Edit with Emacs v1.9

Posted on Wed 09 March 2011 in geek • Tagged with emacs

It's been a while so I thought I'd push out a new version of Edit with Emacsto the interwebs. Unfortunately I wasn't able to wrangle the edit-server.el to reliably handle keeping the current frame open for iterative editing. For now this feature is only available via the python …


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Holy exponential parking charges Batman!

Posted on Mon 07 March 2011 in general • Tagged with science, stansted, wonders

There wasn't much to be achieved at the weekend although I did pick my parents up from their last minute skiing holiday. It did lead to some colourful language when I got tagged by the airports parking scam.

I carefully timed the drive down to arrive as my parented landed …


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Book Review: Free as in Freedom

Posted on Wed 23 February 2011 in geek • Tagged with book, review, rms

I've just finished reading Free as in Freedom a biography of Richard Stallman the founder of the free software movement. The title takes it's name from the oft repeated statement used to highlight that software freedom is not about the price rather what you can do with it.

The book …


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Is it spring yet?

Posted on Mon 21 February 2011 in general • Tagged with cod, garden, home

Nothing much happened this weekend apart from a complete tidy-up spring clean of the house. This may seem a little premature but when the weather finally does get better we won't have to worry about too much clutter up the house. Fliss' mum came around on Sunday and helped us …


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Mountains, valleys and the meaning of romance

Posted on Tue 15 February 2011 in general • Tagged with rugby, walking

We spent the weekend in Wales on what has become an annual tradition of post-winter walking loosely organised around a couple of friends birthdays. The location changes every year but this year we were based in a hostel in the Snowdonia National Park.

By convention there are usually two walks …


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