Monthly Archives: September 2019

Dark Mode

Back in June, I wrote about the light-mode/dark-mode controversy and the article by Adam Engst claiming—and citing substantiating research—that all the claims of dark mode’s superiority are nonsense and, in fact, the opposite of the truth. In particular, dark mode … Continue reading

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Living Without a Wallet

In my Almost There post, I wrote that my everyday carry was down to just 3 items: My iPhone My house (and possibly) car keys My wallet and that I was trying to get it down to just my phone. … Continue reading

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You Are Not the User

I stumbled upon a very interesting article from 2016 entitled The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think. The real point of the article, though, is “You are not the user.” Whatever you think about your users’ assumptions … Continue reading

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The Using Org Mode Features Posts

My post on Wednesday about Karl Voit’s explanation of Org-mode tags and categories is actually part of a series. Voit decided to to curate his posts on how he uses Org-mode into a series he calls “Using Org Mode Features” … Continue reading

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Hacker Laws

Here’s a quickie that I stumbled on the other day. Dave Kerr has a nice GitHub repository that’s gathered a collection of “laws” and aphorisms that all Geeks know and love. He calls it hacker-laws. Many of the laws, such … Continue reading

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Tags and Categories in Org Mode

Karl Voit has a very nice post on Tags versus Categories in Org-mode. I’d completely forgotten about categories, even though I’ve written about them before, so I was glad to get a refresher. Categories, for those who don’t know, are … Continue reading

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How to Keep a Lab Notebook

I saw a pointer to this reddit post with the provocative title “Org mode appearing into the wild…” Naturally, I had to follow the link to see what it was about. It turns out to refer to a Science article … Continue reading

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Is It Time to Get Rid of The P-Test?

Betteridge’s law tells us to answer that question with a “no” and that’s—at least partially—the right answer. “No” is the right answer because scientists and statisticians can’t agree on what should replace the p-test. It’s the wrong answer because it’s … Continue reading

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Speaking of Passwords

Yesterday, I wrote about stupid password rules and why they don’t matter for banks. Serendipitously, right after I published that post I came across an old Coding Horror post on stupid password rules. It’s a long and righteous rant on … Continue reading

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Troy Hunt on Bank Passwords

Over the years, I’ve done a lot of huffing and puffing about passwords, most recently in my post on Bad Password Policies. Troy Hunt has a slightly different take on things, at least as far as banks are concerned. It … Continue reading

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