Chris Maiorana

One of the things I really like about Org Mode is the support for file includes. #+INCLUDE: /path/to/file This allows you to integrate contents from another file into whatever file…

Imagine a crisp, misty morning in the mountains. The scent of fresh-brewed coffee. It’s chilly, even in the summertime, so you can throw on a long-sleeved shirt with a flannel…

Writing involves organizing a lot of information, sometimes spread across multiple files. You want to be able to wrangle all that data with a delicate touch, all the while keeping…

As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, keeping notes in Emacs can be overwhelming, even though Org Mode gives you a rich set of functions for managing notes. It should…

Andrew Huberman suggests organizing your desktop in such a way that you have to look UP at your monitor. If you have to look down, you may get tired. He…

In his book, The Curmudgeon’s Guide To Getting Ahead, author Charles Murray gives some good advice on writing and thinking. He offers some tips on writing when you know what…

Collected in Brennan’s The Shapes of Midnight, “Disappearance” is a first-person narrative told by a sheriff’s deputy in a small town.  The sheriff and the deputy go to an old…

I’ve been reading horror fiction since I was a wee lad. And from experience, I’d say most horror stories are merely horror-themed—but not actually scary. We’ve all enjoyed stories of…

I once read somewhere that P.G. Wodehouse wrote 2,000-3,000 words a day at his peak, but that number crept down to about 1,000 in his 90s, at the end of…

I have some new, magic commands in Emacs that have become very dear to me in my daily workflow. As you all know, my focus is producing written content, not…