Prot Asks: Thomas about Emacs writing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, sport culture, and manga

2025-07-16

Raw link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvD0G4qawyA

In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you wish!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More information in the announcement I posted: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-10-prot-asks-chats-videos-proposal/.

In this ~1-hour video, I talk to Thomas about using Emacs to write blog posts and take notes. Then we switch gears to discuss Thomas’ involvement with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Part of that theme covers our thoughts on sport culture, discipline and commitment. The last topic is manga, which comes from Japan. We touch on the work ethic of manga artists and, generally, the culture at play.

• Thomas’ blog: https://blog.grappling.ca/.
• Thomas’ weekly BJJ newsletter: https://write.as/quantum-weekly/.