sacha chua living an awesome life

(defun sacha/reverse-line ()
  (interactive)
  (let ((string (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))))
    (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))
    (insert (apply 'string (reverse (string-to-list string))))))

On This Day...

• 2013: Weekly review: Week ending January 11, 2013 — It was an awesome week. I hit the ground running in my consulting engagement, coming up with a useful feature [...]
• 2012: Work, extracurriculars, and measuring time: an epiphany — I remember now why I had stopped tracking time before. Breaking things down at the project level made me feel [...]
• 2011: Three tips for cheerful chores — I’ve been taking a closer look at household tasks that I could outsource or simplify. Groceries, laundry, cleaning, cooking… [...]
• 2010: Facilitation: Thinking about the ends and means — I want to learn more about facilitation. What does better facilitation look like? Thinking about that will help me figure [...]
• 2010: A night with the barkada — I’m trying to figure out how to explain to other people what this barkada thing is like, but it’s hard. [...]
• 2010: Cats in high places — “What am I going to do?” my mom asked. “There are two kittens near the catwalk, and they’re coloured like [...]
• 2009: Stick figures on campus; IBM at the University of Toronto — As a favor to Stephen Perelgut (one of my mentors) and because I happen to really like working with IBM, [...]
• 2009: Blogging helps — People often tell me that they’ve thought about blogging, but they don’t know if anyone would be interested in what [...]
• 2008: How I got hooked — I fell in love with Emacs because of Planner and Remember. I got hooked. By that, I mean that I [...]
• 2008: Someday like seas —
• 2005: Emacs for Authors — http://www.therandymon.com/papers/emacs-for-writers.pdf A book writer has written a guide on how to use Emacs in lieu of mainstream word processors. Check it out! Post [...]
• 2005: two-mode-mode: Multiple modes in one Emacs buffer — two-mode-mode allows you to switch between two major modes in a single buffer. You can find it at http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/files/two-mode-mode.el If you need to [...]
• 2004: Knowing one’s self — Yesterday found us at the Greenbelt mall. Kathy wanted to watch Buffalo Soldiers – she heard it was a comedy. My [...]
• 2004: On technology and lifestyle — About my father Perhaps he and I are more similar than we thought. I know I am cross and irritable when my [...]
• 2004: Timestamps all screwy — I suspect my computer does _not_ keep time in GMT, annoying as heck. Oh, it does that on suspend.
• 2004: committing — The proper thing to do when C-x v v is called and files are modified depends on whether or not multiple [...]
• 2004: “Head-Up Displays Get Second Chance” — Carmakers and suppliers expect head-up display (HUD) technology to get a new lease on life with the advent of multicolor light-emitting [...]
• 2003: Life is good — reflections () — So… hmm. Life is good. =) Let’s see. My grandmother (father’s mother) died at the ripe old age of 92, 93, or 94, [...]