Monthly Archives: July 2013

Google Latitude and the Great Services Massacre (plus how to get your Latitude History out)


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Today (well, not really, I’ve been procrastinating this), Google announced surreptitiously that a long-beloved service, Latitude, was getting an axe to the head: Earlier today, we announced that Google Latitude is no longer part of the Google Maps app, and … Continue reading

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How to fix “delete” and other keys (3~ 4~ 5~, etc) when using Emacs in a Putty session

This has literally been the bane of my existence for several years now. Remote SSH is great, but sometimes the way the interaction between your terminal, shell, and program can drive you mad. When I log into my Ubuntu-based servers … Continue reading

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