EINVAL: Valid solutions for invalid problems

After my previous post I continued to dig deeper into the Emacs skeleton system.

The venerable Emacs skeleton system, while powerful, lacks documentation in some areas.

dired-do-shell-command (bound to !

The famous “considered harmful” would be a vast overstatement, but I see them as a solution preventing better solutions.

Almost every developer ends up using a VPN for work sooner or later.

One more problem I didn’t even know I had: bad office chair casters.

There are many display reviews from a professional point of view, but in my opinion they rarely focus on what I actually notice and appreciate in my electronics.

Most keyboard aficionados use various keyboard-related addons in their web browsers, such as Vimium.

When I log into a new server, one of the first things I do is install a minimal Emacs package1.

…or should I say “Amazon Crap” as I’d like to talk about Amazon Fire HD 8.

Email… One of the last bastions of non-proprietary communication with the freedom to choose both service providers and clients alike.

After writing my last post I took my own advice and reread the less(1) manpage.

less is probably one of the most used programs in the UNIX world.

About three months ago, after many years of using Chromium exclusively, I came back to Mozilla Firefox.

Sometimes I need to access my files on my servers using SSH/SCP from a not fully trusted device and/or application (think: a smartphone).