Monthly Archives: May 2014

Encrypt Your Dropbox Data!

Posted on 2014-05-11 by jcs

I’ve told you many times (here, here, here, here, and here) that if you’re using Dropbox and you have any file in it that you wouldn’t like to see on the Internet, then you better be encrypting those files. Dropbox … Continue reading →

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Password Silliness Epitomized

Posted on 2014-05-10 by jcs

Remember how I told you of a sure tip off to an insecure site? Were you looking for an in-the-wild example? Well, here it is. The very apotheosis of a bad password policy. Forget, for a moment, the ridiculous explanation … Continue reading →

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Guessing File Applications in Dired

Posted on 2014-05-09 by jcs

One of the really great tools in Emacs is the Dired/Dired+ package. Recently, Mickey wrote a nice introduction to using Dired to run shell commands on files; I commented on that here. The other day, by happenstance, I found myself … Continue reading →

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Emacs Life

Posted on 2014-05-08 by jcs

I recently came across this sketchnote from Sacha Chua. I not sure how I missed emacslife.com but I don’t remember reading anything about it before. The site is a wonderful Emacs resource. It’s got links to tons of posts, articles, … Continue reading →

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Orgtbl Mode

Posted on 2014-05-07 by jcs

Like most Org users, I was aware of orgtbl-mode. It’s a minor mode that brings the power of the Org mode table editor to other modes. Because just about everything I do that might require a table gets done in … Continue reading →

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Some Good News for Org

Posted on 2014-05-06 by jcs

Bastien Guerry has resumed his role as the Org Mode maintainer. Okay, so I'm now back maintaining #orgmode for #emacs. Feels good. Get ready for some more cool stuff! — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) May 1, 2014 Guerry has done a … Continue reading →

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Sacha Chats with Xah Lee

Posted on 2014-05-05 by jcs

The indefatigable Sacha Chua has been chatting up a storm lately and has even more scheduled for the near future. Recently she chatted with Xah Lee and discussed his approach to and use of Emacs. It was an interesting chat. … Continue reading →

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An Honest Mistake

Posted on 2014-05-04 by jcs

Edward Snowden asks an embarrassing question: Why hasn’t the Director of National Intelligence been punished for lying to Congress? After all, for the relatively trivial offense of lying to Congress about steroid use, Barry Bonds was convicted of a felony. … Continue reading →

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The Weird Americans

Posted on 2014-05-03 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about the Pacific Standard article on problems with reproducibility in the social sciences. Today I stumbled upon a second Pacific Standard article that discusses another insidious way that distortions can creep into studies in fields like psychology … Continue reading →

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Another Argument for Reproducible Research

Posted on 2014-05-02 by jcs

As you all know, I’m a big fan of reproducible research. Most people have an idealized conception of scientific research and that, by and large, it’s all about the pursuit of truth. Sadly that’s not always the case. The problem … Continue reading →

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