Category Archives: General

Org Mode Cookbook Revisited

Posted on 2018-01-16 by jcs

Way back in 2014, I posted about Eric Neilsen’s excellent Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook. I recently came across a reference to it and was reminded what a great resource it is. It’s easy to browse through and just read … Continue reading →

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When Emacs Users Lend Their Computer

Posted on 2018-01-15 by jcs

This is amusing and most developers—Emacs users or not—have probably experienced something similar. I find, though, that it’s the opposite that happens more often. I’ll be using a layperson’s computer and press Caps Lock expecting Ctrl. The expected hilarity ensues.

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Things Seen That Can’t Be Unseen

Posted on 2018-01-14 by jcs

Whatever your opinion on the relative merits of the original Star Trek versus Star Trek TNG, there’s no debating that Jean-Luc Picard was one of the franchise’s iconic characters. The following image is therefore deeply disturbing: I knew that they … Continue reading →

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Pencils

Posted on 2018-01-13 by jcs

The New York Times Magazine has an interesting article of one of the last extant pencil factories in the United States. The article includes a photo essay on on how pencils are made. Although the manufacturing involves many machines, it’s … Continue reading →

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Emacs Survival Card

Posted on 2018-01-12 by jcs

I stumbled across this Emacs survival card, which I hadn’t seen before. It’s very much like the Emacs Reference Card but seems more useful to me. Of course, you may disagree but it’s worth taking a look at it to … Continue reading →

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Experiencing the Old Days

Posted on 2018-01-11 by jcs

Many of you know I like reading about early Unix history and how the original developers worked to implement the utilities that we take for granted today. A nice resource for this is The Unix Heritage Society and their mailing … Continue reading →

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Apple and Targeted Ad Revenue

Posted on 2018-01-10 by jcs

Here’s some good new (via John Gruber) from the fight against ad-tech and the industry’s efforts to track our every move on the Internet. The Guardian is reporting that companies perpetrating these outrages are losing hundreds of millions of dollars … Continue reading →

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An Oldie but Goodie

Posted on 2018-01-09 by jcs

I was looking at some old Irreal posts and stumbled across this post. It’s something that I’d completely forgotten about so I thought it would be worthwhile pointing to it again. The TL;DR is that when using Magnar Sveen’s excellent … Continue reading →

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Linux Journal on Scimax

Posted on 2018-01-08 by jcs

Over at the Linux Journal, Joey Bernard has a nice article on John Kitchin’s scimax. I’ve written about scimax before but for those who came in late, it’s a collection of Emacs and Org mode tools to make using reproducible … Continue reading →

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The Em-Dash

Posted on 2018-01-07 by jcs

Those of you who have been around for a while and who pay attention to such things have probably noticed that I’m partial to—probably overly partial to1—the use of em-dashes. I no longer remember for sure how it started but … Continue reading →

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