New blog: Using Org mode table for calculating RAGBRAI training actual vs. planned mileage https://davemq.github.io/2026/02/24/ragbrai-training-actuals-vs-plan.html
I was looking for my personal knowledge management system. How can I store documents, how can I interconnect them, how can I build something that I can use on Mac/Linux/Win - and that stores data locally. Easy to read, no magic, just plain text (references can be everything). In the end - I ended with #emacs #orgmode with the addition of small helpers like #org-attach (builtin). The knowledge articles are stored in #org-roam, org-attach stores the data in org-roam-directory/data using IDs. If I store a document I create a reference node that has the attachment in it - from there I crosslink to my org notes. Simple, no fuzz. Just Emacs and some lousy config lines. Did I mention, that I blog from there as well? The blog posts for my blog (https://node01.de) are nodes inside org-roam, that will be published using ox-hugo to a 2nd repo and are published statically to a webserver.
Every day which i either use org-mode or watch videos/bloh posts about it, my brain explodes how much cool stuff is provided or waiting to be integrated.
Sad that i suck at lisp languages. I mean in theory i get them, but my brain does not like it, so reading it is slow for me.
We had our social in Manchester last night, catching up with supporters.
Fancy another one?
We’ll be in London next Monday. Come along, chat on and hear about our campaign for UK digital sovereignty.
🗓️ 2 Feb
🕕 6:30-8:30pm
📍Newspeak House, E2 7DG (UK)
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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-london-meet-up-2/
I've been chaotically bookmarking things to watch for some time (reddit links, imdb links, movie names, directors, etc.) to an #emacs #org file primarily via Journelly.
The thing is, it's not super practical to browse when I need it. Today, I finally did something about that. A little scripting and LLM help got me my first browsable catalog.
Maybe I'll write this up and also share the film/tv series list. #film #movie #movies #tv #tvseries #show #shows #video #videos #plaintext