21 march 2026
I've been trying out Emacs lately. I'm somewhere on the fence about it. The fact that it is actually an operating system I find...endearing? It's a weird thing to feel over a system of applications pulled together to create this one cohesive whole. On the other hand, it's a whole new way of learning how to interact with something that's primarily keyboard driven.
I grabbed DOOM Emacs, a configuration starter kit/framework that says to ease the learning curve of Emacs. And it does work as advertised but I'm not "fluent" enough to use Emacs vanilla. At least I learned enough to get rec-mode installed and edit my tarot journal, that I've stored as a recfile.
That's another thing I've been trying out: recutils. I found out about it through ~dozen's webpage, something about tarot.rec. I thought the concept of recutils was interesting and there are some potential project ideas that popped in my head with it. It seemed appropriate to try it out with a tarot (learning) journal. I draw a card about once a day, learn about it, and my take on how it could guide what's happening in my life.
So far, I've learned the Swords suit is rather dark and aggressive. Makes sense, it is a weapon. But I also realize the one round of shuffling I did may just not be enough!