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Getting Closer to Walletless

Posted on 2021-11-10 by jcs

Those of you who have been around Irreal for a while are aware of my quest to ditch my wallet and be able to leave my house and conduct my business with nothing but my iPhone. I am getting closer. … Continue reading →

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Emacs as a Tool for Scientists

Posted on 2021-10-18 by jcs

Recently, John Kitchin tweeted a pointer to the draft of a paper by Timonthy Johnson that makes the case for Emacs as the tool for scientists to organize and report their research. The paper, Emacs as a Tool for Modern … Continue reading →

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Who Needs a Smart Phone?

Posted on 2021-08-31 by jcs

As long as I’m obsessing about smart phones and the choice between Android and iPhone, we might as well consider the New Luddite option: no cell phones. Over at diaspora*, Doc Edward Morbius has a post that argues that smart … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Date

Posted on 2021-01-16 by jcs

One of my daily tasks involves making a log entry in which I have to use yesterday’s date. That’s pretty easy with Org dates but the dates in the log don’t have the usual Org markup of square or angle … Continue reading →

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Finding Pangrams in the NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle

Posted on 2020-12-23 by jcs

From time to time I find a reference to a New York Times article in my feed. I had to register with the NYT to be able to read them and one side effect of that registration is that every … Continue reading →

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Org Spreadsheet Tutorial

Posted on 2020-12-19 by jcs

Over at DjPj, pjs64 has a nice tutorial on using some of the spreadsheet properties of an Org tables. It’s one of the most powerful aspects of Org tables and I use it all the time. The trouble is, it … Continue reading →

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Threading Macros in Elisp

Posted on 2020-12-10 by jcs

As I’ve mentioned in some recent posts, Mike Zamansky is making his annual pilgrimage to the Advent of Code Website to try his hand at the problems. This year—so far, at least—he’s been using Clojure to solve the problems. I … Continue reading →

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Zamansky on Clojure and Cider

Posted on 2020-12-04 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has another video up. It’s not quite one of his Using Emacs Series videos but he says it could be as it discusses the Emacs Cider infrastructure. It’s ostensibly about day 3 of this year’s Advent of Code, … Continue reading →

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Some Org Table Examples

Posted on 2020-06-26 by jcs

John Herrlin has another nice post. This time it’s on using Org-mode tables. Like his post on Org source blocks, he concentrates on examples of how he, himself, uses Org tables. Both of his posts take, I think, an intermediate … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Is Dark Mode a Good Idea?

Posted on 2020-06-19 by jcs

Those pesky Irreal minions are at it again. They can’t let a Friday go by without trying to bring up the light-mode/dark-mode debate. Alas, they’ve succeeded again. After the last time, I had a discussion with them but they were … Continue reading →

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