Archive for 2010

Emacs Identica-mode v0.9 release

I’m glad to announce this new release of identica-mode after a longer than normal. I’ve been constantly directing people to the git repository version instead of doing an official release since there are lots of improvements since the last version.
Some of these improvements include:

Url shortening inline
You can now do url shortening while typing your update [...]

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3 methods on how to backup your Emacs file

The emacs personalization file (dotemacs) is a very important resource for every Emacs user. Typically found at ~/.emacs, this file contains elisp code all the personalization of Emacs to accommodate each user. Its so important that it basically represents your Emacs “personality”.
To loose your .emacs file can mean loosing a lot of hours of tweaking [...]

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Goodbye ACM Crossroads, Hello GNU

I’ve been the web editor for the ACM Crossroads student magazine for the past 4 years. Since I’m no longer a student, the time has come to step out of that position and let someone else take the job.
So since issue 16.2 the ACM Crossroads website is in charge of Malay Bhattacharyya of the Indian [...]

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My resolutions for 2010

This 2009 has been a good and busy year. Lots of things have happened: I switched to a new job, I got a DSLR camera I’ve been wanting for a long time, I visited San Francisco and the Sillicon Valley, I went to LibrePlanet and met Richard Stallman and many others I look up to, [...]

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