Category Archives: General

High School Students and Basic Computer Skills

Posted on 2018-11-02 by jcs

Chris Wellons over at Null Program has an interesting post on High School students and how they lack a couple of basic computer skills that hamper their advancement in the subject. Wellons mentors students so he’s seen these problems first … Continue reading →

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Programmatic Capitalization

Posted on 2018-11-01 by jcs

Xah Lee, as most of you know, is fanatical about keyboard ergonomics. He’s always measuring, experimenting, and looking for ways to make his typing easier and more ergonomic. He especially tries to avoid key chording. Someone recently tweeted a pointer … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 52: Eyebrowse

Posted on 2018-10-31 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is back with the latest edition of Using Emacs. This time the video is about the eyebrowse package and how he uses it to easily switch between window configurations as he moves from task to task. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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An Interview with RMS

Posted on 2018-10-30 by jcs

There’s a nice interview with Richard Stallman in the latest issue of The New Left Review. NLR is, of course, a left leaning publication in the Marxist tradition but don’t let that put you off. Mostly, the discussion of politics … Continue reading →

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Emacs Security

Posted on 2018-10-29 by jcs

If you follow the Emacs-Devel list, even in a desultory way, you probably noticed the long thread going back to June concerning Emacs’ insecure usage of TLS and what it means for Emacs users. LWN.net has a nice article that … Continue reading →

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Emacs Doctor

Posted on 2018-10-28 by jcs

From fuco1, a little bit of humor to top off your weekend: #emacs Contrary to popular belief M-x doctor isn't so helpful all the timehttps://t.co/NvOeYmo3Ew — Matus Goljer (@Fuco1337) October 28, 2018

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Some Small Progress on the DRM Front

Posted on 2018-10-27 by jcs

In a rare moment of sanity, the U.S. Government has agreed that, yes, you can fix your own electronics even if the manufacturer has slapped DRM on the firmware to prevent it. It would be interesting to see the rationale … Continue reading →

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Matt Green Gives Up Chrome

Posted on 2018-10-26 by jcs

Matt Green, whom Irreal has mentioned many times (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), is a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins with an interest in user privacy. He’s also a long-time Google Chrome user. But now Green … Continue reading →

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Using Emacs 51

Posted on 2018-10-25 by jcs

Mike Zamansky had a few minutes free in his busy fall schedule so he recorded and posted another video in his Using Emacs series. This time he discusses how he uses Org Mode in his day-to-day work. If you’ve been … Continue reading →

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Ancient Emacs Code

Posted on 2018-10-24 by jcs

In response to my two posts concerning Emacs history, Lars Brinkhoff wrote me with a pointer to a wonderful repository holding the code to not only early Emacs but also such goodies as ZWEI and Zmacs and all the way … Continue reading →

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