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RIP Kevin Drum

03/15/2025 14:46 :: news

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Kevin Drum. He was one of the original liberal bloggers, and someone that I've followed for years. It truly feels like the end of an era. I'll miss his cat photos and his graphs. RIP.

Accented Letters

12/22/2024 19:29 :: emacs

Really more of a note to myself. To get an accented letter like é in Emacs, the keybinding is C-x 8 ' e.

Info on 19th Century Guitar Composers

11/09/2024 18:29 :: guitar

I've been eager to find more information on Matteo Carcassi. The best I've been able to come up with is this pdf edited by Marco V. Bazzotti. It's only a handful of paragraphs, so I'm wondering what it's based on and if there's anymore info out there about dear old Matteo.

Rob Mackillop

10/21/2024 23:23 :: guitar

Rob Mackillop is such an inspiration to plucked string players. He plays every variation of guitar, lute, and banjo that you can come up with, and he's been a great advocate for the no-nails approach. I've found out recently that he's been ill and in the hospital. So let's wish him a speedy recovery and take some time to check out his youtube page and his classical guitar website.

Get Those Greek Letters!

10/01/2024 10:23 :: emacsscheme

M-x set-input-methed RET TeX

  • Now typing \theta gives you θ!
  • Typing \lambda gives you λ!
  • \nabla gives you ∇! Ta-da!