I added diacritics support to Plasma Keyboard!

https://merritt.codes/blog/2026/03/13/2026/_plasma-keyboard-funding-diacritics

Now I can more easily write German words as I continue learning it, such as: über, schön, and Straße!

Also, I can sprinkle my lovely symbols in my writing without having to resort to the compose key or copy-pasting — isn't that great‽ 😁

#kde #plasma #linux #diacritics

Reminder to be careful leaving batteries charging unattended.. woke up at 2:30 AM to the fire alarm and the dog crying because one of the rechargeable hand warmers combusted and stated a fire.

Now I am tired, threw away some melted cables and have a bunch of stuff to clean soot off.. R.I.P. my carpet but could've been a lot worse.

Also check your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms regularly, and have home fire extinguishers handy -- sure glad I did! 🔥🧯

My first time trying out watercolor painting. A Torii gate, in ink and wash style.

#watercolor #art

Flutter apps launched from VS Code were running as XWayland, even though VS Code is running as Wayland native..

Adding this to settings.json fixed it.

(Slowly) learning German, and brushing up on French.

#languages #LanguageLearning