Author Archives: jcs

Privacy or Security

Posted on 2015-02-20 by jcs

The government and others are fond of telling us that we must give up some privacy to ensure our security. Paul Downey reminds us of a truth worth remembering. "Anyone who makes you choose between privacy and security wants you … Continue reading →

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Limiting the Scope of ace-jump-mode

Posted on 2015-02-20 by jcs

Over at elisp solves problems, Daniel Gempesaw tell us something I didn’t know: it’s possible to limit the scope of ace-jump-mode. By default ace-jump-mode will find the matching characters in all open windows and frames. Gempesaw likes to keep related … Continue reading →

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Another Version of Hydra

Posted on 2015-02-19 by jcs

Abo-abo has released another significant version of hydra. Hydra seems to be evolving into a strong AI.

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Artist Mode

Posted on 2015-02-19 by jcs

Artist mode is one of those things I learned from Bernt Hansen’s excellent Organize Your Life In Plain Text! introduction to Org mode. I’ve used it in conjunction with ditaa to produce simple but finished block diagrams from ASCII diagrams. … Continue reading →

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Reverting All Buffers to Branch State

Posted on 2015-02-18 by jcs

Handy: A neat way to get all of your buffers reverted to a branch's state, is to go to #magit and type 'g'. #emacs — Pericles Theodorou (@PericlesTheo) January 30, 2015

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Getting the Host Name of the Current Browser Page

Posted on 2015-02-18 by jcs

A while ago I wrote about coding some Elisp to grab the URL of the current Web page and turn it into an Org link. It doesn’t seem like it would reduce friction by that much but it really has … Continue reading →

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Password Contains Invalid Characters (Again)

Posted on 2015-02-17 by jcs

Devin Chalmers has some words of wisdom for startups: "Your password contains invalid characters." No, your startup contains incompetent engineers. — Devin Chalmers (@qwzybug) December 15, 2014 Nick Selby already told them but apparently they didn’t listen.

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Searching Org Files and Buffers

Posted on 2015-02-17 by jcs

Remember Karl Voit from the Sacha Chua chat that I wrote about previously? Voit collects data on just about every aspect of his life and stores it in an Org file. If you haven’t watched the chat yet, be sure … Continue reading →

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Making occur a Bit Smarter

Posted on 2015-02-16 by jcs

Abo-abo is still blogging up a storm and giving us a daily dose of great Elisp. Someone looking to amass a first rate Emacs configuration could do worse than simply grab abo-abo’s daily posts and integrate them into their .emacs … Continue reading →

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The NYT Workflow

Posted on 2015-02-15 by jcs

Most of you have probably figured out that I’m a workflow geek. I love reading about people’s workflow and how they optimize their daily tasks. Popular Mechanics has a great article on The New York Times workflow. Many people in … Continue reading →

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