things will be wonky while I tinker. Probably don’t link to anything here, since I’m almost certain the links will break.

Some things I’ve noticed:

Date formats in YAML are inconsistent with different SSGs. For example, Hugo wants date: 2026-02-05 05:29:52 -0500 and Pure Blog uses date: 2026-02-07 16:25 which throws an error in Hugo. Adding seconds to the date fixes it.
Quoted strings in YAML front matter are optional. Many of my Hugo posts do quote the title: attribute using either single or double quotes. Would need to be removed, because in Pure Blog, those quotes are included as part of the title, etc. Same goes for tags: [“Tag1”,“Tag2”] vs [Tag1,Tag2].

Pure Blog wishlist

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:23:00 +0000

Would like some specific/consistent markup element naming. For example, the post date is only identified by the time element on the post detail, but something else on the home page. Maybe name it something? Another example, I want the tags to be in a smaller font. They’re just a p element.
I would like the page title to be a link (not underlined, though)
I would like to override the copyright.
Excerpts on home page should render markdown, yes?
What’s the best way to deal with upgrades?

Feishin music player for Linux

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:16:43 -0500

I’m giving the Feishin music player a go on Linux. It’s full-featured and very Roon-like, but streams from my Navidrome instance.

It’s an Electron app, which some people can’t stomach, but it doesn’t bother me much. It’s a minor ick to suffer for a music player I might actually enjoy using.

If it turns out to be too much, then there are dozens of other options. I learned about Feishin from the post, The state of Linux music players in 2026, which was linked to here which was linked to by Andreas’ always interesting Link Dump.

Global org-capture shortcut in KDE

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:29:52 -0500

I like being able to create new Org mode tasks from anywhere, via a simple keyboard shortcut. This probably doesn’t justify a whole post, but here’s how I did it.

Create a script at ~/.local/bin/orgcapture.sh

Here’s the script:

#!/bin/bash
emacsclient -c -F '((name . "capture") (width . 80) (height . 34))' -e '(progn (org-capture) (delete-other-windows))'

In my Emacs config, I have a hook that tidies up the new frame:

(defun my/org-capture-finalize-hook ()
  "Close frame after org-capture if it was opened for capture."
  (when (and (> (length (frame-list)) 1)  ; More than one frame
             (frame-parameter nil 'client)) ; Frame created by emacsclient
    (delete-frame)))

(add-hook 'org-capture-after-finalize-hook 'my/org-capture-finalize-hook)

In KDE’s Settings, I added a new command in the Shortcuts settings that point to that script. I assigned it to F3.

Global org-capture shortcut in KDE

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:29:00 +0000

I like being able to create new Org mode tasks from anywhere, via a simple keyboard shortcut. This probably doesn’t justify a whole post, but here’s how I did it.

Create a script at ~/.local/bin/orgcapture.sh

Here’s the script:

#!/bin/bash
emacsclient -c -F '((name . "capture") (width . 80) (height . 34))' -e '(progn (org-capture) (delete-other-windows))'

In my Emacs config, I have a hook that tidies up the new frame:

(defun my/org-capture-finalize-hook ()
  "Close frame after org-capture if it was opened for capture."
  (when (and (> (length (frame-list)) 1)  ; More than one frame
             (frame-parameter nil 'client)) ; Frame created by emacsclient
    (delete-frame)))

(add-hook 'org-capture-after-finalize-hook 'my/org-capture-finalize-hook)

In KDE’s Settings, I added a new command in the Shortcuts settings that point to that script. I assigned it to F3.

Installing Fedora Workstation on the laptop

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:01:27 -0500

I finally started to become comfortable in KDE, so I decided to try Gnome again.

First!

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:54:00 +0000

So, here we are, testing Kev’s new blogging tool, Pure Blog.

It’s super simple. I had a development copy running on my Mac in about 5 minutes.

Removing analytics from baty.net

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:19:34 -0500

AI bots have made site analytics less useful

A Leica Q2 again

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 09:25:00 -0500

I’m back to using a Leica Q2. The constraints are a relief. For now.

Linux and/or macOS

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:10:00 -0500

I’ve been alternating between Linux (Fedora/KDE) and macOS since the beginning of the year.

I’d describe Linux and the software running on Linux like this:

Less polish, more power.

What I find challenging is that sometimes I want the power, other times I want the polish.

Surprisingly, I am starting to prefer being in Linux than being in macOS. Linux feels like it’s mine and I like that feeling. Everything in the OS makes me believe it was done with me mind. “Me” being “the user”. Even when things are frustrating, I usually understand why. macOS used to feel this way, but has drifted from it. It’s not all Tahoe’s fault, but it certainly hasn’t helped.

Blogging with org-mode and ox-hugo again

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:55:00 -0500

Using an SSG for building a blog isn’t complicated enough, so I added a layer of Org mode atop mine.

Navidrome and Supersonic

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:18:08 -0500

I’ve been running Navidrome on the NAS for a few weeks as a way to avoid figuring out how to use Roon on Linux. Navidrome is no Roon, but it’s fast and simple and works well enough for my purposes.

Navidrome’s web UI is fine, but I thought I’d look for a “real” (Linux) client for it. Navidrome’s API is compatible with the OpenSubsonic API, which apparently is quite popular, so there are many options. I’ve started with Supersonic.

OM on Sameness

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:14:36 -0500

Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World – On my Om:

We’re living in the endgame. Algorithmic reality doesn’t just commodify interaction. It standardizes imagination. The algorithms squeeze creativity out of millions by showing them exactly what “works.” We don’t get unique. We get infinite variations of the same.

I hate 90% of the internet, now. It makes me sad and angry.

Fedora/KDE on the Framework laptop

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been surprised to learn that I prefer KDE to Gnome

Berghia Nudibranch

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 04:41:53 -0500

Fighting unwanted critters in my reef tank by introducing more critters into my reef tank.

Dropping back to Doom Emacs

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:04:52 -0500

I haven’t used Doom Emacs in a while. Thought I’d give it a spin. Besides, I still miss my vim bindings from back in the day. Evil mode to the rescue.

A blogging resolution loophole

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:44:37 -0500

In How about some blogging stability for 2026? I wrote that I resolved to not change blogging platforms more than once a quarter. This would be an easy goal for most people. For me, though, it’s a bit of a challenge.

I was bored this morning, which is never a good sign. For something to do, instead of changing platforms, I decided to change Hugo themes instead. Totally within the boundaries, right?

Chaos around here

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 11:35:47 -0500

I’m typing this in NeoVim on the Framework running Fedora/Gnome. Earlier today, I fired up the Mac Mini and thought, “Man, this is how I want to do computing.” This, in direct opposition to how I’ve felt about it for the past few months. As part of the new year, I’d “decided” that I was putting the Linux experiment on hold indefinitely. I’d fired up Tinderbox for blogging at daily.baty.net as part of my new move back to macOS.

Livin' the dream over at Irreal

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:04:55 -0500

Over at Irreal, Blogging Platforms:

For me, blogging is all about writing and sharing my discoveries. The last thing I want is to worry about is my blogging platform. I want it to be as transparent as possible so I don’t have to think about it. I just want to write my post in Org mode and push a button to publish it.

Most days, this is what I dream of, too. Picking something and sticking with it would be good for me. So far, I’ve not been able to do that, even for a short time it seems. Maybe 2026 will be the year! :)