June 2011
1 post
Thirty Minute Solution with Vim
Today on IRC a friend had an issue he was trying to solve using Vim. He had a
sed/awk solution but was interested in seeing if it could be solved in Vim.
The problem was a common one, one that I’ve run into before. I’ve got this
giant list of data but all of the primary key’s are ‘1’. How do I
automate the process of incrementing the primary key?
Here’s a...
July 2010
2 posts
April 2008
4 posts
The Lord's Prayer
I found this today and thought it was worth repeating just the translated version. Being a computer geek allows me to enjoy such things. :)
Our sysadmin, who chills in Heaven,
feared be thy name.
Thy pwnage come, thy scripts be done in /earth as it is in /heaven.
Seed us this day our daily ROMs.
Forgive us our n00b exploits as we forgive script kiddies that hax0r against us.
Reveal to us not 0...
“If you say “Curtoogle” three times in the mirror in a dark bathroom,...”
– Rob in response to a horrible day dealing with Windows VPS and Severin alluding to using “curtgoogle” for an answer.
“You only get one life. Why not do something huge?”
– Paul Graham, Some Heros
“haha! :) Believe me, smart people are not abundant.”
– Eric
(A friend I was talking to about about some of the stupid business decisions hosting companies make.)
March 2008
8 posts
Interesting...
1. Focus on technique as opposed to outcome.
2. Set specific goals.
3. Get good, prompt feedback, and use it.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/how-did-a-rod-get-so-good/
I love it when Bruce Schneier comments on the... →
“We have to cauterize the retardedness”
– Co-worker when talking about dealing with Windows as a server platform.
Some artists (songs) found on 'The Feel Good...
Will have to look up more about these:
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Bachelor Pad
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Moloko - Absent Minded Friends
Daft Punk - Face to Face / Short Circuit
Groove Armada - Paris
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
Djuma Soundsystems - Les Djinns (Trentamoller Mix)
Adriana Calcanhoto - Fico Assim Sem Voce
Third time is a charm
Today we found out that we are pregnant again… lets hope this one hangs in there.
Company morals
Why is it that companies treat their employees so poorly? I’ve seen it in every company I’ve ever worked in, every company my wife has ever worked for and in most that my friends work in.
Is it simply greed that drives such horrible internal customer service? Employees, good employees, are more important than customers. That is a fact that most never recognize. Good employees...
