Monthly Archives: March 2020

Tips for an Effective Home Office

Posted on 2020-03-31 by jcs

Because the COVID-19 crisis has caused a large uptick of the number of people working from home, I’m going to try to write a bit more about effective strategies for doing that. What that means is that as I find … Continue reading →

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Implementing a Zettelkasten with Org Mode

Posted on 2020-03-30 by jcs

In a perfect example of the Baader-Meinhoff Phenomenon, a month ago I had never heard of the the term Zettelkasten and now it seems to be everywhere I look. Previously, I wrote about the idea and noted that it was … Continue reading →

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A Repository for Writing a Thesis With Org Mode

Posted on 2020-03-29 by jcs

Back in 2018, I wrote about a post by Daniel Gomez that describes how to use Org-mode for writing a thesis. At the time, Gomez was in the process of writing his own thesis and his post details his work … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 70: Org Protocol

Posted on 2020-03-28 by jcs

If you’ve been following Irreal for a while, you know that I periodically try to get Org Protocol integrated into my workflow and end up writing a post on how I failed yet again. The last such post was just … Continue reading →

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The Failure to Social Isolate Illustrated

Posted on 2020-03-27 by jcs

Hardly a moment goes by without someone urging you to stay home and to social isolate. Not everyone is getting the message, apparently. One example is Spring Breakers flooding to Florida beaches until the Governor closed them. Via Karl Voit, … Continue reading →

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Quarantini

Posted on 2020-03-26 by jcs

Despite all the doom and gloom about COVID-19 some folks are maintaining their sense of humor. To wit: Time for a quarantiniii🍸😷 @AviationGin @vancityreynolds pic.twitter.com/l11ZWavFfg — marilyn starkloff (@MStarkloff) March 12, 2020 Of course Aviation American Gin and Emergen-C are … Continue reading →

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The PhD Movies

Posted on 2020-03-25 by jcs

If you’re a nerd—and, come on, you’re reading Irreal so you know you are—you will be delighted to learn that both of Jorge Cham’s PhD movies are available for streaming. If you’ve been or are a graduate student you’ll appreciate … Continue reading →

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Working From Home, Mac Edition

Posted on 2020-03-24 by jcs

Now that working from home is, at least temporarily, the new normal, many companies and employees are struggling to adjust to a novel work environment. Fortunately, plenty of people have been working from home for years and have advice to … Continue reading →

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Coffee

Posted on 2020-03-23 by jcs

I’m old enough that I been through several cycles of, “Coffee is good for you; no coffee is bad for you.” I stopped paying attention a long time ago because, you know, coffee. Now, brought to you from Irreal’s Department … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 69: Floobits

Posted on 2020-03-22 by jcs

One of the questions I often see is, “how can I collaborate in real time with Emacs?” This may be because a couple of programmers want to do some remote pair programming or because two or more people want to … Continue reading →

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