Monthly Archives: July 2020

Some Remote Works Tips from Backblaze

Posted on 2020-07-11 by jcs

I use Backblaze to backup my work. If you don’t have a backup service of some sort, you’re just an accident away from disaster. My recent debacle with my laptop illustrates the point nicely. Without backups I would have lost … Continue reading →

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The 500 Mile Email

Posted on 2020-07-10 by jcs

I vaguely remember writing about this before but I just saw a reference to it and it’s such a great story that it should be repeated every few years. Trey Harris tells a funny and instructive tale about how even … Continue reading →

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Organizing Workflow with Notion (and Org-mode)

Posted on 2020-07-09 by jcs

Ali Abdaal, whom I’ve written about several times before, is a physician in the UK. Starting back when he was still in medical school, he’s been posting YouTube videos on how he studies and organizes his life. If you’re into … Continue reading →

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Tracking on Steroids

Posted on 2020-07-08 by jcs

The (Canadian) Financial Post has a truly horrifying story about out-of-control tracking by the chain coffee shop Tim Hortons. James McLeod uses the Tim Hortons ordering app on his Android phone so he could order his “morning medium coffee with … Continue reading →

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A Passport on Your iPhone

Posted on 2020-07-07 by jcs

I haven’t written about my dream of a walletless life for a while. My end goal, as I’ve written before, is to be able to leave the house with nothing but my iPhone. That would mean using Apple Pay to … Continue reading →

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Some Register Tips

Posted on 2020-07-06 by jcs

Tory Anderson has a handy post that reminds us about the utility of registers in Emacs. It’s easy to forget about them but they’re incredibly useful and flexible. Anderson considers three of the major use-cases: Saving text in a register. … Continue reading →

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Wanted: The World’s Smallest Violin

Posted on 2020-07-05 by jcs

The crybabies making up a Google-backed group of European advertisers are very upset that Apple will shortly require apps to notify users that they intend to track them and ask their permission first. As Yoda might say, “The schadenfreude is … Continue reading →

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Org Covers 90% of Blogger’s Life

Posted on 2020-07-04 by jcs

Stormrider has an interesting and inspiring post in which he says that 90% of his life is handled by Org-mode. Stormrider is a technical writer and occasional programmer. As such, he is a perfect example of someone who can benefit … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: What Could Have Been

Posted on 2020-07-03 by jcs

Here’s some red meat for all you parentheses haters and Blub users: Society if Lisp had been industry standard since 1958 pic.twitter.com/cRsaDTMPmP — julesh (@_julesh_) July 2, 2020 It’s probably a little hyperbolic but it feels right to us Lisp … Continue reading →

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Sci Hub and Citations

Posted on 2020-07-02 by jcs

Via Paul Graham he have this interesting factoid: … articles downloaded from Sci-hub were cited 1.72 times more than papers not downloaded from Sci-hub and that the number of downloads from Sci-hub was a robust predictor of future citations https://t.co/LiX0Gs555b … Continue reading →

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