Installing Steelbank Common Lisp and Emacs in Windows

Posted on Sat 05 August 2023 in Blog • Tagged with Windows, Emacs, Common Lisp, Programming

It has been awhile since I posted any technical stuff on this site, largely due to time. This is one item I would like to remember, so here goes...

Why this document?

I decided to start learning Common Lisp recently. New users often install portacle, which is a stand-alone package …


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Linux / Windows Dual Boots and Daylight Savings Time

Posted on Sun 02 November 2014 in Tech Blog • Tagged with Linux, Network, Slackware, Windows, DST

You've got a laptop computer that dual-boots Slackware and Windows. When installing Slackware, you probably answered the question about whether or not the hardware clock is set to Coordinated Universal Time with "No", because Windows wants to keep the clock at local time. Today, you log into Linux first and …


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