Category Archives: General

Searching Your Personal Data

Posted on 2019-11-04 by jcs

I’m an inveterate data collector and recorder. I keep records of everything to the point that my wife was making fun of me last week when I used my phone to recall a piece of obscure information that I’d stored … Continue reading →

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Emacs Markdown Cheatsheet

Posted on 2019-11-03 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago when writing about Mike Zamansky’s video on Markdown, I noted that Emacs had excellent support for Markdown. The other day I saw this Tweet pointing at a Markdown cheatsheet: One of our favourites: Emacs Markdown-mode … Continue reading →

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Inline Tasks

Posted on 2019-11-02 by jcs

There an interesting thread on Emacs-Orgmode about the state of the art for using Org-mode to take minutes of meetings. That’s a need that many of us have so you may find it worthwhile taking a look at the thread. … Continue reading →

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A Suggestion for a New Smartphone Function

Posted on 2019-11-01 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago, I asked what new functions we could add to our smartphones. Kontra has a suggestion: Which would you prefer to have in iPhone 13 Pro cameras? a) 4X telephoto b) Spectrometer (for instant display of … Continue reading →

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Light-Mode vs. Dark-Mode Again

Posted on 2019-10-31 by jcs

This is my third post on the burning issue of whether light-mode or dark-mode is better and, more importantly, what do we mean by “better”. Given the frequency of my revisiting the matter, you might think it’s something I care … Continue reading →

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Emacs “Plugins”

Posted on 2019-10-30 by jcs

I’ve noticed a lot of Reddit posts and tweets recently that refer to Emacs packages1 as “plugins.” Perhaps I’m growing increasingly cantankerous in my old age or maybe I’m just tired and grumpy—waving your cane at those kids on your … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Hal Abelson

Posted on 2019-10-29 by jcs

Many of you know that I consider Abelson’s & Sussman’s Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) one of the best Computer Science books ever written. Although I read it late in my career, it opened my eyes to a … Continue reading →

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Organice

Posted on 2019-10-28 by jcs

If you’re an Emacs user who has an iPhone or iPad, I’d be willing to bet that you’ve been yearning for an implementation of Emacs on iOS/iPadOS. I know I have. Sadly, I’ve haven’t seen any movement in that direction. … Continue reading →

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When Gmail Isn’t Free

Posted on 2019-10-27 by jcs

If you’re a Gmail user, the past is coming due. After years of what seemed like an infinite amount of free storage, Google is starting to charge for more space. Many people are surprised by the move. They shouldn’t be. … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 60: Restclient

Posted on 2019-10-26 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is working on a Web app. As with most such apps, it has a front end that provides the UI and gathers requests for the server, and a back end that runs on the server and does the … Continue reading →

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