knits knot's https://tilde.green/~knit en Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:45:48 -0700 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:45:48 -0700 Emacs 29.4 Org-mode 9.6.15 knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/knit.png knits knot's https://tilde.green/~knit hello! https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#hello-world knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#hello-world Sun, 05 May 2024 21:25:00 -0600 hi, im knit. these are my random thoughts. i may delete / change entries here at times. newest entries are first.

]]> live! https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#rss-working knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#rss-working Sun, 05 May 2024 21:25:00 -0600 ok, it looks like everything here is working?

  • i installed the ox-rss package
  • i add new entries to rss.org
  • i include a :CUSTOM_ID: property on each new entry.
  • i press C-c C-e r r to export to rss.xml
  • i move the generated xml file to my website :3
]]> a list of random tips for living life https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#org390540a knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#org390540a Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:05:00 -0700 i published a list of random (some more extreme than others) "did you know" style tips such as:

  • you can re-steep green tea leaves
  • oatmeal is way cheaper than cereal
  • safety razors > cartridge razors.
  • fast food is usually bad for you

stuff like that. find the page here!

]]> cooking weight vs volume measurements https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#weight-vs-volume knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#weight-vs-volume Thu, 23 May 2024 17:55:00 -0600 i was thinking about automatically converting between metric and imperial cooking, then i realized...

... i don't want to use imperial cooking measurements lmao

]]> Steam on GuixSD with an external HDD https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#guix-steam-external-hdd knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#guix-steam-external-hdd Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:16:00 -0600 So i got Steam installed from nonguix, but it runs in a sandbox in ~/.local/share/guix-sandbox-home. it cannot see directories outside of this path.

so i created ~/.local/share/guix-sandbox-home/mnt and mounted my external drive (with all my games on it) to that mountpoint.

then i ran steam with steam -console, opened the Console tab, and wrote:

library_folder_add /home/lin/mnt/Games

Now steam is working!

To run Ultrakill,

  • Properties
  • Compatibility

i'll write a complete article eventually when Ultrakill actually launches.

]]> rss opml file https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#opml knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#opml Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:14:00 -0700 instead of writing all my urls out in my init.el file as elements to my elfeed-feeds list, i discovered that it's easier and cleaner to just use an opml file:

  • elfeed-export-opml, then run
  • elfeed-import-opml on that file from my init.el.

yeah i'm stupid. what about it?

]]> writing in plains cree syllabics https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#computer-syllabics knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#computer-syllabics Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:51:00 -0700 ᑖᓂᓯ, ᑲᐦᑭᔭᐤ ᐊᐏᔭᐠ!

sometimes i want to write in cree syllabic from within emacs, without needing to install external programs like fcitx (and using, say, m17n to get a western cree input method)

so i created several tools to make this easier

  • a consolefont for non-gui displays
  • a loadkeys input method (for non-gui displays)
  • an emacs input method for syllabics ("ma" becomes "ᒪ")
  • an emacs function to convert a whole region from ASCII to SRO to syllabics.
  • a keyboard layout for heliboard on android

these projects have been really fun :3

  • ᑭᐑ ᐚᐸᒥᑎᓈᐚᐤ ᒭᐢᑕᐢ, ᓂᒐᒋᒧᓯᓯᒪᐠ! 🐶
  • kiwî wâpamitinâwâw mwestas, nicacimosisimak!
  • i'll see you all later, my puppies!
]]> using proper subheading IDs https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#fixing-rss knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#fixing-rss Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:55:00 -0700 i had some rss issues where the link would point to a non-existing url. i fixed that by setting "CUSTOMID" to my entries from now on. whoops :3

]]> atom clients are kinda hit-or-miss, huh https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#org0b967b2 knit@tilde.green (knit) https://tilde.green/~knit/rss.html#org0b967b2 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:45:00 -0700 as someone who rolls my own atom generators from time to time, it's frustrating that a lot of atom clients don't acctually follow the specification.

so far only newsboat properly renders posts generated by my latest software. other clients get mad if i don't include a link to the article on the web (which is not mandatory), and some of them only show me the summary.

some clients don't render text/plain properly, and everything gets put onto one line. some clients even do this if i specify that it's a <pre> tag in text/html format.

but i don't want to only publish to newsboat readers. i want my shitposts to be accessible for anyone, so i primarily post here (an rss feed generated from emacs' org mode)

weh, anyway, enough for this vent

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