April 18th 2026 - Reading Summary

The Hobbit

Chapter 4 - Over Hill and Under Hill

  • A stark difference

    They start making their way up the dangerous mountain. Its a stark contrast to the comforts of Elrond's home.

The Eye of the World

Setting up for Bel Tine

They continue to make their way into town and see everyone setting up for the festivities. Older women are setting up the Pole where unmarried men and women will dance and sing courting each other and the places where contests will happen during the Bel Tine festivities.

At the inn

The arrive at the inn and are greeted by the inn keeper, Bran.

Atomic Habits

The feedback loop

Identity reinforces habits and habits reinforce identity. Its a feedback loop.

Prot's Elisp Book

Describing keymaps

describe-keymap to see the key bindings for any mode or installed package.

Chapter 4

  • How to define variables
    (defvar my-name "Arkvis"
  "This is some documentation about a name.
A good Elisp program will document all the functions and variables it
provides. Emacs developers have a strong documentation culture.
It complements the software freedom we stand for, because it empowers
users to learn from the tools available to them and thus exercise
their freedom.")