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<div class="date">1 Sep 2015</div>
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<p>
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I was asked to speak about <a href="http://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/literate-devops.html">Literate Devops</a> at <a href="http://emacsconf2015.org/">EmacsConf 2015</a>. Due
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to work and family complications, I knew that I couldn’t physically
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attend. Wait, what year is this!? We should open a can of
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virtualization on this meatspace! The week before, we tested out
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the technology, and the Furies looked favorable upon me to remotely
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attend a live conference.
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</p>
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<p>
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On Saturday, September 29th at 9:00am, I sat at my large monitor,
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carefully arranged into windows of note taking Emacs, conference
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twitter feeds, the <code>#emacsconf</code> IRC channel ... and of course, the
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live video feed. “This is good,” I thought. No struggling in
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uncomfortable seats to power small-screened laptops. I had all
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the coffee I wanted, and just the way I wanted it too.
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</p>
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<p>
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The first talk, by <a href="http://nicolas-petton.fr/presentations/emacsconf2015">Nicolas Petton</a> (who was also presenting remotely
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from France), illustrated immutable data structures and lazy
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sequencing from <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637676190640156672">Clojure to Emacs Lisp</a>.
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I thought, “This is going to be a great day!”
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</p>
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<p>
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And then <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637692234226233344">it happened</a>. The power went out halfway through the second talk.
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Using the battery and data service on my cell phone, I went to the
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power utility’s web site. Their power outage map was covered in
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red. Estimated time began at 12:50... then 1:30... then 3:00...
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</p>
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<p>
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I panicked and put out a <a href="http://twitter.com/howardabrams/status/637695592404094980">plea for help</a>. I quickly cross town to
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the first friend who responded, to give my talk perched in his
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living room.
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</p>
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<p>
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My demonstration went <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/emacsconf/v/13477760">well enough</a> (I start at 1:27:00), but I was
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frazzled and the environment on my laptop was less than ideal. I
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received some very thoughtful compliments, however:
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>
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Your talk on Literate DevOps with Org-Mode was fantastic, and
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everyone was blown away by it. You had a really stressful day, but
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you gave the talk anyway for your fellow emacers, and everyone
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really enjoyed it. I really appreciate the effort it took to go
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through with the talk after your power cut out. An excerpt from IRC
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at the end of your talk:
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</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>
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The virtual clapping on IRC was pretty humorous:
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</p>
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<pre class="example" id="orga7f6245">
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| 5:41 PM | <tered> <clap clap>
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| 5:41 PM | — cestdiego *claps*
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| 5:41 PM | <python476> <fingerclap>
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| 5:41 PM | <Caine> great talk
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| 5:41 PM | <momerath> thanks Howard!!
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| 5:41 PM | <cestdiego> M-x clap
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| 5:41 PM | — offby1 stomps feet
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| 5:42 PM | — python476 flips IKEA desks
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</pre>
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<p>
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While the entire experience was interesting and enjoyable, I just
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wasn’t pleased, and felt my fellow Cultists in the Church of Emacs
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deserved better, so last night, I <a href="https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg">re-recorded myself</a>. The audio is
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better, but it doesn’t have the questions and answers afterward.
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</p>
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<p>
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See you all next year at EmacsConf 2016!
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</p>
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