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Parallel code execution in Emacs with org-mode literate-programming
The question of how to do so comes up quite often and is answered quite well here how to accomplish it.
org-mode document transport ala a zip file
In this humble post the Kitchin Research Group demonstrates how to package up all external references for an org-mode document for transportation in a zip file solving the problem that many org-mode users face of how to simply and easily share the entirety of an org-mode document with others without exporting to PDF.
Simple OSX key swap and trackpad ease
This article describes a tool for remapping your Mac laptop keyboard. Initially I took the simpler route and swapped caps lock with control and command with option in the system preferences menu. That was OK until I remembered that I had wanted to have a right control key on the laptop. Oops.
The solution was simple, installing KeyRemap4Macbook and checking a single setting, Command_R to Control_L was all it took. Thanks Bozhidar!
Now you may have been daunted by the configuration menu but take it as an opportunity to learn about some valuable ways to configure things. What was delightful for me to learn about was its Multi-touch extension feature (sorry no direct link) which is based on ThumbSense. Very cool and very nice looking if you want to enjoy a trackpad without having to contort your hands just to get a mouse click (if you don’t have a Macbook of course).
Being a doer and not a sayer
People who don’t dig their own drinking wells don’t mind water pollution.
People who don’t farm their own food don’t mind ground pollution.
People who don’t clean up their own messes don’t mind landfills.
What you do entitles what you say.
By that definition, we should’t say much, but do more.
Safe, clean, and pleasant
That measure acceptability applies to just about everything when you have some flexibility with the definitions.
Gentleness
kindness, consideration and amiability
— Wikipedia
For your self, and others.
Approximation over precision
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
(via John Tukey via Jerry Smith)
Motion and emotion, action and reaction
Every action that you take sets a standard from which you may pull from to justify how to move forward in life. Take every opportunity that you have to move, and to act, in a virtuous, kind, and cheerful manner. At the very least, do it when it is easy. At the very worst of times, it will serve you both as an example, and as an excuse, to behave in the same manner. In our North American culture today, some people may become quite insulted when you don’t react to their misery with meanness, cruelty, and gloom with matching feelings. Know though, that you are doing the right thing in staying virtuous, kind, and cheerful.
Training and practice
The onus of responsibility to better oneself lies entirely upon the individual. Her efforts must be applied in a disciplined, perseverant, and self-controlled manner. Laziness must be banished, and cheerfulness welcomed. When you are new to a topic, train smart and well. When you become an expert on a topic, practice daily. Set high, high standards and expectations for yourself and others; and be forgiving when they are failed to be met. If you never fail reach them, then you are setting your goals too low. Take joy and satisfaction from your effort, alone, and let go of anything else that it yields (bad or good).