The Ghost Operator's Signal
Modern physics demands clarity.
Equations must be readable. Thoughts must be archived.
Distractions must be eliminated.
Paper fades. Clutter grows. Search fails.
But a Ghost has a system.
Continue reading “Org Mode + LaTeX: Study Physics Like a Ghost Operator”
DeadSwitch delivers. Again.
The Whisper Engine is now open-source.
Explore and audit the code on GitHub.
Current version: 0.0.8 – under heavy development.
This is not just another static site generator.
Whisper Engine is for those who demand simplicity, privacy, and control from inside Emacs.
It’s not an abandoned concept. DeadSwitch runs on it.
Continue reading “The Whisper Engine Source Code Is Available”
DeadSwitch works on a new blade – an Emacs-powered static site generator.
No analytics. No ads. No noise. Just signal.
Static sites are convenient.
They’re fast and secure.
They’re a one-way whispering.
Plain text is a sharp blade. Trusted.
Coding is not typing.
It’s clarity under pressure.
And clarity begins with focus.
The Ghost doesn’t switch tabs. The Ghost doesn’t break flow.
Code and documentation live together – as they should.
There are editors. There are IDEs. They are loud. They are noisy.
Then there is Emacs – the operating system disguised as one. A silent dagger.
Where the modern world wraps tools in layers of bloat and corporate chains, Emacs remains raw, scriptable, and sovereign.
Continue reading “Emacs: The Editor That Fights Back”
Writing is a silent duel.
The editor is your blade. Choose it with precision, or it will cut you down.
DeadSwitch authors in full control. Plain text. Multiple exports.
Headlines. Words. Properties. Razor sharp.
The Ghost’s way of writing-fu.
The web is noise. The control tower is silent. No tabs, no clicks – only keys.
I don’t use Emacs for nostalgia. I use it because it bends to my will.
Ansible automates. Emacs orchestrates. Together, they form my Ops Terminal.
There’s no room for clutter in the command line of a ghost.
DeadSwitch doesn’t “manage time” – he enforces silence. Tasks, missions, and rituals are stored in plain text. The command center is Emacs. The engine is Org mode. The interface is custom Agenda views – all hardwired to reflect control, not chaos.
This is not productivity. It’s protocol.
By DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost
“Your thoughts should never be anyone’s business. Encrypt the silence.”
In a world obsessed with sharing, I write to forget – not to be remembered by others. My journal isn’t a scrapbook for dopamine or a backup for someone else’s algorithm. It’s a log of operations, and operations require secrecy.
So I encrypt mine. With Emacs. In plain text.
This is how DeadSwitch keeps a daily log that even the digital gods can’t peek into.
Why Encrypt a Journal?
Because the mind is sacred.
Because ideas are weapons.
Because tomorrow’s threat often begins with yesterday’s leak.
Encrypted journaling isn’t about fear. It’s about respect – for your thoughts, your process, your silence.
The Setup – Emacs, Org-mode, and GPG
Here’s the toolbox:
org-cryptEmacs Configuration
Drop this into your config:
(require 'org-crypt)
(setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance '("crypt"))
(setq org-crypt-key nil) ;; uses your default GPG key
(org-crypt-use-before-save-magic)
This tells Emacs to automatically encrypt any headline tagged with :crypt: before saving.
Decryption happens only when you open the file – and stays in RAM.
A Sample Entry
* May 2025 :crypt:
** [2025-05-04 Sun]
- 5k run - 22:18 [2025-05-04 Sun 09:06]
- Cold shower - difficulty: easy [2025-05-04 Sun 09:28]
- New idea: Emacs Lisp for internal ops [2025-05-04 Sun 14:24]
Your operations, encrypted. Your timestamps, precise. Your log, protected.
Timestamps and Logging Shortcuts
C-c . – insert dateC-u C-c . – insert date and timeC-c ! – inactive timestampC-u C-c ! – inactive date and timeYou want traceability without noise. Emacs delivers.
Why Not Notion, Joplin, Obsidian, or Others?
Because I don’t trust clouds.
Because their encryption isn’t mine.
Because their sync means exposure.
Because when I type, I want code – not JavaScript trying to sell me my own thoughts.
Final Note
“Encryption is not paranoia. It is self-respect.”
Your mind is a fortress. Don’t leave the gate open.
DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost
“In silence, we rise. In the switch, we fade.”
Continue reading “Shell Scripts in Emacs: The Cyber Ghost’s Shortcut to Flow”Forget tabbing between windows. Forget terminal juggling. We script where we think – inside the mind of Emacs.
Ever written an Ansible role in silence?
Not just code – structured ritual.
Where logic meets discipline.
Where every variable is defined, documented, and deployed – within the same file.
That’s the power of Org Mode.
This is the DeadSwitch way.
There’s a certain kind of silence that comes before precision.
And precision – true, surgical precision – requires the right blade.
For Ansible development, that blade is Emacs.
Not VSCode. Not PyCharm. Not some noisy IDE bloated with plugins.
Just Emacs. Raw. Controlled. Modular.
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