Monthly Archives: October 2014

Abusing the Patriot Act

Posted on 2014-10-31 by jcs

Remember how I told you that law enforcement will always abuse surveillance powers? Here’s the latest proof. Despite the solemn promises, less than 1% of sneak-and-peek warrants are actually for terrorism investigations.

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New MELPA URL

Posted on 2014-10-31 by jcs

If you’re a MELPA user you might have heard that the URL for the site has changed. It’s easy to miss the significance of that for your Emacs configuration though. You have to change the package-archives list to reflect the … Continue reading →

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2600

Posted on 2014-10-30 by jcs

The New Yorker has a nice article about the 2600 magazine. If you’re familiar with 2600, you’ll enjoy reading about the history of magazine and its editor. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s your chance to see why it’s … Continue reading →

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Compiling aspell with OS X Yosemite

Posted on 2014-10-30 by jcs

While I was setting up my new machine, I had to rebuild aspell. The last time I did that it built without any problems. This time, despite the fact that it was the same version as before, there were several … Continue reading →

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Common Lisp Notes and Tips on Symbols

Posted on 2014-10-29 by jcs

Jean-Philippe Paradis has updated hit notes and tips on Common Lisp symbols. He’s added cross references and polished it up a bit more. It’s still a work in progress but is useful in its current form.

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vc-annotate Video

Posted on 2014-10-29 by jcs

I’ve written about this before but Aaron Schumacher tweeted a reminder #Emacs "C-x v g" for annotated/navigable git history of current file. http://t.co/7KN2Wbf402 Thanks @sachac/@avdi! https://t.co/VYV9z4zWRZ — Aaron Schumacher (@planarrowspace) October 14, 2014 Avdi’s video really is great and worth … Continue reading →

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Sorry

Posted on 2014-10-28 by jcs

This morning I updated the .htacess file for Irreal in my seemingly never ending efforts to get spam under control. Sadly, while editing the file I hit 【Shift+x o】instead of【Ctrl+x o】and ended up blocking the site. If you tried and … Continue reading →

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Xah Lee on EWW

Posted on 2014-10-28 by jcs

Speaking of eww, Xah Lee has a nice introduction to using EWW. There’s not much to know, really, but Lee has a short FAQ on how to do some of the things that aren’t obvious if you hate to RTFM. … Continue reading →

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Duplicating a Line in Emacs

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I don’t need to duplicate a line often enough to make this worthwhile for me but it’s a nice solution and worth considering if you find yourself duplicating lines a lot. Duplicate a line #emacs (global-set-key "\C-c\C-d" "\C-a\C- \C-e\M-w\C-j\C-y") — … Continue reading →

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Compiling Emacs with eww on OS X

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I’m old school and like to compile applications myself rather than use something like Homebrew. I have nothing against Homebrew and its brethren, it’s just that compiling things myself helps me stay connected to the development process. Besides, it’s what … Continue reading →

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