Author Archives: jcs

Reading Email With Emacs

Posted on 2024-12-05 by jcs

As most of you know, we here at the Irreal bunker try to use Emacs for as much as we can. That includes, of course, email. I use the excellent mu4e for that and communicate with my email provider with … Continue reading →

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Charles Choi At EmacsConf 2024

Posted on 2024-12-04 by jcs

If, like me, you’re a Charles Choi fan and like his Casual App Suite, you’ll be happy to know that he’s giving a talk at EmacsConf 2024. His talk is prerecorded but he will be available to answer questions and … Continue reading →

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Some Useful Editing Functions

Posted on 2024-12-03 by jcs

In my recent post, Some Configuration To Solve Common Problems, I got a bit of pushback from GB who said some of the configuration was outdated. That’s true but does it really make much difference? The Emacs Cat has a … Continue reading →

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A Late Nonpost

Posted on 2024-12-02 by jcs

Sorry for the late post today. To make things worse, it’s not a real post. Today we had a followup appointment for our aforementioned health emergency. It involved a bit of outpatient surgery and since we arrived at the hospital … Continue reading →

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Pair Programming: The Poll

Posted on 2024-12-01 by jcs

Well, not really a poll but at least some random opinions. A while ago, I mentioned a discussion I had with Perry Metzger about pair programming. Metzger, who is a serious person and well worth listening to, is a huge … Continue reading →

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Shrinking And Widening Org Table Columns

Posted on 2024-11-30 by jcs

Just a quickie today because I’m still recovering from the Thanksgiving festivities. The Irreal bunker sealed the doors and refused to venture outside on Black Friday, a day in which many stores have stupendous sales resulting in unhinged behavior on … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Using The Command Line

Posted on 2024-11-29 by jcs

When I saw this post, I knew was getting old. The post was about why every developer should learn to use the command line in 2024. My reaction was, “Say what!?!” To me, it was like saying every baby should … Continue reading →

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Casual Calendar

Posted on 2024-11-28 by jcs

Charles Choi is back with another app in his great set of Casual packages. This time it’s to provide a menu interface to the calendar/diary functions in Emacs. I don’t use either of these functionalities directly because it’s hard to … Continue reading →

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Today’s Humor: ISPs Provide Excellent Customer Service

Posted on 2024-11-27 by jcs

According to an Ars Technica report, ISPs say that their customer service is so good that customers don’t seek other providers. That claim was made by the NCTA-The Internet & Television Association, a cable industry trade association in response to … Continue reading →

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Digital Vs. Analog Notes Redux

Posted on 2024-11-26 by jcs

My post on Digital Vs. Analog Notes got some excellent comments as well as a followup post from JTR on his site. JTR mostly agrees with what I wrote but I did get some pushback in the comments on Irreal. … Continue reading →

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