Category Archives: General

Prompting for Repository in Magit Status

Posted on 2014-02-18 by jcs

I found another great tip from Leonardo Etcheverry. Sometimes I want to call magit-status but the current buffer isn’t associated with the proper repository. That happens, for example, when I’m in the agenda buffer and want to commit one of … Continue reading →

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Running Emacs in the OS X Terminal

Posted on 2014-02-16 by jcs

Most of us, these days, prefer to run everything from a GUI. Of course, there are plenty of times when we need to use a terminal. That can be a problem for Emacs users on OS X because there is … Continue reading →

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Scientific Illiteracy

Posted on 2014-02-15 by jcs

A little while ago I wrote about mathematical literacy and disturbing indications of a lack of it in American life. Now there’s evidence of American’s scientific illiteracy as well. The National Science Foundation recently polled 2,200 people on some basic … Continue reading →

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The Hypocrisy of Governments

Posted on 2014-02-11 by jcs

Governments all over the world are sparing no effort to discover and prosecute members of Anonymous. It only makes sense. After all they do patently illegal things like launching DOS attacks against sites they don’t like or have a grievance … Continue reading →

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State of the Irreal Site

Posted on 2014-02-10 by jcs

I think I have finally ironed out all the problems with Irreal. Ironically, the latest snafu held the key to resolving all the other problems. WordPress now automatically updates minor versions and although they notify me with an email, it … Continue reading →

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Final Ruling on the TSA’s Infamous No-Fly Case

Posted on 2014-02-09 by jcs

I’ve written before, here and here, about the U.S. Government’s scandalous behavior in the case of a woman, Rahinah Ibrahim, placed on the no-fly list. The government did everything they could to make the case disappear, including refusing to grant … Continue reading →

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Thinking Outside the Box

Posted on 2014-02-08 by jcs

Here’s a delightful tale that illustrates the power of non-linear thinking. I don’t know if the story is true or not but it hardly matters. The point is being able to see the value in an undertaking that all the … Continue reading →

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The Fate of Cursive in Florida

Posted on 2014-02-04 by jcs

As long time readers know, I have a continuing interest in the state of cursive handwriting. See here, here, here, here, and here for some of my thoughts on the matter. One of the continuing threads in those posts is … Continue reading →

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More Peeks at Emacs 24.4

Posted on 2014-02-03 by jcs

Over at Emacs Redux, the ever informative Bozhidar Batsov has a couple more posts up in his series on the upcoming Emacs 24.4 release. The first concerns new string manipulation functions. It’s odd that Emacs has been historically deficient in … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of the Digital Life

Posted on 2014-02-01 by jcs

I’ve written before about how I’ve embraced the digital life and pretty much given up dealing with paper, pens, and all the rest of the traditional record keeping methods. Almost everything happens on-line and whatever paper documents I get are … Continue reading →

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