commit 3b2764cfdbbe455408f651d451b544170b574c84
parent 587c9e56edbabd53c387e882734ea3801ecbb7b9
Author: Pollux <pollux@pollux.codes>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 13:46:04 +0000
Update now page
Signed-off-by: Pollux <pollux@pollux.codes>
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1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/content/now/index.md b/content/now/index.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ design, makes it difficult to rice stuff properly.
Zoom works perfectly on X, even in the browser. I could never get that working
quite right on Wayland...
-I've also adopted many other programs in the suckless softwork suite, include
+I've also adopted many other programs in the suckless software suite, include
st, slock, and dmenu. Now that I am more familiar with C than I was when I last
tried to use them, the experience has been much more enjoyable and I cannot see
myself switching back.
@@ -36,15 +36,13 @@ system as much as conceivably possible. I have also started trying to remove
other sucky software from my computer. Currently, my system is completely free
of the following:
-- gtk
- wayland
- pam
- polkit
- elogind
- plymouth
-I used to also have no dbus on my system, but I now need to use bluetooth,
-which has a hard dependency on dbus on Linux.
+I used to also have no dbus or gtk on my system, but that unfortunately got in the way of things too much (for bluetooth and my browser, respectively), so I have reluctantly allowed them back onto my system.
### Health
@@ -60,6 +58,13 @@ opportunities nearby, I have started hiking on Saturdays. Several of the other
students in my cohort also enjoy hiking, so I have been doing it with them as
well on occasion.
+## Religion
+
+I have recently recognized the fundamental truth and beauty of Christianity. I
+have started regularly attending my local Catholic church and have also
+signed up to join OCIA next year. I will be baptized on Easter in 2027 if all
+goes well!
+
## Plans
Here are some of my plans for my life in the moderate future (next few years),
@@ -73,19 +78,20 @@ Things I have started:
vim, and can keep up with the professor even during math-heavy lectures.
(I highly recommend checking out this [blog
post](https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/).)
- - I set up calcurse and taskwarrior to sync properly. I am also running a
- caldav server on this VPS that I use to sync tasks and calendar events
- between calcurse, taskwarrior, and a couple apps on my phone.
- Finish my desktop rice.
- I have settled on dwm+xlibre for my desktop. I wrote a tool called
[morph](http://pollux.codes/git/morph/file/README.md.html) to generate an
xresources color scheme from my wallpaper, so I can dynamically color my
terminal and stuff from my wallpaper.
- - There are only a few minor loose ends to tie up.
+ - I wrote a tool called splashdown to render images and text to the
+ frame buffer. I was able to incorporate it into my computer's initramfs
+ and OpenRC, so I can have a (mostly) seamless bootup and shutdown
+ sequence!
+- Trying polyphasic sleep again, we'll see how it goes this time...
+- Although it hasn't quite become a regular habit yet, I have started reading
+ more and have finished a couple books since my last update.
Things I have not started yet:
- Consistently practice painting digitally with Krita
- Start making music again
-- Practice a second language (considering Latin and/or Japanese)
-- Read more (say an hour a day)
-- Polyphasic sleep (tried but fell apart quickly, unsure if I'll try again)
+- Practice a second language (considering Latin)