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EFF

Posted on 2013-07-18 by jcs

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed suit in Federal Court on behalf of 19 organizations. The suit asks that the court rule that the NSA mass surveillance violates the first, fourth, and fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution and … Continue reading →

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A Random Emacs Wiki Page

Posted on 2013-07-17 by jcs

Here’s a nice little trick to help you waste time on the Emacs Wiki. As the Redit post explains, if you navigate to http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/?action=random you get a random page from the Emacs Wiki. It’s easy to imagine building a simple … Continue reading →

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A Second Jekor Emacs Video

Posted on 2013-07-16 by jcs

I was alerted by this Magnar Sveen tweet that Jekor has another Emacs video up on YouTube. As I mentioned in my post about the first video, these videos are extraordinarily well done and worth your time. This episode discusses … Continue reading →

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The Other Side

Posted on 2013-07-15 by jcs

In my The Good Guys and Bad post, I had harsh words for Microsoft’s collaboration with the NSA and FBI. I still find their actions over the top and inexcusable but there is another side to the story. Declan McCullagh … Continue reading →

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Last Chance

Posted on 2013-07-14 by jcs

By way of a public service announcement, Google will be deleting all Google Reader information tomorrow. This is your last chance to get your subscription (and other) data out of the system. It’s easy to do so. Just go to … Continue reading →

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GPG Tutorial

Posted on 2013-07-14 by jcs

If you aren’t already using GPG (or one of its OpenPGP brethren) you should start. Happily, Alan Eliasen has a nice tutorial on how to set up and use GPG. The tutorial covers everything you need to use GPG in … Continue reading →

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A Beginning Emacs Tutorial

Posted on 2013-07-13 by jcs

Jekor (aka Chris Forno) has an excellent beginning Emacs video up on YouTube. It’s the first in a planned series so it just covers the very basics. The video has great production values. Jekor highlights items he’s discussing so it’s … Continue reading →

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The Good Guys and Bad

Posted on 2013-07-12 by jcs

There’s a tiny ISP in Utah, USA. It has a sole proprietor and very limited resources. Still, it does what few others are willing or able to do. For the last 15 years, Xmission has refused to honor any request … Continue reading →

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AT&T: All Your Data Are Belong To Us

Posted on 2013-07-11 by jcs

Editorial Note: In the aftermath of the NSA revelations, I’ve been writing more and more posts on privacy and ways to help secure it. From this post on I will use the tag “Privacy” to mark these. AT&T, my wireless … Continue reading →

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SBCL 1.1.9 Is Out

Posted on 2013-07-10 by jcs

The latest version of Steel Bank Common Lisp, 1.1.9, is out and available at the usual place. As always, the system built and tested without problems on my MacBook Pro and iMac. The big news this month is that SBCL … Continue reading →

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