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Nov
30th
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emacs 23.1 drag and drop in mac os x

Carbon Emacs opened a file in place when you dragged and dropped it over a frame.

Emacs 23.1 by default inserts the content of the file.

To change it back you need to do the following in your .emacs file:

(custom-set-variables
'(ns-pop-up-frames nil)
... other settings
)
(global-set-key [ns-drag-file] 'ns-find-file)

Oct
1st
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mutt + emacs org-mode

Sending an e-mail to org-mode as a TODO is easy. Add this macro to your .muttrc

macro index X “cat - | mimedecode.py -c | formail -k -X Subject: | sed -e ‘s/^*/ /’ | sed -e ‘s/Subject:/* TODO/’ » your-org-file.org\n”

This creates a level 2 TODO marked entry in your org-mode log file… ah yes, remember to keep it saved.

Rrequires mimedecode.py

Apr
21st
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… Ponce de León dijo que por esta línea pasan 250 mil litros cúbicos de agua al día.

Espero que el burro sea el periodista, y no Ponce de León, actual presidente de OSE. 

OSE continúa intentando reparar cañería - Diario EL PAIS - Montevideo - Uruguay

Apr
18th
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The genius of Twitter: you pick who you follow, so every illiterate in the world can join (and they are) and it doesn’t change your stream.
Apr
17th
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Apr
15th
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Creating a Google Site is as easy as editing a document, which means there’s no markup language for you to learn — just get started.

Google Sites

I believe that not having a markup language is a mistake. No structure at all in the text, just “style”. 

Apr
14th
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Where does the smoke go? 

Where does the smoke go? 

Apr
13th
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10 Entrepreneurial Concepts to Live By

dembot:

This is a post I created awhile back which outlines ten major concepts I live and work by. This may seem pedestrian to some though I think it’s a good foundation for conducting entrepreneurial business activity on the internet:

1. Always work with people who are better than you. You can only do a few things really well. One of them should be understanding your weaknesses and looking for the best possible help to fill the gaps. Seek help to manage MOST of everything else it takes to run a successful business. Hire people who will do a better job than you.

2. Treat everyone with the highest regards and pay the people who work for you greater than their value. While most people do not want to be leaders, most people want to feel good about themselves and be fulfilled. If people are paid better than normal, have good benefits and get a lot of appraisal and bonuses, they will be happier in life and in return will likely be more productive too. The smallest gestures, even for a poor company such as adding a bit more onto a pay check (giving surprise bonuses), paying for a cab - paying for lunch, all go a really long way. The greatest implementation of value for people is to have positions that allow for infinite growth. Nobody that works for you should ever have a fixed ceiling of opportunity. Consider cutting back on material expenses and pay more for people. Aspire for everyone to have a greater life-style. No matter how important your business is, this is life we are talking about and it’s short. While being caught up with speed towards the future, remember others who live for the day.

3. Do everything right and fair. Make sure that you are always honorable, especially with yourself. Live up to your oral agreements. When it comes to operating your business, make sure and set it up correctly - pay every cent of tax that you legally owe. As long as you take the extra effort to do things right, you will eliminate a huge amount of stress. Even knowing yourself that you are keeping everything in order will make you feel better about yourself on a day-to-day basis. The people that work for you will also take you more seriously and also feel better themselves.

4. Learn to love consequence and happenstance. Things will happen all the time that will throw off your plans. Turn the stress around and into a challenge. Use the opportunity to think of new opportunities. Perhaps there are many new paths to take that you would like even more. Consequence is the stuff that artists dream of; It’s what creates new technologies and drives innovation.

5. Be transparent. This is almost cliche now, though this is why it is important and should not be missed: Without disregard for being humble, the more you reveal, the more people will understand where you are coming from. It’s not about blurting out some statement suddenly. It takes time to show yourself, who you really are. This motto applies to most aspects of life and business. The idea behind transparency is much more of a human personality trait. It’s for you yourself and the people that you care about; It’s for the audience that want to know when they ask; It gets to be that you no longer even think of this idea, it just becomes a part of your lifestyle. When you are fair, transparency will occur naturally because you will be proud and secure to reveal your true thinking.

6. Create a comfortable environment. A girl friend once told me about a miserable phase she went though when she and one of her girl friends were living in a basement with no windows, lots of dogs, mildew, low ceilings, old carpet, low lighting, etc. It sounded dreary to say the least. She wasn’t aware of the concept of space enough to understand that it was drastically effecting her mood. When she moved into a more comfortable apartment that was full of light and had higher ceilings, she regained her spirit. Having a great work environment is just the same. And websites are like spaces too. When you create your physical space or your space online, consider making it comfortable as possible.

7. Listen to your audience, friends and advisors. The more you can get feedback and audience participation, the more you will understand the positive and negative effects of your efforts. The more you understand the effects you are having, the more you can understand what to do in the future. If you trust yourself to filter the ideas and information that others give you, be quiet and listen more often. Allow the audience/journalists/experts in your field to describe your activity for you.

8. Have spirit!

9. Time is of the essence. It starts with the age-old model of speed that can be applied to everything in life. In a war, for instance, the side that obtains the information first about where the other side is will have the advantage; The investor who knows the news first will have the stock advantage. The technologist who creates the first this-or-that will have that advantage to begin with. Speed=Potential. If you have something new, take action before it becomes old.

10. Stay in control by giving control away. The more you give up control to others, the happier everyone will be. Not only will the people who work for you be happier, it will allow you more time to focus on the things you do best.

Mar
31st
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One of the counter intuitive things I needed to learn as a designer was that players enjoy failures more than success,” he said. “As long as it’s diverse, they like to explore the failure space of a game.
Mar
27th
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giving someone your email is the equivalent of allowing them to add something to your To Do list;
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A Chuck Norris le funcionan los “Abre fácil”. 

A Chuck Norris le funcionan los “Abre fácil”. 

Mar
24th
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love the cool afternoon breeze running though my office room after a hot day.

Feb
16th
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I connect my handheld to the computer and voila! 
go go modal windows!

I connect my handheld to the computer and voila! 

go go modal windows!

Feb
14th
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Stay healthy for 20 years. If you stay healthy for 20 years you’ll see 150 or maybe 200.
Feb
10th
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A mis queridismos Antel (itos): la próxima vez que vayan a jugar con los cables (y los enlaces internacionales), ¿por qué no avisan con tiempo? ¿No se dan cuenta que uno también puede estar laburando y las interrupciones son realmente poco productivas. En vez de mandar esos spams innecesarios via adinet, podrían tomarse el trabajo de mandar información útil, como por ejemplo: “Hoy de noche vayase a dormir que vamos a estar jugando con los cables toda la noche y no los vamos a dejar laburar”. Al menos uno puede irse a dormir en paz.