diff --git a/NEW_TODO b/NEW_TODO
deleted file mode 100644
index b206852..0000000
--- a/NEW_TODO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-- [ ] True using `gitHashes` argument instead of patching?
-
diff --git a/PROBLEMLOG b/PROBLEMLOG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b0e3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROBLEMLOG
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+180GB of disk space were used by my system which seemed absurd. Running the NixOS
+garbage collector only removed 7GB. The rest was found via:
+`du -hs ./.local/share/Games/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Steam/dumps/reports/*`
+tldr: there were 2714 30MB crash report files generated every minute of May 2nd 2025 (10 days ago)
+	SOLUTION: delete them all and hope it doesn't happen again
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 21efb53..46f6bdf 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+SOON: fix having to keep specifying new sha256 for home-manager (where I fetchTarball for it)
+THEN: make my nixdots more modular, there are a LOT of packages installed only to my laptop when they should be shared!
+
+
 Create a command palette accessible with MOD+P (MOD => Windows Key)
 	(ie make fullscreen, send to monitor, etc)
 
-Make each monitor's window styling slightly different (just for fun)
 
-Bind 5 workspaces per connected monitor.
-	Then use the command palette (discussed prior) to send to
-	a different workspace (ie because I currently use MOD+SHIFT+n
-	but if n>=10 then it doesnt work! hence we need a command palette!)
+Boring stuff (ie work and uni should go on a separate user account)
+
+
+
+INSPIRATION:
+1. https://github.com/sabrehagen/desktop-environment
diff --git a/TODO.LONG-TERM b/TODO.LONG-TERM
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e1acf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO.LONG-TERM
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Add a MAC Changer module like
+https://github.com/XNM1/linux-nixos-hyprland-config-dotfiles/blob/main/nixos/mac-randomize.nix
+
+Really good security oriented NixOS stuff can be found on that repo above (XNM1/linux-nixos-hyprland-config-dotfiles)
+
+
+
+Have multiple colour schemes in my system, one that's dark (good for when there's no external lighting),
+and another that's lighter (but not white) for when my windows are open).
+
+
+### Incredible Rofi Theme Collection
+https://github.com/adi1090x/rofi
+https://jade.fyi/blog/flakes-arent-real/ 
+
+
+
+Make each monitor's window styling slightly different (just for fun)
+
+Bind 5 workspaces per connected monitor.
+	Then use the command palette (discussed prior) to send to
+	a different workspace (ie because I currently use MOD+SHIFT+n
+	but if n>=10 then it doesnt work! hence we need a command palette!)
+
+
+
diff --git a/TODO.SPECIFIC b/TODO.SPECIFIC
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ae64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO.SPECIFIC
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- [ ] Try using `gitHashes` argument instead of patching? (on chameleonultragui package)
+- [ ] Don't alias ripgrep to rip, download the rip util too (its cool)
+	https://github.com/nivekuil/rip
+
diff --git a/banner b/banner
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b051d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/banner
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Welcome weary traveller, to my shop...
diff --git a/homes/me/default.nix b/homes/me/default.nix
index 14e6d99..fb19f72 100755
--- a/homes/me/default.nix
+++ b/homes/me/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
     username = "me";
     homeDirectory = "/home/me";
 
+    shellAliases = {
+      rip = "rg"; # ripgrep
+      brip = "batgrep"; # bat + ripgrep
+      man = "batman"; # bat + man
+    };
+
     pointerCursor = {
       gtk.enable = true;
       # x11.enable = true # dont enable since im on hyprland
diff --git a/homes/modules/bat.nix b/homes/modules/bat.nix
index f29f49b..fca2231 100755
--- a/homes/modules/bat.nix
+++ b/homes/modules/bat.nix
@@ -12,4 +12,13 @@
       theme = "Dracula";
     };
   };
+
+  # other commands that make normal utils prettier
+  home.packages = with pkgs.bat-extras; [
+    batdiff
+    batgrep
+    batman
+    batwatch
+    prettybat
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/homes/modules/git.nix b/homes/modules/git.nix
index c98ab4e..57b1e8f 100755
--- a/homes/modules/git.nix
+++ b/homes/modules/git.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 }: {
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
+    extraConfig = {
+      color.ui = true;
+      core.editor = "hx";
+      github.user = "emileclarkb";
+    };
+
     userName = "Emile Clark-Boman";
     userEmail = "eclarkboman@gmail.com";
   };
diff --git a/homes/modules/term/ghostty.nix b/homes/modules/term/ghostty.nix
index 5eb2591..4c0b130 100644
--- a/homes/modules/term/ghostty.nix
+++ b/homes/modules/term/ghostty.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   home = {
     packages = [
       pkgs.ghostty
-      #(pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "xterm" ''${pkgs.ghostty}/bin/ghostty "$@"'')
     ];
 
     sessionVariables.TERMINAL = "ghostty";
@@ -26,6 +25,9 @@
       gtk-single-instance = false;
       adw-toolbar-style = "flat";
 
+      # disable close confirmations
+      confirm-close-surface = false;
+
       keybind = [
         "ctrl+shift+plus=increase_font_size:1"
         "ctrl+shift+minus=decrease_font_size:1"