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content/Misc/home.md

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 title: Miscellaneous Articles
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 Things which I didn't really have a category for.
 
 ## Definitions/glossaries
 -  [[linux-isms|Linux-isms]]: A glossary of the linux terms I've used.
-- [[what-is-a-garden|What is a Garden?]]: The definitions of "digital garden" that I like most.
+- [[what-is-a-garden|What is a Garden?]]: The definitions of "digital garden" that I like most.
+## Others
+- [[keys|Key Layouts]]: Sometimes, a good solution starts as a technical necessity.

content/Misc/keys.md

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+---
+title: Key Layouts
+tags: ["misc", "keyboard"]
+---
+
+Take a look at this typewriter:
+
+<img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/13E3C/production/_106186418_gettyimages-471395639.jpg" alt="Getty Images typewriter layout">
+
+The keys are connected by levers to the internal workings. Those levers have to be spaced apart so that they don't collide, and to ensure smooth typing. More in-depth explanation (off-site) [here](https://deskthority.net/wiki/Staggering#Classic%20typewriter%20keyboard).
+
+The modern keyboard stagger, with some exceptions, overwhelmingly looks like this:
+
+<img src=" https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5199/5199000_sd.jpg" alt="Best Buy HP Classic Desktop Combo">
+
+But there are no levers in an electronic keyboard. Why the design holdover? We only staggered the keys in a typewriter because they physically couldn't be aligned any other way. And nobody nowadays has typed on a typewriter necessitating familiarity.
+
+The answer? Comfort. Typing on a keyboard like that below, unless you're actively tucking your elbows in at your sides, is completely unbearable:
+
+<img src=" https://www.mechkeybs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OLKB-Planck-Mechanical-Keyboard-1-1024x576.jpg" alt="ortholinear keyboard from Mech Keybs">
+
+So the staggered layout remains. 
+
+##### P.S.
+Yes, [split ortholinear](https://keeb.io/collections/split-keyboards/products/viterbi-keyboard-pcbs-5x7-70-split-ortholinear) and other enthusiast layouts like [Dactyl Manuform](https://github.com/tshort/dactyl-keyboard) exist that alter or eliminate the above concerns. This is just meant to be a minimal example of when necessity stumbles upon a highly performant solution by chance.
+
+See also [[Projects/keyboards|my keyboard]] and other [keyboard-related](/tags/keyboard) posts.

content/Misc/linux-isms.md

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 title: Linux-isms
-tags: ["linux", "glossary"]
+tags: ["linux", "glossary", "misc"]
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 This article is somewhat of a glossary for all the words/phrases that I use that originate with Linux or related projects like GNU.
 

content/Misc/what-is-a-garden.md

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 title: What is a Garden?
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+tags: ["glossary", "misc"]
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 # Definitions
 > A digital garden is an online space at the intersection of a notebook and a blog, where digital gardeners share seeds of thoughts to be cultivated in public.

content/Programs I Like/code-editors.md

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 Below are my two favorite ways to write code. Let's start with the big one:
 ## Visual Studio Code
-WIP
-## [Neovim](https://neovim.io/)
-Sometimes, you just want to bang out a few lines of code, hit save, and go back to whatever you were doing before. This is [Neovim](https://neovim.io/).
+This little gem of a text editor ended up taking the world by storm because it delivered open-source compartmentalization and configuration in an enterprise package. 
+
+[VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) arose out of a common hatred for 
+## Neovim
+Sometimes, the [[Misc/keys|most efficient solution]] only arises because it was technically necessary, yet when advancements make it no longer necessary, the initial route proves subpar. you just want to bang out a few lines of code, hit save, and go back to whatever you were doing before. This is [Neovim](https://neovim.io/).
 
 Based on the older `vim` text editor (which was in turn based on `vi`, the [[linux-isms#BSD|BSD]] Unix program), Neovim is designed to be as minimally intrusive as possible while remaining responsive to the needs of a developer. 
 

content/Programs I Like/home.md

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 ## Anything self-hosted.
 - [[on-self-hosted-software|On Self-Hosted Software]]
+## Catppuccin.
+- [Catppuccin](https://github.com/catppuccin) is a coffee-flavored theme ecosystem for just about everything. 
+## The Hundred Rabbits ecosystem.
+- [[Programs I Like/hundred-rabbits|Hundred Rabbits]] is a collective that creates tools, games, and music while sailing around the world.
+- They've made several toy programs that I enjoy playing with as well as some neat minimal tools for their own personal computing system called [Uxn](https://100r.co/site/uxn.html).
 ## Linux.
 - 'nuff said.
 - [[on-linux|On Linux]]

content/Programs I Like/hundred-rabbits.md

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-title: Hundred Rabbits ecosystem
+title: Hundred Rabbits Ecosystem
+tags: ["community", "creators"]
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 Hundred Rabbits has a collection of programs and APIs that reflect the kind of project base I really like.

content/Projects/Obsidian/digital-garden.md

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 title: "Obsidian: Digital Gardening with Quartz"
-tags: ["meta", "webdev"]
+tags: ["meta", "webdev", "moderate"]
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 ...It's this website.
 

content/Projects/Obsidian/editor.md

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 title: "Obsidian: Editor"
-tags: ["editor", "notes"]
+tags: ["editor", "notes", "easy"]
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 Where the hell do I start with this. It's almost as convoluted and fine-tuned as my [[Programs I Like/code-editors|Code Editors]]. This is by no means a complete or current list, I just want to highlight some of the things I've done that have improved Obsidian's usefulness to me.
 
