miniblog.

I really enjoy blogging, but posts invariably take much longer to write than I plan for.

I'm gradually bringing an old project into good test coverage. Coveralls is pretty strict -- 66% and it's still showing a red badge!

Emacs tools for improving your prose: http://t.co/vpZeK0vudG

Blogged: The Definitive Guide To Syntax Highlighting http://t.co/MXMhshW7fF

Historically, many accepted scientific theories have been discarded in the face of more data. How much more in tech, which is so young!

Happy to report that I posted a question on https://emacs.stackexchange.com/ and I received a great response within 30 minutes!

Discovered that for integers in Python, hash(x) == x (most of the time). Seems elegant, but I was not expecting it!

Nifty Emacs package of the day: https://github.com/magnars/string-edit.el -- allows you to edit strings without worrying about escaping.

.@melpa_emacs I'm seeing ~5 second page loads on the MELPA home page. I feel deeply ungrateful complaining about it, but do you see it too?

Not enough Emacs projects have screenshots. There are very few projects that aren't improved with a picture to tempt potential users.

uselessd is a neat project exploring stripping down systemd, but I originally thought it was a parody project! "complementary kitchen sink"

I'm happy to report that stackoverflow now correctly highlights Emacs questions! http://t.co/sZcRDepb5c

I really enjoy anti-feature promotional webpages for software. For example, http://t.co/5JjNLT6GkL and http://t.co/NeoXuAUWdj

I'm still not sure whether the correct pronunciation of 'numpy' is num-pea or num-pie. I hear both regularly.

A colleague asked me if my Moto G was the new iPhone! Turns out that a black, rounded corner phone can be deceptive...