Category Archives: Blogging

Progress Report

Posted on 2020-02-20 by jcs

I’ve almost completely recovered from the debacle with my old computer. At least recovered enough to resume posting to Irreal. I now have a brand new 13“ MacBook Pro complete with touch strip and bad keyboard. My old machine was … Continue reading →

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Red Alert

Posted on 2020-02-18 by jcs

Last night, I managed to spill my beverage of choice onto my laptop. As McCoy would say, “It’s dead Jim.” Until I can replace it (probably tomorrow) and download my backups (who knows how long that will take) Irreal will … Continue reading →

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The Google GDPR Workaround

Posted on 2019-09-05 by jcs

A little over a week ago in my post on Google Tracking, I remarked that nothing short of strictly enforced GDPR-syle legislation would get Google and the other adtech miscreants to behave. I ended on the cynical note that maybe … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert

Posted on 2019-09-01 by jcs

Those of you in the U.S., especially the South Eastern U.S., are certainly aware of Hurricane Dorian, a very powerful Cat 5 hurricane bearing down on the Bahamas and the southern east coast. Happily, the forecast track moved to the … Continue reading →

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The Default Emacs Key Bindings

Posted on 2018-12-13 by jcs

Despite being a Vi/Vim user for over two decades when I switched to using Emacs, I learned the default key bindings and never looked back. It was a choice that worked well for me and I’ve never regretted it. That’s … Continue reading →

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SSL Update

Posted on 2018-12-12 by jcs

SSL appears to be working now. Sorry for all the confusion.

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Or Maybe Not

Posted on 2018-12-12 by jcs

Despite yesterday’s post, it appears that SSL is not, in fact, working for Irreal. I’ve been trying to reach my hosting provider’s technical support but without luck. Sorry for the delay. I’ll let you know when things get resolved. In … Continue reading →

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Irreal Is Secure

Posted on 2018-12-11 by jcs

A few of you have written to me complaining that Irreal’s SSL certificate had expired. That was news to me because I had never gotten an SSL certificate and as far as I knew, Irreal didn’t have one. It turned … Continue reading →

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Klipse

Posted on 2018-06-21 by jcs

I was looking through my file of blog ideas and found an interesting post about the Klipse plugin. The idea is that Klipse allows a blog post—or any Web page—to contain live code examples. Live code examples are just code … Continue reading →

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Update: One Down

Posted on 2018-04-15 by jcs

Those of you who read Irreal on mobile devices or who just have a heightened sense of aesthetics will be happy to know that I’ve developed a workaround for the formatting problems that I wrote about yesterday. The problem, I … Continue reading →

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