diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index 484a0911f7..427340d4de 100644
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -179,9 +179,12 @@ todatauri () {
 }
 
 
-# lazy initialize nvm
+##
+# lazy initialize nvm, rvm, miniconda
 # https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33582219
-# Alternatives:
+##
+
+# npm alternatives:
 # * i kinda like volta more but i forget it.
 # * https://github.com/Schniz/fnm also exists.
 # * https://asdf-vm.com/ has lots of fans. i want to try it.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a3260aa7c..0164c40a50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ Rust folks have made a few things that are changing things.
  - https://github.com/ogham/exa is better `ls` and gets all the trapd00r/LS_COLORS stuff etc.
  - https://github.com/bigH/git-fuzzy interactive git thing. deprecates my `git recent` script. and probably some other things.
 
- Also I'd like to migrate to using homesick or https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles
+### Dotfiles mgmt todo
+ Also I'd like to migrate to using one of these:
+ - homesick or 
+ - https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/dotfiles
+ - https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager
+ - https://www.chezmoi.io/
 
  also interested in https://github.com/dandavison/open-in-editor
diff --git a/fish/functions.fish b/fish/functions.fish
index bb3ea0263a..52a08ff546 100644
--- a/fish/functions.fish
+++ b/fish/functions.fish
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ end
 
 function stab --description "stabalize a video"
   set -l vid $argv[1]
-  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -vf vidstabdetect=stepsize=32 -f null -; 
-  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -vf vidstabtransform=interpol=bicubic "$vid.stab.mkv"; 
-  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -i "$vid.stab.mkv"  -filter_complex vstack "$vid.stacked.mkv"
+  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -vf vidstabdetect=stepsize=32:result="$vid.trf" -f null -; 
+  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -b:v 5700K -vf vidstabtransform=interpol=bicubic:input="$vid.trf" "$vid.mkv";  # :optzoom=2 seems nice in theory but i dont love it. kinda want a combo of 1 and 2. (dont zoom in past the static zoom level, but adaptively zoom out to full when possible)
+  ffmpeg -i "$vid" -i "$vid.mkv" -b:v 3000K -filter_complex hstack "$vid.stack.mkv"
+  # vid=Dalton1990/Paultakingusaroundthehouseagai ffmpeg -i "$vid.mp4" -i "$vid.mkv" -b:v 3000K -filter_complex hstack $HOME/Movies/"Paultakingusaroundthehouseagai.stack.mkv"
+  command rm $vid.trf
 end
 
 
diff --git a/fish/path.fish b/fish/path.fish
index 3dddb240b4..be06a36fda 100644
--- a/fish/path.fish
+++ b/fish/path.fish
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -l PATH_DIRS (cat "$HOME/.extra" | grep "^PATH" | \
     sed "s/~\//{\$HOME}\//")
 
 
-set -l PA ""
+set -l PA $PATH