I finally figured out the correct magic to pass custom command line arguments to my emacs. This has allowed me to get the emacs-server running in a way more tuned to the way I work.
A lot of emacs people only run one instance of emacs and therefor take the …
Posted on Thu 28 August 2008 in general
Today I'm trying out the "recycled foam" method for generating the milky foamy head on my coffee. In theory by recycling the milk from the destination cup back into the system the milk gets more warmed through which should affect *something*. However I suspect the biggest change is due to …
Posted on Wed 27 August 2008 in general
I'm not sure if this is related to athena25's post or the fact we had dinner with Izzy and Andy. Yesterday we had a fully veggie evening meal. Fliss informed me it was my turn to come up with a suitably meat free meal for this evening. Despite being a …
Posted on Wed 27 August 2008 in geek • Tagged with apple, web
I think I'm Apple's side with the latest ASA ruling. The crux of the ASA's argument is that Flash and Java are part of "internet". It's dangerous because it makes a precedent that supporting these proprietary applications* is the only way you can support the full fat internet. This is …
Posted on Tue 26 August 2008 in general
The (extended) weekend has been mostly filled with family related stuff. Saturday started with a trip to the Newmarket Races to start the celebrations for Fliss' Mum's birthday. Predictably the first bet I placed on the first race came in at 15/2 netting be 20 something pounds. This of …