Category Archives: General

Daniel Weinreb

Posted on 2012-09-09 by jcs

As most of you have heard by now, Daniel Weinreb, one of the Lispers’ Tribal Elders and user/beta tester of the original Emacs, died on September 7. The Boston Globe and Xconomy have obituaries but surprisingly Weinreb had some interaction … Continue reading →

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Cracking WiFi Passwords

Posted on 2012-09-08 by jcs

Dan Goodin over at Ars Technica has an interesting and scary article about cracking his neighbors’ WiFi network passwords. Sadly, this turns out to be a lot easier than it should be. The general process is Capture the authentication handshake … Continue reading →

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Cabbage

Posted on 2012-09-07 by jcs

For those looking for a prepackaged Emacs configuration, there is another option available: Cabbage. The configuration is meant to be flexible and extensible and the hope is that a community will emerge around it. If you’re not enthusiastic about dedicating … Continue reading →

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HBO GO: Setting New Standards in Customer Satisfaction

Posted on 2012-09-06 by jcs

Fred Wilson over at AVC has a post about the new HBO GO iPad app. It seems that the app has an Airplay button that allows the user, one would think, to stream the content to a TV. It turns … Continue reading →

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PPTP and MS-CHAP

Posted on 2012-09-03 by jcs

Just in case there’s anyone left out there who’s still using PPTP as a VPN solution, H-Online has an article warning about serious security problems with PPTP when used with MS-CHAP. Even Microsoft is warning users about the issue. It’s … Continue reading →

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Five Lessons From Being Hacked

Posted on 2012-09-01 by jcs

Every since having Irreal suffer a malware exploit, I’ve been on the lookout for articles that will help me avoid another successful attack. I’ve already posted about several of these and today’s post is another. Since these posts have become … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to Emacs 24.2

Posted on 2012-08-29 by jcs

Just a quick note to announce that I just upgraded my Mac (OS X Lion) to Emacs 24.2 from source. The upgrade went without any problems so if you’re on a Mac, there’s no reason to wait. From the top … Continue reading →

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The magic-mode-alist

Posted on 2012-08-28 by jcs

Most Emacs users know how to associate a file type with a major mode by using the auto-mode-alist variable to associate a file extension with a major mode. I recently learned of another way thanks to Xah Lee who posted … Continue reading →

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Emacs

Posted on 2012-08-26 by jcs

It’s everywhere!

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The Emacs Manual in Info

Posted on 2012-08-25 by jcs

This is definitely a note to myself. Doubtless everyone knows this but for some reason I can never seem to remember it so I am recording it in a post. If you’re an Emacs user and your initials are not … Continue reading →

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