-### Plugins
+## Appearance
+### Theme
+Anuppuccin: I already like the [[Garden/Programs I Like/home#Catppuccin|Catppuccin]] ecosystem, and this theme adds interop with a few different plugins as well as major customization potential through [[#Style Settings]]. 
+## Plugins
+These are the edits I found worth noting. All can be found through Obsidian's community plugin browser.
+#### Self-hosted LiveSync
+Cross-platform notes, for free. I have a full page on this plugin's backend setup [[Projects/Obsidian/livesync|here]]. How cool is it to be able to write for this website from my phone??
 #### Shell Commands
-This thing rocks. From my laptop, I can tell Quartz to push any local changes (which I can make from my phone if I want as well, thanks [[livesync|LiveSync]]) to [[digital-garden|this website]] just by running a custom command from the [Command Palette](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette). No need to open the terminal.
+This thing rocks. From my laptop, I can tell Quartz to push any local changes to [[Projects/Obsidian/digital-garden|this website]] just by running a custom command from the [Command Palette](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Command+palette). No need to open the terminal.
+#### Style Settings
+Configure supported themes.
+#### Tasks
+Adds a whole new query type called a task block for you to keep track of customizable tasks with variable content, state, priority, and due date. Compatible with a host of themes as well.

content/Projects/Obsidian/home.md

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 Hoo boy. This project needs its entire own folder structure because of the sheer amount of components I have going.
 
+This homepage has no difficulty tag because each of the below is different.
+
 I think my use is divided into three easily separable parts:
 - [[editor|Editor]]: What I've done to the Obsidian application itself. 
 - [[livesync|LiveSync]]: My use of the `Obsidian-LiveSync` plugin to encrypt, obfuscate, and back up *all* of my notes to [[my-cloud|My Cloud]]. 

content/Projects/Obsidian/livesync.md

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 title: "Obsidian: LiveSync"
-tags: ["cloud"]
+tags: ["cloud", "advanced"]
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content/Projects/home.md

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 title: "Projects"
 tags: ["toc", "project"]
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+I assign each project a difficulty level out of the following list:
+- #easy
+- #moderate
+- #advanced
 ## Productivity
 - Anything hosted on [[Projects/my-cloud|My Cloud]].
 - My primary note-taker, [[Projects/Obsidian/home|obsidian.md]].
+- My operating system and the tools within [[Projects/my-computer|my computer]].
 
 ## Other Open-Source Contributions
 - [[Projects/zotero-lexis-plus|A Lexis+ translator for Zotero.]]

content/Projects/keyboards.md

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+---
+title: A Mechanical Keyboard Journey
+tags: ["diy", "keyboard", "easy"]
+draft: true
+---

content/Projects/memos.md

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 title: "Project: Memos"
-tags: ["project", "cloud", "productivity"]
+tags: ["project", "cloud", "productivity", "moderate"]
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 [usememos/memos](https://github.com/usememos/memos) is another knowledge collection-oriented project, albeit with a slightly different audience to [[Programs I Like/obsidian|Obsidian]].
 

content/Projects/my-cloud.md

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 title: My Cloud
+tags: ["moderate"]
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 I host a lot of different things on here. For security purposes, I'm not going to say much about my actual architecture, but I am going to tell you how and why you can start hosting your own!

content/Projects/my-computer.md

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 title: My Computer
+tags: ["productivity", "linux", "moderate"]
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 I run Fedora Linux with the GNOME desktop environment.
 

content/Projects/zotero-lexis-plus.md

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 title: "The Tale of Lexis+.js"
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 This is one of the first open source contributions I made that I felt proud of. I think it genuinely solves a problem that I and hundreds of others have.
 ## I am faced with a problem:

content/on-linux.md

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 This page documents my many adventures with Linux and why I enjoy it.
 
 ## Virtualization
-Virtualization is a great way to get acquainted with Linux. If you're a student, check if your university has VMware (also see [[Resources/for-students|Resources for Students]] in general). 
+Virtualization is a great way to get acquainted with Linux. If you're a student, check if your university has VMware (also see [[for-students|Resources for Students]] in general). 

quartz.layout.ts

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   footer: Component.Footer({
     links: {
       "Source code": "https://github.com/bfahrenfort/quartz",
+      "RSS": "https://be-far.com/index.xml"
     },
   }),
 }