“You share with people who earn the right to hear your story”.
Here’s to “move the body” friends.
Here’s to people who want to be, no matter how much later.
Here is the link.
If You Like LISP Then You'll Love APL
Notes on Transcription of a talk given by Professor Perlis at the APL’78 Conference held at Foothill College, Los Altos, CA. on 1978-03-29 revealed these gems:
- Contains all of the best attributes of written language
- Contains all of the best attributes of LISP… just more so
- Is a lyrical language
Notes follow…
APL demonstration 1975
A 1975 screencast about APL. Delightful.
Computers and phones didn’t always have screens.
APL (programming language)
The Wikipedia Page on APL is fascinating.
Here Begins APL
To have attended this discussion!
Delightful insights into the minds behind this gem.
Emacs Keyboard Design 36: Mainstream 90 Key Emacs Keyboard Layout
- Start with layout 35
- There are only 10 layers total
- Use Fn as a one-shot
- Perfect for F keys
- Use Layer as a toggle
- Choose layer with number keys
- Double-tap to return to base layer
- Remove layer row
90key layout
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Emacs Keyboard Design 35: Mainstream 96 Key Emacs Keyboard Layout
- Going too far from the mainstream pushes the cost up too high
- Let key do things that Emacs knows how to do well to leverage keyboard firmware
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Hello, Screenflow and Youtube
Tonight I set up a jingle for this blog on YouTube.
Fun and personal project.
Addendum:
Looped the jingle to 5 minutes.
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Emacs Keyboard Design 34: Grid Layout Revisited
The latest iteration places space and return well and the modifiers are all present and easily reached. How would it look in a grid layout?
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Emacs Keyboard Design 33: What If Emacs Pinky Isn't Real
Emacs Pinky might be real.
What does a good Emacs keyboard look like if it isn’t, though?
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