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Ken is super-great. He was a fun and friendly guy when I met him at a book signing. I've become a regular reader of his blog, where he shares random trivia and

by zach 16y ago

Ken is super-great. He was a fun and friendly guy when I met him at a book signing. I've become a regular reader of his blog, where he shares random trivia and his love of cinema, hipster bands and the 1980's era of Games Magazine. And if you noticed he's a computer programmer and you're wondering, the answer is emacs.

SoftwareMaven 16y ago
Of course it's emacs. He can actually remember all of the commands, functions, variables, and key bindings. (Before people get their flamethrowers out, I spend more time in emacs than any other piece of software I own.)
- jodrellblank 16y ago
  And the rest of your time in a text editor, right?
  - SoftwareMaven 16y ago
    I spend so much time in it looking for the "optimal" way to do what I'm trying to do. I know there's a command for it somewhere!
gthank 16y ago
That's too bad about emacs. I was really starting to like him. ;-)
jimmyjim 16y ago
> ..and you're wondering, the answer is emacs. He blog doesn't say anything about him using emacs. Just out of curiosity, can you link to where there's any sort of discussion about his setup?
- zach 16y ago
  He mentioned it on his forums once, way back in 2007 when I was preparing to be on the show myself: http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=12616#12616 http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=12... (Tuesday Trivia is his weekly email trivia contest.)
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  - josh33 16y ago
    I'll bite: were you on the show?
    - zach 16y ago
      Yeah; I had a blast. At least that's my excuse for following Ken Jennings' forum so closely. I ended up 72 victories short of Ken, though. http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3965 http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3965
kevin_morrill 16y ago
For those wondering his blog is at http://ken-jennings.com/blog/ http://ken-jennings.com/blog/
mkramlich 16y ago
That's ok. I'm sure Watson prefers vi.

by zach 16y ago

SoftwareMaven 16y ago

Of course it's emacs. He can actually remember all of the commands, functions, variables, and key bindings. (Before people get their flamethrowers out, I spend more time in emacs than any other piece of software I own.)

jodrellblank 16y ago
And the rest of your time in a text editor, right?
- SoftwareMaven 16y ago
  I spend so much time in it looking for the "optimal" way to do what I'm trying to do. I know there's a command for it somewhere!

gthank 16y ago

That's too bad about emacs. I was really starting to like him. ;-)

jimmyjim 16y ago

> ..and you're wondering, the answer is emacs. He blog doesn't say anything about him using emacs. Just out of curiosity, can you link to where there's any sort of discussion about his setup?

zach 16y ago
He mentioned it on his forums once, way back in 2007 when I was preparing to be on the show myself: http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=12616#12616 http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=12... (Tuesday Trivia is his weekly email trivia contest.)
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- josh33 16y ago
  I'll bite: were you on the show?
  - zach 16y ago
    Yeah; I had a blast. At least that's my excuse for following Ken Jennings' forum so closely. I ended up 72 victories short of Ken, though. http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3965 http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3965

kevin_morrill 16y ago

For those wondering his blog is at http://ken-jennings.com/blog/ http://ken-jennings.com/blog/

mkramlich 16y ago

That's ok. I'm sure Watson prefers vi.