Monthly Archives: June 2019

Unicode Escape Sequences in Emacs Strings

Posted on 2019-06-10 by jcs

Xah Lee recently tweeted out a reference to one of his old pages on Emacs Lisp. This one considers specifying Unicode escape sequences in Emacs strings. It’s a handy guide and well worth giving a look. Doubtless, you could find … Continue reading →

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Why Emacs

Posted on 2019-06-09 by jcs

Saurabh Kukade is planning a series on configuring Emacs. His introductory post discusses why he thinks Emacs is so cool. Most bloggers who write about Emacs end up posting something like that, of course, but I always enjoy reading why … Continue reading →

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The Unpickable Lock

Posted on 2019-06-08 by jcs

It used to be, and probably still is, a rite of passage for young hackers to learn how to pick locks. I believe this started at MIT where the idea of locked /anything/—software, doors, …—was an anathema, and challenge, to … Continue reading →

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Correcting Org Tags

Posted on 2019-06-07 by jcs

A couple of days ago, I was adding some item to my journal—which is really my engineering note book—and when my capture template prompted me for a tag and I started to type it in, I noticed that in the … Continue reading →

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Remote-First Companies

Posted on 2019-06-06 by jcs

Kevin McArdle has an interesting post on working remotely. He makes an interesting point: we have all the technology to make working remotely a reality but we still talk of it as something in the future. Why, he asks, aren’t … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Abrams’ Capture Techniques

Posted on 2019-06-05 by jcs

A year ago, I wrote about Howard Abrams’ post on Capturing Content for Emacs. I just saw a current reference to the post and reread it. It’s a really great article and worth mentioning again in case you missed it. … Continue reading →

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Writing Academic Papers

Posted on 2019-06-04 by jcs

Jonathan Bennett has another post up in his Year of Emacs series. This one is about writing academic papers. Bennett is in the humanities but still uses Emacs and Org-mode to write his papers. I’m always interested in posts like … Continue reading →

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Notion

Posted on 2019-06-03 by jcs

Ali Abdaal is a Junior Doctor (sort of like a Resident in the US) practicing in Cambridge, UK. He’s also a YouTuber producing videos on productivity, efficient study habits, tech reviews, and life as a Junior Doctor. I’ve been following … Continue reading →

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How to Limit Google Tracking You

Posted on 2019-06-02 by jcs

It turns out that there are some steps you can take to limit the type and amount of data that Google collects on you. This is especially relevant if you live in the Android ecosystem but even for those of … Continue reading →

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Cell Phones and the Crime Rate

Posted on 2019-06-01 by jcs

The New Luddites current favorite hobby horse is the evils of smart phones and all the myriad ways they are destroying civilization as we know it. These people are exceptionally tiresome but they never seem to tire of badgering us … Continue reading →

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