I’m gradually working on a custom theme for emacs, and I wanted to make it easier to update and read. (It’s not quite ready to share, but I look forward to doing just that when it is.) Surprising no-one, the theme format on emacs is not incredibly … “clean.” It’s basically a command that passes… Continue reading Refactoring an Emacs theme
Author: Steve
Python 3 Iterable Unpacking Catch-all
I’m one of those terrible people that still haven’t switched over to using Python3 …just yet. But one thing that pleasantly surprised me recently was learning of the “new” starred expression catch-all that can be used when unpacking iterables. This lets you use up to one starred expression to receive the rest of the items… Continue reading Python 3 Iterable Unpacking Catch-all
Org-mode: Indirect Buffer, Narrowing to tree
Here’s a really quick Emacs Org-mode tip that I find extremely useful. In your config add the following two lines: (setq org-indirect-buffer-display ‘new-frame) (setq org-src-window-setup ‘other-frame) (Or just run it in your scratch buffer to try it out for your current session.) The first line sets the org-indirect-buffer-display variable to new-frame. Now when you call… Continue reading Org-mode: Indirect Buffer, Narrowing to tree
Emacs and Org-mode
Well this is odd. I’ve returned to a text editor I was introduced to in university, but wasn’t really taken with until just recently. The editor is Emacs and the reason is org-mode. Apparently, my story is not all that uncommon and org-mode (with evil mode) has even converted many Vim users. Emacs has been… Continue reading Emacs and Org-mode
Script: Wireless Strength Polling/Logging/Graphing
Initially, I wrote this script to give me frequent feedback on the signal strength. This is useful when adjusting antennas to that sweet spot that give stronger signals; especially if you’re testing some homemade tinfoil parabolic reflectors! 😉 If you have a portable wireless device, like a netbook, you can ssh into your (wireless) desktop… Continue reading Script: Wireless Strength Polling/Logging/Graphing
Theme updates
Made some adjustments to my blog theme. search box graphic and placeholder text added jetpack subscriptions module and some css to handle it gave page a max width so it doesn’t look ridiculous on wide screen monitors. sidebar: removed dotted borders added white space, toned down colours – reduced noise Removed grey post-meta-content (categories, tags)… Continue reading Theme updates
Happy Mother’s Day 2012!
It was Mother’s Day! I love cooking, so I made something special for my mom. Actually, me and 2 of my sisters were the kitchen workers today. I made a salad. So I know my mom likes this shrimp and avocado salad that is served at the restaurant where I went to culinary school. Fine.… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day 2012!
Dessert
After hurting my shoulder, I had to take a 2 month break from culinary school. Hopefully, I’m fit for the kitchen again, because I go back to school tomorrow. Better start doing more cooking! Last night, I had company coming that I knew liked dessert. There wasn’t going to be many of us, so I… Continue reading Dessert
Gedit 3.2 GDP Completions on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Curiosity gets the best of me sometimes. Okay, most of the time. Did you know GNOME’s text editor, gedit, has a plethora of extensions which can basically transform it into an IDE? Something I’ve always wanted is intellisense-style autocompletion. The closest thing I’ve found for gedit is GDP Completions Plugin in the gedit-developer-plugins package in… Continue reading Gedit 3.2 GDP Completions on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Back to School with Cheesecake
Recently, I’ve been busy for a variety of reasons. The most significant reason? I’ve gone back to school! 😮 Shocking, I know. But it’s probably not what you expect. Since April 11th, I’ve been going to culinary school in downtown Vancouver. It’s an 11 block program (each block consists of 4 weeks, so… 44 weeks)… Continue reading Back to School with Cheesecake