Chris DeLuca

I wrote a base #css stylesheet for novels. https://www.chrisdeluca.me/article/base-css-to-style-a-novel/

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I’m working on a short novel, which got me thinking about typesetting (naturally). There’s as many ways to style a book as there are a webpage [citation needed], but there’s rules …

I wrote a guide on building your own #neovim fzy search in #lua https://www.chrisdeluca.me/article/diy-neovim-fzy-search/

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There are plenty of fuzzy search solutions for Neovim, most notably Telescope, but sometimes you just want something fast and simple.

Enter fzy, a fast command line program with a slick search …

I’ve been trying to find a good workflow for drawing vector artwork that has the spontaneity and roughness of hand drawn images.

Finished reading: The Road to React by Robin Wieruch. Took me over eight months. It was only meh.

I’m reading a Murakami story collection in an art gallery. Someone stops, mentions they read it, too. They move on, then come back. I didn’t get the one with the ghost. I try to relate, but confuse it with a different story. Maybe you haven’t read that one yet. Maybe I haven’t. It’s hard to hear through the masks. I say I have been letting the stories wash over me, feeling dumb. They are eager to leave. It all feels like a Murakami story.

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Finished reading: Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Y. Bhargava.

Read the short story The Case for and Against Love Potions by Imbolo Mbue.

Finished reading: Heroes by Stephen Fry. Pure joy.

Started reading: Heroes by Stephen Fry.

Finished reading: Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power by David Dayen. It took me around six months.

Finished reading: Letters From an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Took me over a month.

Finished reading: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost. Read it in 27 days.

Started reading: The Road to React by Robin Wieruch.

I entered a erotica fiction contest for the popular comedy podcast Double Threat, and I was lucky enough to have my submission given a superlative on the show. What follows is that submission. Content …

Started reading: Letters From an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Started reading: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost.

Finished reading: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry.

Only counting the original movies with Peter sellers.

1. A Shot in the Dark

   The best movie in the series doesn’t bear its name.

2. The Return of the Pink Panther
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again …

Only counting the original movies with Peter sellers.

1. A Shot in the Dark

   The best movie in the series doesn’t bear its name.

2. The Return of the Pink Panther
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again …

Read: On Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese.

Started reading: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry.

Another piece I wrote in collaboration with an A.I., this time, trying to create the most stereotypical Hallmark movie plot possible. I failed.

I had some trouble after upgrading GPGTools to version 2020.2 on macOS Big Sur, where it would ignore my Yubikey smart card and I couldn’t unlock my stuff.

Every time I tried to use gpg (Yubikey …