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In this article, I describe three separate issues with the handling of Sections and Headings in modern typesetting tools. I propose a dull but important change to markup languages to deal with these issues. This proposal is not particularly innovative, but just better engineered. Then I mention a new problem that I only just noticed, and propose an innovative new feature that would be way cool.

I find it quite amusing when we find that we have internalised such obscure rules without ever realising that they existed.

With Brainsnorkel experimenting with Writely, I thought it was about time that I evaluated Ecto as I promised a month ago. I am going to talk almost exclusively about the user-experience rather than the features of the tool. Why? Because that’s the reason I am giving it the thumbs-down after only the briefest trials. It […]

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A magic trick for C programmers to try,

I’ve been meaning to address some more interesting subjects.

What topics do people find interesting?

Based on my logs, the answer is horrifying.

One Wednesday, a couple of years ago, I decided it was finally time to upgrade the RAM in my home PC, to make it run faster.

I upgraded my Motherboard BIOS today without incident.

What are the consequences of low-reliability components?

When I buy a fridge, I am in a rush. I need a fridge. Now.

Motherboards are the same.