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I do something similar but I gave up using org-mode (mostly because that was all I was using emacs for and I spent more time configuring the thing 'just so' tha

I do something similar but I gave up using org-mode (mostly because that was all I was using emacs for and I spent more time configuring the thing 'just so' than I did actually using it. Now I just keep everything in plain text and aliased it to 'tj' (todays journal). alias tj="touch ~/Dropbox/journal/$(date +%d-%m-%Y).org && code ~/Dropbox/journal/$(date +%d-%m-%Y).org" Effortless backups as well (and as a side benefit the NSA now knows I need to look at better ways of handling css in packages pulled in from npm etc).

tapan_k 10y ago
Perhaps old fashioned, but I fill up a page of TWSBI [1] every evening, using a Sheaffer Prelude [2]. [1] http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks/products/twsbi-notebook-medium http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks/products/twsbi-no... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Sheaffer-Prelude-Black-Featuring-Fountain/dp/B00166BD44 https://www.amazon.com/Sheaffer-Prelude-Black-Featuring-Foun...
- clappski 10y ago
  I've never head of TWSBI, although I do enjoy Moleskine. Would you be able to give a comparison between them?
  - tapan_k 10y ago
    Cannot comment on Moleskine as I've never used one. I am loving TWSBI notebooks [1]: the paper is thick, and does not feather or bleed with fountain pen ink. There is very little ghosting which makes it possible to use both sides of paper. Here [2] is a review I found helpful. [1] http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJkNfiP_ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJkNfiP_ys
banterfoil 10y ago
I am curious, what does the "code" alias link to? and why is it that you need to touch it before you edit it? wouldn't an editor do that for you?
- petetnt 10y ago
  It's the name of the binary for Visual Studio Code. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
newfolder 10y ago
The NSA are making backups of your backup. Double win.
liuhenry 10y ago
I've been using jrnl (https://github.com/maebert/jrnl https://github.com/maebert/jrnl) for this. Pretty similar idea - still plain text, but adds a CLI wrapper with a few more features.

tapan_k 10y ago

Perhaps old fashioned, but I fill up a page of TWSBI [1] every evening, using a Sheaffer Prelude [2]. [1] http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks/products/twsbi-notebook-medium http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks/products/twsbi-no... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Sheaffer-Prelude-Black-Featuring-Fountain/dp/B00166BD44 https://www.amazon.com/Sheaffer-Prelude-Black-Featuring-Foun...

clappski 10y ago
I've never head of TWSBI, although I do enjoy Moleskine. Would you be able to give a comparison between them?
- tapan_k 10y ago
  Cannot comment on Moleskine as I've never used one. I am loving TWSBI notebooks [1]: the paper is thick, and does not feather or bleed with fountain pen ink. There is very little ghosting which makes it possible to use both sides of paper. Here [2] is a review I found helpful. [1] http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks http://www.twsbi.com/collections/notebooks [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJkNfiP_ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJkNfiP_ys

banterfoil 10y ago

I am curious, what does the "code" alias link to? and why is it that you need to touch it before you edit it? wouldn't an editor do that for you?

petetnt 10y ago
It's the name of the binary for Visual Studio Code. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux

newfolder 10y ago

The NSA are making backups of your backup. Double win.

liuhenry 10y ago

I've been using jrnl (https://github.com/maebert/jrnl https://github.com/maebert/jrnl) for this. Pretty similar idea - still plain text, but adds a CLI wrapper with a few more features.