Author Archives: bradfonseca
We’ve Moved!
I’ve finally taken the plunge and moved my blog over to my own domain: bradfonseca.com. It’s got a slightly different layout but the content is the same. With the move I’ve started to write some more and plan to write more frequently. You might want to start with my first post on the new site, […]
The Importance of Documenting
Figure 1: Attribution: By Lvcipriani (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons As I mentioned in my previous post (“A New URL for My Old Blog” … if you haven’t checked it out yet…go do it…I’ll wait…), I have started blogging again using emacs and org2blog after a long hiatus (the last actual post that […]
A New URL for My Old Blog
Figure 1: Attribution: Ian D. Keating (via CC Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Well, here we are again! You may have noticed that I’m reporting to you from a new URL (https://bradfonseca.com/) There is a mildly interesting story related to this change that I thought I would share here. I recently read an article […]
Google shutting down XMPP interoperability is a sad sign of the age of communication silos
Too many walled gardens and not enough choice as to who can access your data.
Why Government Is Not A Business
There’s more than enough information on the Internet right now about the havoc being inflicted on the United States by President Donald Trump and his associates. However, there are two perspectives… Source: Why Government Is Not A Business
Setting Mastery
Back when D&D 3 came out, the designers talked about “system mastery.” Knowing the system better always helped you play a more powerful, effective character, but 3e made this an exp… Source: Setting Mastery
Time to Repartition the Hard Drive? (Maybe not…)
Figure 1: Attribution: Mageia 5 Installer Documentation – Partitioning with DrakX (http://doc.mageia.org/installer/5/en/content/doPartitionDisks.html) It’s been a hairy few weeks. Looking at my WordPress folder on my laptop I see my last post was back in the middle of March! I could enumerate a nice long list for you of why I’ve been away but I’m sure […]
Quick Post About Uploading Images Via Org-mode and Org2Blog
Figure 1: Attribution: By ~~helix84 (2007), Philverney (9 November 2005), David Vignoni (December 6, 2005) LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html or Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (search for “Icon – upload photo 2.svg”) Today I’m experimenting with image uploads on org-mode and org2blog. I don’t expect to write a lot but hopefully I’ll learn a bit. 😀 I […]
TILiE (Today I’m Learning in Emacs): PDF Publishing, Text Formatting in Org-Mode, and (Maybe) My Next Big Project!
Figure 1: By Another Believer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) ], via Wikimedia Commons Link to original image | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) The last week or so has actually been pretty busy in my personal life and at work. Professionally, I gained a new part-time consulting client which is only going […]
The Emporium of Lost Thoughts 