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Ten Coding Fonts

Posted on 2024-08-26 by jcs

A perennial topic of interest to programmers is their coding font. I’ve been using Inconsolata for as long as I can remember. I adopted it when I was still a Vim user and carried it over to Emacs. In my … Continue reading →

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Nothing Today Because I’m Exhausted

Posted on 2024-08-25 by jcs

Yesterday was a lost day. I haven’t been happy with my WiFi router so I got a new one and yesterday was the day that I was going to spend an hour or so installing it and updating my network. … Continue reading →

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Marlinspike On What’s Wrong With Software Development

Posted on 2024-08-17 by jcs

Moxie Marlinspike is a legendary figure in security and software development. I last wrote about him and his fight to keep our data safe from governments and other prying eyes 9 years ago. He’s still at it. At the recent … Continue reading →

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WordStar

Posted on 2024-08-16 by jcs

Those of us of a certain age will remember WordStar. It was the first hugely popular “word processor” and was used by almost everyone who wanted to write prose of any sort. It was the default word processor in the … Continue reading →

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32TB

Posted on 2024-08-11 by jcs

A long (long) time ago when I was first adding hard drives to my systems—yes, there was a time when computers didn’t come with hard drives—the only choices available to “normal people” were 20MB or 60MB drives. That was the … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Getting Disappeared

Posted on 2024-08-02 by jcs

Hello. It’s me again, shouting into the wind and yelling at clouds. I’ve told you—warned you—over and over again to get off Google but you won’t listen. I’ve long since adopted the hard stance that I don’t care about your … Continue reading →

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Apple and RCS

Posted on 2024-07-28 by jcs

I don’t always agree with John Gruber but he’s dead on with his recent post about RCS. If you have even occasionally visited this galaxy, you will be aware of the ongoing battle between Google and Apple concerning the RCS … Continue reading →

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A (Too) Short Interview With Brian Kernighan

Posted on 2024-07-24 by jcs

As you all know, I’m a big fan of Brian Kernighan. He’s not only the co-author of the iconic K&R book on C but also wrote a lot of of the Unix utilities that we all depend on today. Not … Continue reading →

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A Blast From The Past: Stderr

Posted on 2024-07-20 by jcs

I’ve written about this before but that was 9 years ago and it’s a great story so perhaps a reprise is due. The story is about the birth of stderr. As I wrote last time, the concept seems so natural … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Is C Useful For Understanding How Computers Work

Posted on 2024-07-12 by jcs

This post didn’t start as a Red Meat Friday item but as I worked on it, I got so exercised I decided it really should be one. For me, the question of whether C helps with understanding how computers work … Continue reading →

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