Securing Polkadot Nodes
In my last post I gave a general overview of Polkadot. Here I do a more detailed retrospective on how exactly I secured Polkadot validator nodes -- and why they needed to be secured in the first place.
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Overview Of Polkadot
Overview of the Polkadot blockchain, from my perspective as an ex core engineer.
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Emacs: Custom Eshell Prompts
So the other day I was curious if I could add the current timestamp to my eshell prompt.
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Simple Inline Images In Org-Mode
Recently I wanted to display some inline images in org-mode. I couldn't find a simple explanation for how to do it online, so I'm writing my own.
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Setting up Rust Support in Emacs (And Introducing Rant-o-Vision)
I've been getting back into Rust programming for work, and things have changed in the past two years.
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Review of System76 Launch
As an owner of an Ergodox EZ and a Planck EZ, I am basically an expert on mechanical keyboards as well as ergonomics.
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Must-Have OSX Apps
Did you know there are OSX apps you didn't know you needed? You probably didn't, or maybe you did but you didn't know why.
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Anki Add-Ons You Didn't Know You Needed
Did you know there are Anki add-ons you didn't know you needed? You probably didn't, or maybe you did but you didn't know why.
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Secure GPG In Emacs, Featuring Agent Smith
One day I was pondering upon my opsec when I realized something.
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Upgrading The OSX Dock
Today we'll be revamping the dock on OSX. I bet you didn't think it needs upgrading, huh? Well it does. Trust me, it does.
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Deep Work
Deep work is not just the name of this amazing article. It's also the title of a book by Cal Newport. 'Deep work' is a term invented in this book, I think, meaning 'deep work'.
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Getting The Most Out Of Anki
Anki is the most popular spaced repetition software (or SRS).
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Ending Internet Addiction: A Review Of Cold Turkey
I want to talk about a change that I recently made in my computing environment which has significantly improved my productivity and happiness. It's a little program called Cold Turkey and it's reined in my Internet addiction.
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Memory Management In Unsafe Rust
This is a presentation I gave to my coworkers at MaidSafe.
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Useful Emacs Keybindings
I don't mean to brag, but I'm one of the best Emacs users on the planet.
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Jekyll: Previous And Next Posts
This post is about the very first thing I implemented for this blog: links to the previous and next posts.
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Advantages Of Vim Over Emacs
In this post I enumerate an exhaustive list of advantages that the venerable Vim carries over the embattled Emacs.
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