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The trees had no leaves yet, but the buds were full of sap and already swelling and bursting. In every bud you could feel the concentrated presence of young shoots, flowers, fruits-to-be, lying in wait and ready to burst out to the light.Day and night in the middle of winter, the great miracle of spring was silently, secretly being prepared beneath the dry bark. – Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek The two books that really touched me this year are Life and Times of ...

OrgThis is a post dedicated to the Org Layer in Spacemacs (Org Mode is a GNU Emacs mode, so not limited to Spacemacs!). Check out Org Mode and the Org Manual to see what Org is all about. I got recommended years ago but didn’t have the time and leisure back then to really learn and use it. Currently I mainly use Org Mode in Spacemacs for note-taking and jotting down ideas.For the next step I plan to use org-roam to build a knowledge base and I’ll also begin using Org as my main task manager afte ...

I’m learning Spacemacs (with Vim key bindings (check out this blog post by Stéphane Caron)) and would like to share some of my notes here.For detailed instructions and a deeper understanding please refer to Spacemacs’ official documentation. Modal editing with Vim ESC Key returns you from other modes to the normal mode. You can learn Vim key bindings with (SPACE h T v), the Emacs Evil Tutor :-p.Of course there are many other wonderful and interactive tutorials out there… Navigation in NORMAL ...

December begins with snow and love, or this is how November ends, if you prefer. Some well-known people died, some unknown people were born. People snowflakes, but how amazing is this journey from heaven to earth. And is there a return?