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An Ode to Org Babel

 Posted on November 27, 2025

Org mode is an Emacs major mode with a laundry-list of powerful features, one of which is Org Babel, the literate programming engine that is embedded within Org mode. Think of it as the polyglot jupyter notebook of Emacs, if you will.

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emacs  literate  nerdism 

Emacs Carnival 2025-11 — An Ode to Org Babel

 Posted on October 31, 2025

The topic for this month's Emacs Carnival is An ode to Org Babel and is an opportunity to shine a light on the literate programming engine embedded in Org mode.

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emacs 

Ethernet Driver Features in 6.17

 Posted on October 5, 2025

A report of features and offloads implemented by ethernet drivers in Linux kernel 6.17.

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kernel 

Packet SKB drops four ways

 Posted on September 27, 2025

Demonstrating 4 nifty ways that bpftrace can be used to report SKB drops in the Linux kernel networking data path.

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kernel  bpf 

A minimal config for Emacs on macOS

 Posted on September 21, 2025

This is a somewhat opinionated minimal set of customisations for Emacs when running on macOS that give me a good baseline quality of experience.

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emacs  nerdism  macos 

Pasting Images in Org Mode

 Posted on August 17, 2025

Streamlining image capture while blogging in Emacs.

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emacs  org  literate  macos 

Ethernet Driver Features in 6.16

 Posted on August 9, 2025

A report of features and offloads implemented by ethernet drivers in Linux kernel 6.16.

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kernel 

TIL – Emacs display-buffer-alist

 Posted on August 8, 2025

TIL that I can use display-buffer-alist to define a custom placement behaviour for specific buffers.

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emacs  nerdism  til 

TIL - M-y runs yank-from-kill-ring

 Posted on June 29, 2025

TIL that M-y runs yank-from-kill-ring if used after any other command than a yank. Amazed that I have used Emacs for decades without learning this.

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emacs  nerdism  til 

Ethernet Driver Features in 6.15

 Posted on May 26, 2025

A report of features and offloads implemented by ethernet drivers in Linux kernel 6.15.

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kernel 
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