Feeling Lispy
Lately I've been reading a lot of stuff that praises Lisp. Stuff along the lines of: Learning Lisp (in particular, reading "The Little Schemer") will magically make you a better programmer. (Question: What if I buy the book and...
Category: General
Mapping Alt in OS X X11.app to Emacs Meta
Thanks to a comment at this macosxhints post, I've not got the Alt key mapped to Meta in Emacs. defaults write com.apple.x11 swap_alt_meta -boolean true and then restart X11.app. Voila!...
RiSE: The Amazing Climbing Robot
Cool and creepy. RiSE: The Amazing Climbing Robot
The Oscars: The Female Super Bowl
It occurred to me today that the Academy Awards (the Oscars) are basically the American female's Super Bowl. Many women look forward to the Oscars the way men look forward to the Super Bowl. It's an occasion to have parties. It's...
An unexpected peril of mixing C and C++
The other day at work we ran into a nasty little bug that was quite tricky and chewed up quite a few hours of a few people's time. So I thought that as a service to you, my loyal reader, I would post about it and warn you of this...
Craig Ferguson at the San Jose Improv
We saw Scottish comedian and CBS Late Late show host Craig Ferguson tonight at the San Jose Improv. Craig Ferguson at the San Jose Improv, originally uploaded by msabramo....
Zeni Ethiopian cuisine
Zeni Ethiopian cuisine, originally uploaded by msabramo. A few years ago I had Ethiopian cuisine for the first time at a restaurant in San Francisco and I loved it. I then lamented the fact that while there seem to be a few...