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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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Random links from my bookmarks

I’d like to share my bookmarks from time to time. I think sometimes random browsing can be very fruitful and sometimes even productive.
This week on my delicious bookmaks, I’d like to share:

Red Hat Magazine | A guide to GNU Screen Very useful to use when needing to run long processes through an SSH connection on [...]

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Mac OS X from a GNU/Linux User

The Mac OS X slogan I’ve heard from several mac fanboys is “it just works”. Well, being a GNU/Linux user for quite some time and coming to OS X, that is not the case for me. There’s a lot of little things that “just don’t work” on my particular usage.
Recently I’ve been given a 17″ [...]

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FISOL 2009 was great

I started the month of october at the FISOL 2009, in Tapachula Chiapas. I got invited to give several talks about free software and I have to say it was a great event.

First of all, the place was crowded with more than 1,300 attendees. That’s the largest audience I’ve addressed on a free software talk! [...]

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