Author Archives: slacy

Here’s a screenshot that basically shows what to do.  This is under the “Organization & Users” main setting tab. Then, when you visit http://plus.google.com, you’ll see this message: Which is just like it was when Google+ wasn’t supported for Apps … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I say something on Twitter and it gets a few responses.  Today, it was this quote: At some point in the future, cloud storage will be faster than a local HDD.  Even later, cloud will … Continue reading →

Google continues to integrate their in-house social media product Google+ into search results under the guise of “making search social.”  But, they’re excluding and demoting results from many other social networks. Having a Google+ account active, even if you don’t … Continue reading →

I use emacs for all my text editing.  When editing code, I also like to use dabbrev-expand, but I find the default binding of C-M-/ really hard to press and remember.  I’m used to TAB expanding everything. But, I also … Continue reading →

I just logged into Google+ and deleted my account.  I’ve also uninstalled the application from my phone.  Here’s why: The red notification box in the upper right of virtually every Google product these days is incredibly annoying.  To me, this … Continue reading →

Here’s a simple question: When am I going to be able to buy a Robot that can drive me around in my car? It sounds appealing, doesn’t it?  If such a thing existed, we’d never have to drive our cars … Continue reading →

This post is just for collective notes on Rails development under Ubuntu 11.04: Use rvm.  Really.  http://beginrescueend.com/ “sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev ncurses-dev” before you rvm install 1.9.2, otherwise you’ll see weird issues when rails code says “require readline”  (rails console, … Continue reading →

Wow, this is a beautiful color theme.   If you use Emacs and color-theme, you should check it out.  It’s here on GitHub. Thanks @bbatsov! Here’s a screenshot for the interested:

Woah, Joel & Jeff.  This is NOT your fault. Want to know something?  People don’t care as much about StackOverflow as they did in ’09.  Back in ’09, it was the model success of how to bootstrap a scappy idea into … Continue reading →