Category Archives: Computers & Software

Fax Machines Are Stupid

Posted on August 8, 2010 by mannd

It came to me today as a sudden revelation (an “ah-ha” moment) that our fax machine is a total anachronism, like something out of the 19th century.  Here it is the 21st century, and we are still sending back and … Continue reading →

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New ClickIt Coming Soon

Posted on July 31, 2010 by mannd

I’m working on the next version of ClickIt.  ClickIt is an automatic computer document signing program.  It allows batch signing of documents in programs that don’t allow batch signing.  It was originally designed to work with the Allscripts EMR system … Continue reading →

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Blogging From My Droid

Posted on July 29, 2010 by mannd

Yes it’s possible to write a blog post on an Android phone using WordPress for Android.  Why anyone would want to write a post on the Droid’s clunky keyboard is an excellent question.  I suppose if there is something you … Continue reading →

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Emacs Word Wrap Modes

Posted on July 24, 2010 by mannd

I had problems sending posts to WordPress from weblogger on Emacs because of formatting errors. I have been using auto-fill-mode in Emacs to avoid lines extending off the screen. Auto-fill-mode works by inserting newline characters (ASCII 0A, C-j) at the … Continue reading →

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The C++ Way. Part 0.

Posted on July 21, 2010 by mannd

I’ve decided to write a series of posts on what I call “The C++ Way” analogous to “The Ruby Way,” a book and philosophy of the Ruby Language. After programming in C++ for years, I still struggle to think in … Continue reading →

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Testing Emacs Weblogger Mode

Posted on July 14, 2010 by mannd

I installed WebloggerMode into Emacs 23.1 and am testing it out. Yes, right here, live! Typing text into Emacs, even some simple HTML is much faster and more fun than typing into the Wordpress text editor. I’ve got all my … Continue reading →

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What’s Happened To The Bookstores?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mannd

If you are a bookstore aficionado you can’t have avoided noticing how they have deteriorated over the last ten years. Fewer books, less variety, more open spaces and chairs, fewer people, most of whom are there to drink coffee and … Continue reading →

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Singleton Madness

Posted on July 3, 2010 by mannd

I’ve been spending the last few weeks trying to exorcise a pesky singleton class from EP Simulator. This is the Options class, which contains all the program options that are saved from session to session. There is only one set … Continue reading →

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Emacs Tip of the Month

Posted on July 1, 2010 by mannd

Want real shell mode in Emacs? Using M-x shell only gives terminal emulation, which sometimes doesn’t display things correctly and which, since it supports all Emacs key bindings, makes you do things like use M-p instead of C-p to bring … Continue reading →

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EP Studios Projects Update

Posted on May 20, 2010 by mannd

Here’s a rundown of current activity at the EP Studios mothership: EP Office EP Office is the flagship project of EP Studios. Version 1.7 is out and basically is the culmination of the original software, which started out as a … Continue reading →

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