By Ian Y.E. Pan, 2021 This writing is adapted from an essay I wrote for a university course on artistic traditions in China. Ting Ware White Ceramic Pillow in The Shape of a Child Ting War...
Formatting Code in Emacs with Format-All
Format-all is a simple yet awesome Emacs package that allows you to “format source code in different programming languages using the same command, instead of learning a different Emacs package and ...
«Love, Death, and Alienation»
By Ian Y.E. Pan, 2021 This writing is adapted from an essay I wrote for a university humanity/literature class. It is an attempt at using the narrative method of “stream of consciousness”,...
My Subjective Take on the Editor War
I use both Emacs and Vim. However, I spend 99% of my time in Emacs, and only 1% in Vim — read on to find out why. I first heard of the names “Emacs” and “Vim” in the TV Show Silicon Valley whe...
Moving Away From Oh-My-Zsh
If you have 12 minutes of free time and would like to learn more about this topic, I highly recommend watching Brodie Robertson’s YouTube video on why you should uninstall oh-my-zsh. I started...
GRE 334 + AW 5.0 心得分享 (中文)
Foreword This post is intended for Chinese speakers who are on their way to take the GRE exam. In the following paragraphs, I share some preparation tips that helped me achieve GRE 334 and Analyti...
Syncing Sticky Notes Between Laptop and Mobile
This post is intended for Windows 10 users with either an Android phone or an iPhone, or MacBook users with an Android phone. If you are using a MacBook with an iPhone, the better option would b...
Microsoft Edge Collections - A Browser Workflow
TL;DR - It’s somewhere between bookmarks and sticky notes. Ever wanted to combine browser bookmarks and your scattered sticky notes? If so, I highly recommend you try out the “Collections” fe...
A Quick Tutorial on Use-package for Emacs
Brief introduction Use-package is a popular package to organize your Emacs configuration and load your installed packages efficiently. According to the official README, use-package is a macro that...
Gentle Intro to System Default Monospace Fonts (Part 2/2)
In my previous post, I talked about the practical reasons to use monospace fonts and introduced four system default fonts: Consolas, SF Mono, DejaVu Sans Mono, and Roboto Mono. Here’s to refresh t...