Nerd things and more...

Ad Blocking, simple & fast

We all hate ads. According to Wikipedia, Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods. So you have choices I am not going to detail but give the practical and useful information about the fastest and easiest way to block ads Browser extensions You need, always, no matter what, a web browser ad block extension. It will, of course, block ads only for the web browser. Main alternatives are: ...

Syncthing

I have been very very busy with work. Regardless COVID, I did homeoffice for about 2 weeks (and only due to suspicion of infection), work load increased considerably and therefore, I really abandoned this blog and I regret it, but I will try to keep writting it regardless the work. So, Let's start with the entry: Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, whether it is shared with some third party, and how it's transmitted over the internet. ...

Blog with Hugo (and GitHub Pages)

Hugo is one of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites fun again. That's in the Hugo website and I guess it's true, since I find it very easy to use to publish this dumb blog when I have the time to. Now, Hugo will generate the static site in your PC but how can you make it accessible from the Internet? Well… GitHub Pages is the savior. ...

Orgzly and never lose your notes again

I wanted to write a post about Orgzly for a few days, but I have been very busy these days. As I told in previous posts, I started using orgmode at work, but not for my everyday personal tasks… and suddenly I came across with Orgzly. Orgzly is an outliner for notes and to-do lists for Android devices! It basically allows you to write notes as in org-mode in Emacs, but in your phone —because you wont be carrying your laptop all day. ...

Org-roam & Windows

Org-roam Org-roam is a note-taking tool for Emacs using Org-mode. It is a replica of RoamResearch: "A note-taking tool for networked thought". Both are based in the Zettelkasten method, which is described as: Using a Zettelkasten is about optimizing a workflow of learning and producing knowledge. The method was developed by Niklas Luhmann and the literal translation is: Zettelkasten = Box of notes. In simple words: Org-roam allows you to make connections between your notes, in order to make a more efficient creative/learning process. ...

Org-mode

Org-mode is an Emacs mode for note taking, project planing and making TODO lists (because we all need TODO lists to GTD). It can handle more things: Calendar, diary, agenda and export you Org documents to other file extensions. I am not going do talk about all can do with org-mode, you can google yourself for further information. I am going to focus in note taking and export. The org file It all starts with a file with a .org extension. Create one in Doomemacs with SPC . and name it "myfile.org". By default a template should fill the title like: ...

Doom, Emacs & Windows

Last update: Feb 21st, 2026. Tested emacs 30.2 Doom-emacs. It's a configuration framework for Emacs. Basically, it overrides the Emacs keybindings with most of vim's. As I mentioned in the last post. I started using Emacs at work due to org-mode… and work PC's use windows behind a Firewall, so using git, pip, melpa and some more are useless in my work desktop (In the Laptop all of them work if I connect to another network, which was what I did). ...

In the Beginning

First things first This place is going to be my personal blog. I am going to write about nerd things I don't generally speak with people. Such things include: Emacs, linux, vim, encryption and a e s t h e t i c s. This blog is hosted in github, written in Emacs with org-mode and posted with Hugo (This is one of the topics I'll be posting later: How to blog with github and Hugo). ...

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