Monthly Archives: October 2015

Some Bad New for Emacs

Posted on 2015-10-11 by jcs

As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, there’s some bad news for those of us who love and use Emacs. Monnier has been a good steward and his work as the Emacs maintainer will be missed. It will be … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Metadata

Posted on 2015-10-11 by jcs

Governments are fond of telling us not to worry about their wholesale collection of phone records because, after all, it’s just metadata. Mike Rogers even tried to press the point that since the records contained only phone numbers they couldn’t … Continue reading →

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LaTeX Tips for Beginners

Posted on 2015-10-10 by jcs

After years of resistance, I’ve come to like LaTeX and now prefer it—particularly through Org mode—over than troff. The thing is, I mostly don’t write in LaTeX; I write in Org mode and just export the Org mode to LaTeX. … Continue reading →

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Video on Using Org Mode for Your Init File

Posted on 2015-10-09 by jcs

Daniel Mai has a nice video on how he uses Org mode to organize his Emacs init file. I’ve written about this before but some of you may prefer, or at least enjoy, watching a video on the subject. This … Continue reading →

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Good News From India

Posted on 2015-10-08 by jcs

Here’s some good news. It’s a little old now but still worth noting. Huge #cryptowars victory: after just one day of public outcry, India withdraws dangerous anti-encryption proposal http://t.co/RjTA5le3kR — Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) September 22, 2015 The Indian government has … Continue reading →

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Some Org Agenda Tips

Posted on 2015-10-08 by jcs

Marcin Borkowski (mbork), who’s been posting several great articles lately, has a nice offering with A few org-agenda hacks. It’s a short list of some of the ways he’s tweaked Org’s agenda view to better suit his needs. As Borkowski … Continue reading →

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Emacs, OS X, and PATHS

Posted on 2015-10-07 by jcs

As I mentioned the other day, I encountered a difficulty in building the documentation for the latest version of SBCL. That’s because I recently updated OS X to El Capitan, which has a new feature. It’s impossible for anyone (even … Continue reading →

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Tech Support for Telemarketers

Posted on 2015-10-06 by jcs

The best story I’ve seen in a long time: how to get rid of telemarketing .. so good #sysadmin pic.twitter.com/fbh4jvaavX — Nicolas GORALSKI (@ngoralski) October 5, 2015

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SBCL 1.2.16

Posted on 2015-10-06 by jcs

SBCL 1.2.16 has been released and is ready for download at the usual place. This month’s update has one enhancement involving timers and 3 bug fixes. You can read the details on the NEWS page. As usual, I compiled the … Continue reading →

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Sacha’s Guide to Managing Tasks with Org Mode

Posted on 2015-10-05 by jcs

The ever awesome Sacha Chua has an excellent Baby Steps Guide to Managing Your Tasks with Org. It’s still a work in progress but even in its unfinished state it’s a really useful guide for getting started with Org mode. … Continue reading →

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